4gQ . XLIY. DROSEEACEiE. [Drosera. 



into , b»„cl,es'oa>e>- entire nnd ffliform or slightly dilated emarginatso. 



Mag. t. 5240 ; F. Muell. PI. Vict. i. 66. 



Queensland. Brisbauc river, F. Mueller C. Stuart nortbvanl to 



W. S.Wales. Commou about Port Jacksou, R Brown and others, aortm^ar 



Hastings river, BecUer. 



Victoria. 



Wilkehni 



Tasmania. ^Vet marshy hollovvs, Rocky Cape, /. ^■J°J>'^^-, ^ ^^^ Philippine 

 The species is also in New Zealand. Some specimens of Coming strom me n 



Islanas,L also referred to it by Plauehon and do i.ot m fact appear at Jl ^ Ser^t J^ 

 are, ho;ever, probably the same as the S. ^''^^^^f .^;,^?'-^^"'J\°ted w^^^^ Ithuhla. 

 167, t. 31 ; Benth.ri. Hongk. 130 which """^VV fl Lhtlv Srl^t formt one with 

 Among the Australian specimens there appear to he two ,^J S'^ J^ ^^^^'^^^^^^^^ 

 larger deeper-coloured flowers, and the «tyle-branches usually di at d and em^^^^^^^ 

 end, the other more slender, with paler and smaller flowers, the stjlc-branclies 



way down into two slender forks. 



13. D. Drummondii, Z.7m, Fl Preiss. ii. 235. Vaj^mble m a^^^^^^^ 

 according to age, bat readily distinguished from tire P^^^^^!"?/P ^'' ^^ 

 tire woolly haU-s of the raceme. Leaves aU in the J^^S P^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 ones in tlie older tufts, rosukte, the stock under the roset e ^^S^^*^"^^"^^ 

 to above 1 in., covered with the remains of old leaves and stipules ^^^to^^^^^ 

 from narrow-oblong to almost obovate, rarely above 2 lines lo^o' " I , 

 much longer and closely reflexed over the old leaves. Stipules scauous, mj^ 

 cut, but much shorter than in D. scorpioides. Scape 1 to d oi • .^ 

 nearly glabrous or woolly hairy, the raceme smiple, shor a.id t^^-^o, 

 lengthening to above an inch. Pedicels short, covered «« ^^f ^%*H ^ f;. Jt, 

 with woolly hairs. Sepals from 1 line long when m flower to 2 line ^.^^^ 

 often denticulate and ciliate. Petals ^thcr large, filaments unt, 

 oblong anthers. Styles 3 or i, sim])le and tiliform. Ovules 4.— i>. i/ 



Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix. 287. 



•w, 



Very near 



14. D. scorpioides, rianch. tn Ann. oc. i\ai.^<^f . -, --• — sometimes 

 D. Drummondu and perhaps a variety, the stock lengthening out so ^ ^_^^^^_ 

 to 2 or 3 in., and thcscarious stipules much more prominent. 1;*^'^^;^^^ ^nd 

 oblong, 2 to 3 lines long, or rarely a few of the mnei o"*^ ^^^^ ^^ j^ 

 almost obovate, tlie petiole longer than the lamina, bnt not ^^ ' ^^^ „,- 

 B. Bnimmondli. Scape 1 to 2 in. long, woolly or nearly nj^"' ^^' ^^^t so 

 cerae short dense and few-flowered. Sepals often very woouj, ^ ^^^^tiy 

 mnch ciliate as in D. Drummondii, and rather smaller. /^^^^ ^ ^^ styles 

 twice as long as the calyx. Filaments slender, with small antn • 



3, filiform, * /. ^ /// and probacy 



W.Australia. King George's Sound, -?J- ^'"''^''^'^f '''''', ^^/S'n. 283; Cal« 

 from thence to the eastward, Drummond, 4M Coll. n. lU, ana of« 

 Arid and near S.W. Bay. ilfflia-w^//. - ^ i „„)„ (he petioles shorter- 



Var. (?) brevipes. Leaves smaller, from oblong to alraos obovate ii^^ ^ .^ ^^, ^or- 

 Scapcs short, flowcriug from below the middle, nearly glabrous, atan 

 mal D. scorpioides.— Drummond, Wi Coll. n. 28i. i 



,. .,.,..._ . n. .-.. r.n P.W i.3l8. Stock short, densely 



