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II. The description of Z>. arcturi in the "Flora N.Z.," and 

 in the " Handbook, Flora N.Z.," differs pretty considerably 

 from the typical description, with its drawings and dissections, 

 of that Tasmanian plant : fortunately I possess them all, and 

 from them I here append some of its peculiar specific charac- 

 ters, in order to show the great difference between these two 

 species. 



III. Droscra arctiiri\ya,s first briefly described by Sir W. J. 

 Hooker in 1834, in his "Journal of Botany," where he also 

 observes, " The flower of this very fine species is as large as 

 that of D. hinata." Three years after, in 1837, in vol. i. 

 of his " Icones Plantarum," tab. Ivi., Sir W. J. Hooker 

 gives a drawdng of this plant, wdth dissections; where he 

 also repeats what he had formerly said respecting it, adding, 

 " The large solitary flower will at once distinguish it from every 

 other species." In the drawings given the calyx-lobes are 

 narrow, sub-acute, regular, and cut to base ; the corolla very 

 much larger, with the tips of its large lobes rounded, and their 

 scapes twice the length of its leaves, which are also only of 

 one form (" linear-spathulate "). 



IV. Sir J. D. Hooker, also, in his " Flora Tasmania^," 

 similarly describes this species, but much more fully : he 

 says, " Foliis linearibus .... sepalis lineari-oblongis, 

 obtusis, .... petalis erectis coriaceis lineari-spathulatis 

 obtusis, coriaceis, . . . . stylis 3 indivisis." x\nd again 

 (in English), "A most distinct and beautiful species, 3in. to 



a span high; .... leaves 2in.-6in. long 



1-nerved, covered with spreading glandular liairs. Scape 



longer than the leaves. Flowers nearly ^in. long 



Sepals linear-oblong, blunt. . . . Petals one-third longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens 5, persistent. Ovary oblong, with 

 3 short styles, and globose papillose stigmata." 



V. Moreover, in his describing 1). stcnopetala (another 

 New Zealand species), he says, " This plant and the 

 D. uniflora of Fuegia and the Chilian .\ndes form a peculiar 

 group of this genus, differing from most others in the oue- 

 llowered scape, and from all in the styles being divided to 

 the base" ("Flora N.Z.," vol. i., p. 19)— which is also the 

 case in this species. 



2. D. triflora, sp. nov. 



A small stemless species. Eoots 2-3, very long, vertical, 

 rather stout, wiry, black, finely shaggy below. Leaves rosu- 

 late, spreading, 15-18, orbicular, 2 lines diameter, red (as 

 also glands), lamina thickish, the under-surface glabrous, 

 roughish ; glands very large, spreading, flatfish, covering 

 lamina on upper surface and partly on petiole ; petiole 3 

 lines long, flat, broad, glal^rous, dark-greenish ; stipules large, 



