Tas. 5240. 
DROSERA  spaTHULATA. 
Spathulate Sundew. 
Nat. Ord. Dros—eRaAcE®.—PENTANDRIA TRI-(PENTA-)GYNIA. 
‘Gen. Char. Calyx 4—8-partitus. Petala 4-8, marcescentia. Stamina 4-8, 
hypogyna v. leviter perigyna, antheris basifixis immobilibus, connectivo sepius 
conspicuo. Ovarium 1-loculare, 2-5-merum ; ovulis pluribus v. paucis, secus 
margines (haud introflexos) carpellorum acervatim v. seepius conferte pluriseriatim 
affixis, infimis pendulis, supremis seepius ascendentibus, intermediis peritropis. 
Styli 8-5, ima basi semper coherentes, placentis alterni, simplices v. seepius ad 
basim bipartiti, cruribus integris varie lobulato- v. inciso- v. flabellato- v. penicil- 
lato-divisis, divisuris undique v. tantum apice clavato- v. capitato-stigmaticis. 
Capsula calyce marcescente stipata, 3-5-valvis ; valvis medio seminiferis (singulee 
e dimidia parte carpelloram duorum adjacentium constantes) ; placentis \ineari- 
oblongis v. orbicularibus v. obsoletis ; substantia pericarpii nunc uniformiter char- 
tacea, nunc inferne membranacea, superne conspicue et abrupte crassiore.— 
Herbze perennes, cosmopolitane, in regionibus tropicalibus rare, extra Capricornum 
imprimis in Australia frequentiores, visque formas mirificas induentes ; foliis super 
(D. Arcturi excepto) vernatione circinatis, pilis glanduliferis ornatis. Planch. 
Drosgra (§ Ros-Solis) spathulata; foliis omnibus radicalibus spathulatis, in 
petiolum limbo breviorem sensim angustatis, supra breviter glanduloso-pili- 
feris, subtus sparse villosiusculis, ciliis marginalibus longis, stipulis in 
unam trifidam, laciniis trifidis concretis, scapis ascendentibus glanduloso- 
puberulis v. glabrescentibus 5-20-floris, pedicellis fructiferis secundis ap- 
proximatis calyce brevioribus, laciniis calycinis subspathulatis obtusiusculis 
y. acutis, dorso puberulis, stylis 3 e basi bipartitis, stigmatibus subclavel- 
latis seminibus ellipsoideis, testa solida minute tuberculata. Planch. 
Drosera spathulata. Lab. Nov. Holl. v. 1. ¢. 106. f. 1. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. 
p. 318. Planchon, in Ann. Se. Nat. 3rd ser. v. 9. p. 193. Hook. Fl. 
N. Zeal. v. 1. p. 20; Fl. Tasman. v. 1. p. 29.—D. propinqua, All, Qunn. 
This lovely species of Suadew came, apparently accidentally, m 
the soil of a Wardian case, sent by Mr. Milne, our collector, mn 
Captain Denham’s surveying voyage of H.M.S. Herald, from 
Australia. It was first detected in Tasmania by Labillardiere, 
but appears to be frequent in New South Wales, in south- 
eastern Australia, in New Zealand; and M. Planchon refers 
Cuming’s Philippine Island Drosera (n. 857) to this species. It 
is excessively pretty in its mode of growth, and may be easily 
recognized, as Dr. Hooker observes, by the “ broadly spathulate, 
APRIL Ist, 1861. 
