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DROSERACEiE, DC. 

 Drosera, Z. 

 1520. D. propinqua {R, C. Mss.) foliis radicalibus oblongo-spathulatis 



Hah. In ora sequinoctiali Nov« Cambriae Australis : ad latus Montis 

 Cook, prope fluvium Endeavour dictum.— 1820, A. Cunningham. 



P. linifolium ; foliis elliptico-oblongis obtusis acuminatisve petiolatis sub- 

 revolutis Igeviter undulatis adultis super glabris nitidis, subter parcefHomen- 

 tosis reticulato-venosis floribus paniculato-umbellatis, pedunculis fusco-to- 

 mentosis, stigmata obtuso depresso lobato ovarioque dense pilose, capsulis 

 bivalvibus, caule arboreo gracili. 



Hah. In oraorientali inter tropicam : ad fluvium Endeavour diet., in loeis 

 saxosis humidis necnon ad ripas fluvii a littore remotis — 1819, A. Cunning- 

 ham. 



Ohs. Differs from P. undulatum, Andr,, that species having ovate-lan- 

 ceolate attenuated leaves, which are smooth on both sides and altogether 

 larger aggregate peduncled flowers. 



P. phillyrceoides^ foliis (1 — 1| uncialibus) oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve 

 mucroiiatis coriaceis planis utrinque glabris subtus discoloribus obscure ve- 

 nulosis, pedicellis lateralibus unifloris solitariis geminisve petiolo duplo lon- 

 gioribus. DC. Prodr. l p. 347.— P. oleifolium, A. Cunn. Mss. (1822). 



Hah. In ora occidentali, in arenosis aridis Insulae Dirk Hartog, 1802, 

 Lechenault. — 1822, A. Cunningham. 



Frutex robustus, erectus, ramosus, sexpedalis, habitu fere facie Ohce. 

 Floras — . Capsula aurantia, elliptica, compressa, bivalvis, extus glabra, ru- 

 gulosa. 



P, bicolor ; foliis lanceolatis coriaceis nervosis obtusiusculis acuminatisve 

 marginibus refractis, breviter petiolatis super glabris convexiusculis, subter 

 tomentosis, pedunculis unifloris, petalis 4 — 5ies longioribus terminalibus 

 axillaribusve, ramulis tomentosis. Hook. Journ. Bot. i. p. 249. — P. ledifoha. 

 A.Cunn. Ms. {\^\9). 



Hah. In insula Van Dieraen, in sylvis umbrosis valde humidis, inter Da- 

 crydia (Heronensia, Nobis) ad sinum Macquarie Harbor dictum, ubi in 

 mense Jan uario floret. — 1819,^. Cunningham. — 1831, Ron. <junn^ R. GuL 

 Law ranee. 



Frutex gracilis, concinnus, 5 — 6 pedum altitudine, ramis valde virgatis 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis foliatis. Folia sparsa v. verticillato-canferta subtus 

 cinereo- vel fulvo-tomentosa, pilis adpressis. Pedunculus ferrugineo-pilosus. 

 Calyx ij-phyllus patens, villosus, coloratus. Petala 5 purpurea, oblonga, 

 apice reflexa, sepalis plus duplo longiora. Stamina 5, tubo corollse longiora. 

 AnthertB oblongae, obtusae, adnatae, anticaj, biloculares. Stylus longitudine 

 staminum. Stigma lobatum. Ovarium densissime pilosum. 



P. acacioides (A. C. Mss. 1817) foliis (3 — 4 uncialibus) angusto-lanceo- 

 latis basi valde attenuatis petiolatis mucronatis planis aveniis utrinque gla- 

 bris concoloribiis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis geminisve petiolo duplo 

 brevioribus, ramulis glaberrimis. — P. angustifolia, Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 1859. 

 <1832). 



Hah. In ora meridionali, — 1802, B. Brown, necnon in interiore, in de- 

 sertis prope flumen Lachlan. — 1817, A. Cunningham. 



Arhuscula Deserti; 6 — 20 pedalis, admodum ornata, maxime gracilis, et 

 omnino glaberrima. Rami attenuati debiles, plus minus dependentes. Folia 

 alterna, sparsa, versus basin sensim in petiolum vix pollicarem desinentia. 

 Flores pedunculati, 1 — 2 axillares, flavi, Sepalis calycis membranaceis, 

 ovalibus, obtusis, tenuissime ciliatisi tubo petalorum ter brevioribus. Petala 



