Darlingtonia
a genus of pitcherplants, belonging to the order Sarraceniaceæ (sarraceniads). The D. californica grows in the N. part of California, chiefly in the district around Mount Shasta. It is found in boggy places, on the slopes of mountains. It entraps insects, which are attracted to the curious pitcher or hood at the extremity of the tubular leaves; and, once inside, are prevented by the fine hairs which point downward from again returning. The larva of a small moth, Xanthoptera semicrocea, preys on the plant, and that of a dipterous insect, Sarcophaga sarraceniæ, feeds on the dead insects which it incloses.
DARMSTADT (darm'stat), a town in Germany; capital of the republic of Hesse, in a sandy plain, on the Darm, 15 miles S. of Frankfort. It consists of an old and a new town. The former, which is the business part of the town, is very poorly built; the houses are old, and the streets narrow and gloomy. The new town is laid out with great regularity, and has handsome squares and houses.
Among the remarkable buildings are the old palace (with a library of 500,000 volumes and 4,000 MSS., a picture gallery, and a rich museum of natural history) , the Roman Catholic Church, and the Rathaus or town-hall built in 1580. Darmstadt before the World War had iron foundries, breweries, etc. Pop. about 90,000.