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Thursday 4th 1° 49 fly on leaf holding this position [sketch]

Sept 5th 8° 30' a.m nearly all the hairs curled in, but leaf in same position

do 5th, 8° 40' — put fly on another leaf, which was only slightly reflexed — marked by match not exploded — [sketch]

Sept 6' 8° 40'. This leaf now as much reflexed at end inwards, as it was before outwards— [sketch]

Lateral edge of leaf do not become at all inflexed.

Sept 7th I see all the red matter in cells of this leaf which had caught fly broken up into globules, which change form as in other species — It is all nonsense about under side of hair being colourless

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Southampton. Sept 5 1862

All this paper Drosera longifolia

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I see Drosera grows in pools of peat, where nothing else can grow or where only Sphagnum can grow — from Flies caught—

When atom of raw meat put on gland or gland even touched, in a few seconds, I could see through lens movement commence; a bit of paper produced same ac motion but far more slowly. ─