:x.\' appendix. 



Droserace^. ' 



If there were no other evidence of the springy nature of 

 the soil at Swan River, the abundance of plants of this order 

 would attest it. Only two species are mentioned by Dr. 

 Endlicher, namely, D. stolonifera, a small species, with verti- 

 cillate leaves, and panicles of white flowers ; and JJ. macran- 

 tha^ a very fine species, with stems sometimes more than two 

 feet long, and panicles of large rose-coloured flowers ; D. 

 jilicaulis of the same author, previously supposed to be con- 

 fined to King George's Sound, has also been met with. To 

 these are five species of Drosera and one of Byhlis to add ; 

 all of which are plants of a very remarkable appearance. 

 D. pallida^^ has close panicles of large white flowers, with 

 the general appearance of D. macrantha. D, gigantea^^ has 

 a loose panicled erect stem, sometimes as much as two feet 

 high, with small white flowers ; D. heterophy ila^^ has simple 

 stems, each terminated by three or four very large flowers, 

 and is remarkable for the lower leaves being flat and entirely 

 destitute of the orbicular glandular fringed expansion of the 

 upper leaves ; D. erythrovliizw'^ is a small plant with obovate 

 Avhorled leaves, and bright scarlet bulbs the size of the largest 

 kind of hazel nut; D. macrophylla^^ is a plant with a similar 



(s'^) Drosera liallida ; glaberrima, caule flexuoso, foliis caulinis alternis longis- 

 sini^ petiolatis peltatis orbiculatis glanduloso-fimbriatis : axillaribus brevibus 

 geminis, racemis terminalibus paniculatis, petalis sepala acuta integerriraa 



duplo superantibus. Flowers apparently white or pale pink. There is 



also a variety of this, if not a distinct species, with the sepals minutely 

 pubescent, and slightly fringed. 



(88) Drosera gigantea ; caule erecto paniculato glaberrimo, foliis breve petiolatis 



peltatis triangularibus longissime fimbriatis : axillaribus geminis fere a;qui- 

 longis, panicula laxa multiflora, alabastris subrotundis, petalis sepala acuta 

 glaberrima superantibus. Flowers small, white. 



(89) ]3rosera heterojphylla ; bulbis sphaericis nigris, caule erecto simplici flexuoso 



glaberrimo, foliis radicalibus linearibus acuminatis caulinis subtriangularibus 

 peltatis breve petiolatis fimbriatis axillaribus nuUis, racemis terminalibus pau- 

 cifloris, petalis sepala oblonga obtusa glanduloso-serrulata triple superantibus. 



(•JO) Drosera erythrorliiza ; bulbis sphaericis coccineis, caule brevi simplici vertl- 

 clllum unicum follorum gerente obovatorum versus marginem glanduloso- 

 villosorum, cyma terminali puberula, petalis sepala acuta glabra dupl5 

 superantibus. 



(01) Drosera macrophylla ; bulbis .... caule brevi simplici verticlllum unicum 

 follorum gerente obovatorum glanduloso-hirtorum, pedunculis elongatis pau- 

 clflorls glabrls in medio verticilli fasclculatis, petalis sepala acuta glabra 

 duplo superantibus. Like the last in habit, but three times as large. 



