aldrovanda

Updated: June 23, 2025

"There be land-rats and water-rats" in this carnivorous sun-dew family. Aldrovanda, of the warmer parts of Europe and of India, is an aquatic plant, with bladdery leaves, which were supposed to be useful in rendering the herbage buoyant in water.

Asa Gray - Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism