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.
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.