Word: bladderwort
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...things in the water are magnified 100 times, or cubically a million times. What is silky green scum in ponds of spirogyra, is reproduced as great, slender stems with tubular strands. Water thyme has slender pointed leaves and graceful translucent green stems. Bladderwort carries little traps at the ends of stems. Really they are the size of pin heads. Enlarged they are three to four inches in diameter. When an animalcule touches the bladder (utricle) a flap snaps upwards; the beastie slips into the pouch; the trap springs shut...
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