Papaw, juice of, hastening putrefaction, 411

Particles, minute size of, causing inflection in Drosera, 27, 32

Peas, decoction of, action on Drosera, 82

Pelargonium zonale, glandular hairs of, 350

Pepsin, odour of, emitted from Drosera leaves, 88 —, not digested by Drosera, 123 —, its secretion by animals excited only after absorption, 129

Peptogenes, 129

Pinguicula grandiflora, 390 — lusitanica, 391

Pinguicula vulgaris, structure of leaves and roots, 368 —, number of insects caught by, 369 —, power of movement, 371 —, secretion and absorption by, 381 —, digestion by, 381 —, effects of secretion on living seeds, 390

Platinum chloride, action on Drosera, 186

Poison of cobra and adder, their action on Drosera, 206