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Venus's Looking Glass

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A popular garden name for Campanula Speculum (or Specularia Speculum ), from the old name for the plant, Speculum Veneris. It is a common FIG. i. - Leaf of Venus's Fly-Trap ( Dionaea muscipula ), viewed laterally in its expanded state, slightly enlarged. (After Darwin.) F3 FIG. 2. - Leaf of D. muscipula closed over Insect. A, viewed from the side; B, from above.

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FIG. 3. - A, sensitive bristle and glands of D. muscipula, X50; B, glands, X300.

cornfield plant in the south of Europe, and is grown in gardens on account of its brilliant purple flowers.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Venus's Looking Glass'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​v/venuss-looking-glass.html. 1910.
 
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