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Put Drosera in S. of Quinine for 1h or 2h & wash & put in C. of Amm 2 gr to 1 oz & see if aggregation, occurs, as such does not occur after with white Corpuscles, unless they receive oxygen from red corpuscles, which accordng to Binz is prevented.— Put fresh leaf for comparison for equal time in distilled water & then give both lots C. of Ammonia at same time

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[Insectivorous plants, p. 201: "I was surprised at this fact, because quinine is said to arrest all movement in the white corpuscles of the blood; but as, according to Binz,* this is due to their being no longer supplied with oxygen by the red corpuscles, any such arrestment of movement could not be expected in Drosera."]

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Q. Journal of Microscopical Science April 1874 p. 185

But in Drosera there are no red corpuscles, which are the carriers of Oxygen—