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See also:DARLINGTONIA (called after See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Darlington, an See also:American botanist) , a Californian See also:pitcher-plant, belonging to the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Sarraceniaceae. There is only one See also:species, D. californica, which is found at 5000 ft. See also:altitude on the Sierra Nevadas of See also:California, growing in sphagnum-bogs along with sundews and rushes.
The pitcher-like leaves See also:form a cluster, and are 1 to 2 ft. high, slender, erect, and end in a rounded hooded See also:top, from which hangs a blade shaped like a See also:fish-tail which See also:guards the entrance to the pitcher. See also:Insects are attracted to the leaves by the See also:bright colouring, especially of the upper See also:part; entering they pass down the narrow See also:funnel guided by downward pointing hairs which also prevent their ascent. They form a putrefying See also:mass in the bottom of the pitcher, and the products of their decomposition are presumably absorbed by the See also:leaf for See also:food.
End of Article: DARLINGTONIA (called after William Darlington, an American botanist)
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