494. 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Drosera— continued. 
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Fic. 685. FLOWERS AND LEAF OF DROSERA FILIFORMIS. 
D. binata (twin-lea * Л. pure white, large; raceme dicho- 
tomous. June to . all ‚ оп long footstalks, 
deeply parted with two linear lobes, h. біп. Australia, 1823. 
Plant green SYN. D. dichotoma (of gardens) (B. M. 3082.) 
D. capensis (Cape). Л. purple; s 
ПРБС GR Id Scape rather ascending, somewhat 
t eaves. June, July. l. sub-radical, oblong- 
linear, obtuse, tapering at the base; AR e e glabrous, ts 
fragec. 
. Summer. J. elongat 
Drosera-— continued. 
than the limbs of the leaves. h. біп. Cape of Good Hope, 1875. 
Perennial, (B. M. 6583.) 
"D. dichotoma (dichotomous). А synonym of D. binata. 
D. filiformis (thread-formed).* Л. purple, large; scapes erect, 
hardly equal in length to the leaves. June to August. J. filiform, 
very long, from a bulb-like base or corm ; footstalks woolly at the .' 
base, much shorter than the leaves. h. lft. North America, 
1811. See Fig. 685. (B. M. 3540.) . Perennial. 
D. lunata (crescent-leaved) fl. yellow; racemes lateral, few- 
flowered ; sepals ovate, acute, beset with glandular hairs on the 
margins. July and August. l, radical ones roundish-reniform ; 
cauline ones scattered, stalked, moon-shaped, peltate. Stem 
erect, glabrous. A. біп. Nepaul А very beautiful annual plant, 
rarely seen in cultivation. 
D. pauciflora (few-flowered). Л. white; scapes beset with 
glandular hairs, one or two-flowered. July, August. l ovate- 
oblong, tapering at the base. Л. Зіп. Саре of Good Hope, 1821. 
Perennial. 
D. peltata (peltate)* fl. pink, racemose. 1. spaced along an 
elongated stem, forming minute flattened cups with the foot- 
stalks attached, not to one margin, but to the bottom ; the inner 
surface and the edges of the cups are studded with tentacles. 
h. lft. Australia. Annual. (G. C. m. S., xix. 436.) There are two 
varieties of this species : foliosa, with white lowers ; and gracile, 
with pink. E ; 
D. rotundifolia (round-leaved).* ji. white ; scapes erect, four or 
five times higher than the leaves. wide August. l. orbicular ; 
footstalks hairy, longer than the limb. 
but es; ly its margin, is beset with 
A. din. Northern e ао ig Anni 
Other native species are : ica and intermedia. 
. Spathulata (spathulate-leaved).* jl. purple, almost Sessile, 
disposed in short racemes ; scape dular at the as well 
the calyces. July. 4. oblo -spathulate, ta 
xvi. 
D. Whittakeri(Whittaker's) /l. white. Australia, 1862. A very 
rare species, much resembling D. spathulata in habit, but more 
erect. It is à deciduous form, and requires a long rest. Before 
starting into new growth, it must be taken out of the old soil and 
repotted. Perennial, 
DROSERACEZ. An order containing six genera 
and upwards of a hundred species, closely allied to Savi- 
Perennial and annual glandular herbs, rarely 
shrubby below. Sepals four to eight, persistent; petals 
four to eight; stamens four to twenty. Leaves variable, 
radical and rosulate, or cauline and alternate, circinate 
in bud, stipulate. Most of the species are found inhabiting 
marshy places. Illustrative genera are: Dionwa, Drosera, 
and Drosophyllum. 
DROSOPHYLLUM (from drosos, dew, and phyllon, 
a leaf; in allusion to the leaves being beset with stipi- 
tate glands, appearing like dew). ORD. Droseracee. А 
remarkable and very pretty sub-shrubby greenhouse 
plant, thriving in a light sandy loam.  Propagated 
by seed. It should he kept somewhat dry, and no 
shading will be needed. | 
corymb at З a 
e, 2 
in vernation. Stem thick, woody, 2in. to 3in. high, at the topof _ 
і іса, 1869. This ^ 
the way Шо] developed in the bud, being сї and — 
way e leaves are deve. in e bud, o aM s 
revol in ferns, cycads, and 
] opment хоокуй ин 
. is, in so far as I know, Ge iH, reple Мк терен king- 
DRUMMONDIA. See Mitella. 
somewhat into- —— 
