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DROSERA* ROTUNDIFOLIA. 
Round-leaved Sundew, Red-rot, Youth-wort, Moor-grass. 
Synonyms.—Drosera rotundifolia, Engl. Bot., t. 868; Linn, Sp. Pl., p. 402; 
Sm. Fl. Brit., vol. vi. p. 346; With., vol. ii. p. 410, Rorella rotundifolia perennis, 
Raii Syn., p. 356. Ros solis folio rotundo, Raii Syn., p. 356; Johnson’s Gerarde, 
p- 1556. Drosera capillaris, Poir. Salsisora seu Sponsa solis, Thal. Harcy., 116, 
69, f.i.; Rorida sive Ros solis major, Lobel., 8. iii. 
Forrran Names.—Fr.: Drosére 4 feuilles rondes, Rosée du soleil. Germ.: 
Rundblattriger, Sonnenthau. Jfal.: Rugiada del sole. Span.: Rociada. Dut.: 
Zonnedauw. Russ.: Solnez najatrawa. Port.: A Rossolina. 
Nat. Order, Drosrracem, De Cand. ; Grutnaues, Linn. 
PENTANDRIA, HEXAGYNIA. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyz inferior, of one sepal, with five deep-pointed, upright, 
permanent segments. Corolla of five petals, without appendages, 
rather longer than the calyx. Filaments five to eight, awl-shaped, as 
long as the calyx. -Anthers small, roundish. Germen roundish. Styles 
six to eight, simple. Stigmas club-shaped. Capsule egg-shaped, of one 
cell, with from three to five valves. Seeds numerous, minute, inversely 
egg-shaped, rough, attached to the inside of each valve, chiefly in the 
middle. 
(Herbaceous plants, with leaves clothed with beautiful glandular hairs.) 
The five-cleft calyx, the corolla of five petals, and the one-celled, three- 
valyed (sometimes four or five), many-seeded capsule, will distinguish 
this from other genera in the same class and order. : 
Spec. Cuan.—Leaves radical, nearly orbicular. Footstalks hairy, longer 
than the limb. Scapes naked, upright, four or five times higher than — 
the leaves. Seeds chaffy (Bazter). 
| Hisrory.—It was supposed by some of the physicians of the 
_ Fig.1. A separate flower. 2. The stamens, germen, and pistils. ess 
calyx. 4. A capsule. 5. A transverse section of the same. 
ns From 8pocepos, dewy, because the plants appear as if covered with — 
ree oor. neonate rpeenaainats 
