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Boers’ Fly Trap Plants Stun Scientist Visit
Professor J M Macfarlane tours nursery exhibits and demonstrates a South African houseplant that snares flies with colorless fluid beads. The plant uses tendrils to grip prey and closes like a net then opens after stimulation. Roots from a non aquatic leaf can reach four feet in five months.
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J. M. Macfarlane
University of Pennsylvania
Botanical Laboratory
Prof. Macfarlane
New Jersey
Transvaal