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same stages in G. Bankiva.─ when law fails inheritance generally at earlier age.─

Attracted to sex ─ seen to depend on variation reappearing at later period of life (see Descent)

Characters Latent ─ during youth & in other sex.─ Old Hens beaks like Cocks

Reversion ─ This vy in p is reappearance of long lost characters which are latent ─ vy important for breeder, as interfere with his work ─ When Latent in both parents may reappear after endless generations ─ when introduced by a cross no good evidence of reappearing after 10 or 12 generations.─

Cause of Reversion very little known apparently everything which disturbs constitution will lead to it ─ It is only established through crossing the breed often does so ─ Cases of Pigeons & Fowls

Fixity of characters - long in breed

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Ch XII

Drosera filiformis. This north american species grows in such abundance in parts of New Jersey, as almost to cover the ground. It catches, according to the same authority Mrs. Treat* (*American Naturalist, Dec. 1872 p 705) an extraordinary number of small & large insects, even great flies of the genus Asilus & moths & butterflies. The specimen which I examined, was sent me by Dr Hooker, had thread-like leaves from six to twelve inches in length, with the upper surfaces convex, & the lower flat & slightly channelled.

The whole convexity down convex surface down to the root ( for there is no proper distinct footstalk), is covered with short the gland becoming tentacles, which These are short; & show those on the margins being reflexed & much the longest ─ being longer there is contact over & reflexed [illeg]

The pink-coloured glands are also similar in form.)

(The specimen which I examined were not very vigorous; yet atoms being the longest & reflexed Bits of meat meat placed on the some of the glands of some curved to tentacles, caused these tentacles to sometimes tends to be slightly infected in 20', but the plant was not in a very vigorous state.) [excised] these tentacles had moved moved though are [excised]

[Insectivorous plants, p. 281: "Drosera filiformis.—This North American species grows in such abundance in parts of New Jersey as almost to cover the ground. It catches, according to Mrs. Treat,* an extraordinary number of small and large insects, even great flies of the genus Asilus, moths, and butterflies. The specimen which I examined, sent me by Dr. Hooker, had thread-like leaves, from 6 to 12 inches in length, with the upper surface convex and the lower flat and slightly channelled. The whole convex surface, down to the roots-for there is no distinct footstalk-is covered with short gland-bearing tentacles, those on the margins being the longest and reflexed. Bits of meat placed on the glands of some tentacles caused them to be slightly inflected in 20 m.; but the plant was not in a vigorous state. After 6 hrs. they moved through an angle of 90°, and in 24 hrs. reached the centre. The surrounding tentacles by this time began to curve inwards."]