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DrosERA FILIFORMIS. NARROW-LEAVED 
SuN-DEW. 
KKK EEE KEKE EEE KEE 
: Class and Order. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Droseracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala petalaque 5 inappendiculata. Stamina 5. Stylt 
3—5, bipartiti—Herbe in uliginosis sphagnosis crescentes. 
Folia cilzis glandulosis rubidis irritabilibus ornata, D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Drosera * filiformis ; scapis lateralibus, foliis lineari-fili- 
formibus glanduloso-pilosis, dorso glabris canalicula- 
tis, basi lanatis, staminibus 5, stylis 8 basi in paribus 
coalitis. 
Drosera filiformis. Rafinesque, in Need. Rep. 2.360. Ibid. 
in Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1. 227. Pursh, Fl. Amer. 
Sept. 1. 211. Nutt. Gen. 1. 142. Roem. et Schult. 
Syst. Veget. 6.763. De Cand. Prodr. 1.1318. Tor- 
rey, Fl. of North. and Mid. Sect. of the United States, 
v. 1. p. 332. Spreng. Syst. Veget.v. 1. p.955. Beck, 
Bot. of North and Mid. States, p. 42. 
Drosera tenuifolia. Willd. Enumer. p. 340. Roem. et 
Schult. 1.763. Bigelow, Plants of Boston. p. 124. 
This remarkable species was found by Mr. James Mac- 
NAB, in a swamp about ten miles above Tuckerton, New 
Jersey, United States, and introduced by him into the 
gardens 
* From Jpooos, dew. A pellucid fluid exudes from the glands of the 
foliage, whence the plant appears as if covered with dew. 
