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Illustration entitled 'Insectivorous Plants', depicting carnivorous plants, plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, circa 1875. The plants shown are: 1. Dinaea muscipula (Venus Fly-Trap); 2. Drosera rotundifolia (Sundew); 3. Nepenthes Mastersiana (Masters' Pitcher-Plant; 4. Pinguicula vulgaris (common butterwort); 5. Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Portuguese Fly-catcher); 6. Darlington californica; 7. Sarracenia purpurea; 8. Ulticularia minor (Bladderwort). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)