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Drosera filiformis Oct. 1. 1870. Plants very small, but yet acts well with atoms of dry meat.— (Also I wet handle of scalpels with my saliva & then touched several heads; these all curved greatly in less than 1° — after interval of 18° all straight) again.—

I put on larger atoms of charcoal, brick & wood, no trace of effect— nor had hard friction, or friction & brick — yet the filaments, bearing charcoal, aft for 2 or 3 days, bowed by sympathy when atom of meat had been put on on neighbouring filament. — After friction glands secreted much viscid fluid after 20°.

After meat great bowing after 50'. —

After about 24° or 36° the filaments at no great distance from one with meat all slowly bow towards it, until ultimately from all side of narrow leaf they meet in one great drop

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of fluid round meat.— So sympathy, but slower than in English Drosera —

Great distinction of non-nitrog. substance & friction producing no effect. —

Solid & fluid. Nitrog. cause movement.

sympathetic movements, I think, slower.

Drosera filiformis