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DROSERACE.E, DC. 

 Drosera, L. 

 620. D. propinqua (R. C. Mss.) foliis radicalibus oblongo-spathulatis 



Hab. In ora aequinoctiali Novse Cambria Australis : ad latus Montis 

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



P. linifolium ; foliis elliptico-obiongis obtusre acuminatisve petiolatis sub- 

 revolutis keviter undulatis adultis super glabris nitidis, subter parce tomen- 

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

 mentosis, stigmate obtuso depresso lobato ovaiioque dense piloso, capsulis 

 bivalvibus, caule arboreo gracili. 



Hab. In oraorientali inter tropicam : ad fluvimn Endeavour diet., in locis 

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

 ham. 



Obs. 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. phillyraoidrs, foliis (1 — lh uncialibus) oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve 

 mucronatis coriaceis planis utrinque glabris subtus discoloribus obscure ve- 

 nulosis, pedicellis lateralibus unifloris solitariis geminisve pctiolo duplo lon- 

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



Hab. In ora occidentali, in arenosis aridis Insula? Dirk Hartog, 1802, 

 Lechenault. — 1822, A. Cunningham. 



Frutex robustus, erectus, rainosus, sexpedalis, habitu fere facie Olece. 

 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. ledifolia. 

 A. Cunn. Ms. (1819). 



Hab. In insula Van Diemen, 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. Gunn, R. Gul. 

 Lawrance. 



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

 feiTugineo-tomentosis foliatis. Folia sparsa v. verticillato-conferta subtus 

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

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

 apice reflexa, sepalis plus duplo longiora. Stamina 5, tubo corollas longioi-a. 

 Antherce oblongas, obtusse, adnatae, anticae, 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- 

 fcris concoloribus, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis geminisve petiolo duplo 

 brevioribus, ramulis glaberrimis.-r-P. angustifulia, Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 1859. 

 (1832). 



Hab. In ora meridionali. — 1802, R. Brown, necnon in interiore, in de- 

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



Arbuscula 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 ciliatis. tubo petalorum ter brevioribus. Petala 



