The digestive gland of Venus's flytrap has been studied by light and electron microscopy. Cells of the gland contain dense protoplasm comprised of relatively large nuclei, granular endoplasmic reticulum, osmiophilic vacuolar inclusions and numerous mitochondria, Golgi bodies and plastids. The vacuolar inclusions are predominantly protein but are also sudanophilic, therefore containing some lipid material. They are similar in appearance to aleurone grains. The nuclear envelope is a porous, double‐membrane structure, the pores of which are approximately 900 A and have a dense granular appearance. Plastids contain dense fine‐grained stroma, several thylakoids, osmiophilic globules and a tubular complex. Gland cell walls have many complex‐shaped protuberances extending into the cytoplasm providing a very large internal surface area. The stalk and basal cells contain numerous lipid globules and the common wall between the two cells is traversed by numerous plasmodesmata. In general the digestive gland fine structure is discussed in relation to its function.