Z>rosera.] ' DROSER ACE^. g 1 



Hab. Hilly wooded places near Fort Vancouver, and in the high grounds of Lewis and Clark's River, 

 North -West America. Douglas. — My specimens of this are imperfect; and I am not sure that there are not 

 two species among^ them : the one, probably from which the above character was mainly taken, throwing 

 out wiry stems, like the runners of a strawberry, and bearing leaves, (as does the root,) which are more 

 inclining to oval than reniform, of a coriaceous texture and brownish hue from the numerous small dots 

 which cover both their surfaces, and having a few thick white hairs on the upper side. This is in fruit and 

 has a ripe and burst capsule upon one of the runners, whose footstalk is equal in length with the leaf. The 

 other plant has no stolones; the pale green, almost reniform, leaves are quite destitute of dots, and have an 

 injured flower arising from the root. Mr. Douglas describes the species as a handsome one, with hrio-ht 

 yellow blossoms, marked with brown or red veins. 



Sect. III. Melanium. DC, Stigma urceolatum utrinque fascicuUs pilorum onifstunii 

 apertura magna inferne lahello fnunita. Stylus ah apice ad basin attaiuatus. Stamina 

 triangularia connexa. Torus concavus et ideo ovarium paulo inferurn, Capsula obsolete 

 hexagona. Semina numerosissima 40-60. Folia seminalia smpitis ovata, Petala 3 

 inferior a ungue harbata. DC. 



22. V, tricolor ; radice subfusiformi, caulibus ramosis cliiFiisis, foliis imis ovato-coixlatis, 

 stipulis runcinato-pinnatifidisj lobo medio crenato, petalis breviter unguiculatis incumben- 

 tibus, calcare crasso obtuso non porrccto, nectariis brevibus, semiiiibus obloiigo-ovatis. 

 Linn, Sp. PL p, 1326. 



*, arvensis ; DC, caulibus ramosis assurgentibus, petalis caljcc vix longioribus flaves- 

 centibus ca>ruleis vel purpureo maculatis. — De Cand, Prodr, v, 1. p. 303. — V. bicolor. 

 Pursh, Fl, Am, v, 1. p, 175. — V, tenella. Schwcin, Viol, in. Sill, Journ. v. 5. p. 78. ? 



Hab. I have seen this only in the collectiont of Dr, Todd, from Lake Huron. — The V. tenella of 

 Schweinitz, which I possess from that liberal and excellent Botanist, is smaller than is usual with our 

 V. tricolor, but, I think, not specifically distinct. 



Ord. XIII. DROSERACE^. DC. 



1. DROSERA. Linn. 



Sepala (potius Cal, 5-partitus) petalaqm 5, inappendiculata. Stam, 5, Styli 3-5, 

 bipartiti. — Herbse in uUginosis sphagnosis crescentes. Folia ciUis glanduhsis rubidis irrita- 

 bilibus ornata. DC, 



1. Z). rotundifolia ; foliis radicalibus orbiculatis patentibus, petiolis pilosis, seminibus 

 arillatis.— imn. Sp, PL p. 402. Engl Bot, t. 867. Mich, Am, v, I. p, 186. Pursk, FL Am. 

 V. 1. p, 210. BlgeL FL Bost, ed, 2. p, 123. Elliott, Carol, v, 1. p, 355. Torrey, FL of Un, 

 St, r. 1. p. 331. De Cand, Prodr, v. I. p. 318. — D. capillaris. Poir. EncycL v. 6. p, 299. 

 De Cand. Prodr. v, '\. p. S\8. 



Hab. Throughout Canada to the mountains, and as far north as the Arctic Circle. Newfoundland. Mr, 

 Morrison ; Mr. Cormack. Unalaschka. CAaHizsso.— Numerous specimens, which X possess both from the 

 United States and the British possessions, prove this to be the same as the European rotundifolia. 



2. Z). anglica; foliis radicalibus lineari-spathulatis erectis, petiolis elongatis, seminibus 

 Bxi\\o.i\s.—Huds, AngL p, 135. EngL Bot, t 309. De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p, 318. 



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