4,53 XLiv. DROSERACEiE. [Bfosem. 



6. D. pulchella, LeJm. TiujllL vii. 38, and PL Preiss. i, 250. A 

 small species, resembling- at first sight Z>. platyHtujma. Leaves rosulate, or- 

 bicular, 1 to 2 lines diameter, ou a mucli-dilated oblong- petiole, 2 or 3 times 

 as long and often as broad as the lamina. Stipules scarious, divided mto 

 filiform segments, the central tuft much shorter than the leaves. Scape fili- 

 form, 1 to \\ in. long, bearing at the end 2 to 4. or rarely more white or pink 

 flowers, on pedicels at length nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals minutely 

 glandular-pubescent, about f line long in flower, \\ lines in fruit. Petals 

 spreading, scarcely twice as long as the calyx. Anthers small. Styles 5, 

 filiform, undivided, longitudinally stigmatic ou the inner side towards the 

 cud. Placentas 5 ; ovules not numerous, 



W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Preiss, n. 1992, Drummond, Id 

 Coll. and 'drd Coll. n. 3. It varies much in the Lreadth of the sepals, rather narrow m 

 Prciss's specimens, very broad in some of Drutnmond's, intermediate in others, ihose spe- 

 cimens of Drummond's which Planchoa had referred to D. micrantha, Lehm., appear to me 

 to belong to this species. 



7. D. leucoblasta, Benth. A small species, with the aspect and compa- 

 ratively large flowers of D. platydigma, but usually rather stouter and at once 

 known by the stipules and styles. Leaves rosulate, orbicular, 1 to 3 lines diame- 

 ter, on a petiole usually much longer than the lamina and slightly flattened, but 

 not near so broad as iti D. pulcMla. Stipides scarious, silvery-white, tiie 

 lobes much broader than in the adjoining species and densely imbricate lu an 

 oblong or conical bud in the centre of the rosette, 2 to 4 lines long at tne 

 time of flowering. Scape filiform, 1 to 2 in. long, with 2 or 3 flowers at tiie 

 summit on very short pedicels. Sepals broad, nearly 1 line long at the time 

 of flowering, somewhat enlarged afterwards. Petals spreading, 3 tunes |^^ 

 long as the calyx. Anthers small, Styles 3, filiform, longitudinally stig- 

 matic ou the inner side towards the end. Placentas 3. 



■W. Australia, Drummond, 2nd Coll. n. 14; dry sandy flats, Kalgaa rirer, OJdJiel . 



8. D. nitidula, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix. 285. A ^^"^^^^^^ 

 species, but much more rigid than D. platydigma. Leaves densdy i < 

 the upper ones rosulate, but the old tufts forming stocks of nearly , in- ^'^ 

 the rosette, densely covered with the old leaves and stipules ; J^''™"^^^.^^ ^ 

 cular, rarely above I line diameter, on a 



scarcely dilated petiole often twice a^ 

 .es filiform, shorter than the petiol ^^ 



long. Stipules scarious, brown, the lobes filiform, shorter tlian me p-- ^^ 

 Scapes about 1 in. high, including a short one-sided raceme ot o^^^^^^^ 



flowers, nearly glabrous. Pedicels as long as the calyx. ^^P 1 ^.^^^ ^iLf^er' 

 rather rigid, about 1 line long at the time of flowering, ptals i o.^- 

 Anthei-s small. Styles 3, short, each with a globular capitate stigma^ ^ .^^ ^ 

 fag calyx nan-ow, erect, nearly 2 lines long. Capsule nearly as long, 

 valves and placentas, 



^V. Australia, Drummond. 



9, D, paleacea, DC. Prod, i. 318, according to B. -^''•/{^'"^ , , 'fn^ 



n1l or,o.»iao T,^o,r..« ^l^^o^Kr +,,rfo.1 fl-,A iir.nPr ones Ol' all 10 1"^ J\ 3 



small species. Leaves densely tufted, the upper ones or 



specimen 



plant rosulate, but the old tufts forming stocks of \ in. or in one ^H ^^j^^. 

 nearly 1 iu. long, densely covered with remains of old leaves an ^ ^^^JqIg 

 lamina obovate, oblong or almost orbicular, | to 1 line .^^''^"^^:*^5 ' ' f^nn- 

 longer, scarcely dilated. Stipules scarious, cut into fiue filiform lot^e , 



