470 



r 



XLiv. pROSERACEiE. [Drosera. 



of Cheiranthera in Pittosporem. 



Stems slender. Leaves filiform, Bot aLove 2 in. long. Petals under i m. ^ ^ ^ 



Anthers oblong or almost ovate nearly equal . . • • • ^ • • 

 Stems stout. Leaves often above 6 m. long. Petals \ to 1 m. Anthers ^ ^_^.^^^^^^_ 



oblong-liuear, often unequal . ■ i vu 



1 ■B.Vmi^oT^.Salish. Farad. Land. t.^^. Glabrous or viscid with « 

 glcai'du^^r pubescence, sometimes copiously so. Stems slendej, rare^ m^ 

 ^igh and often only 2 or 3 in. Leaves filiform 1 to 2 in. long. Peduncl 

 slender, usually exceeding tbc leaves Sepals lanceo ate acue to 3^ 



Anthers varying from | line to H ^»'«s ^^ length the fijamei^s longes 

 :he anthers are shortest.-DC. Prod. i. 319; E«dl. Iconogi. t lid 



long. 



Avliere the 



fV folia 



305. 



N. Australia. N.W. coast, Bynoe ; Hooker -^Sturt's C^^^^^^^^ 

 river, K Mueller; islands of the Gulf 6i Carpentaria, B. Brown; adjouuug m 



F. Mueller. -^ , t^ • tj ^7, v lifitpUer^ 



Queensland. Shoahvater Bay. R. Broion ; Port Dcnison f ^f „^- j^Jfj,^,,i„g pub- 



. 1 cruJea, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat._ ser. 3,. ix. ^06, - ^o-^f ^-,f/^^^^^^^^^^ as 



lisbed by Eudlicher of R. Brown's specuucns, m which tbc ^''"'^.'^"^"'.l^ti^eVsinthespe- 

 attached by the middle of the back, and Planchon thought he recognised these anU^e ^^^_ 



cimen glued down in the Banksian herbarium. The excellent specimen in .b.ow 

 l>arium show however that this is a mistake. The anthers are o"«° ^^ ,;er \he base, aad 

 Bauer, sometimes as long as figured by Salisbury, but always attached oy 

 varying much in intermediate lengths in different spcciraeus. 



3. B. gigantea, Undl. in Swan Rlv. App. 21. More or kss glandu^^- 

 pubesceut and viscid, llootstock hard. Stems erect, stout, ^ i<J 2 ^ .^ ^^ 

 2 ft. high. Leaves linear-subulate, terete or channelled ii^°^^; '*'"' |^ larger 

 1 ft. long. Peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves. ^l?^^^'f, ' .^^^^ and 

 than in B. Uniflora, sometimes twice as large, but otherwise uk ^^^^^^^^ 

 variable in size. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3- to 7 -nerved, eitliei ^^' :^^ ^j^g 

 than the petals or produced into a glandular point ^^'^'^^^ , „ ^^es 2 hues, 

 petals. Anthers usually linear, declinate, unequal, t'l'^^.^'^^^^^^'.-^es nearly 

 the longer 3 lines long, but variable in size and proportion, so'n^^___j ^^,,. i„ 



Planch. 1. c. 307. . . p^-^'m «. 199^ ; 



W. Australia, Bnmmond, \st Coll.; sandy jilaccs, J^^'i^^^S ^''^.L numerous «!'«"■ 

 Port Gregory, OJdJidd ; Hampden, Clarke. I can ^f^.^jf/^^^^Vtlie parts of the flo-er- 

 mens in different herbaria, except in the size as weil of the plant as 01 i 1 



HALORAGE^ 



petals 



1 O j^'t Li''"' 



■ Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; lobes 2, 4 or none or r.ye y • ^ ^^ g^ 

 2, 4 or none, valvate induplicate or slightly imbricate. °';' ^j,,;tudinall.V- 

 rarely 1 or 3 ; filaments short ; anthers erect, 2-celled, opemn ^^0^^ ^^^^j^ 1 

 Ovary inferior, flattened or angular, either 2- or 3- or rare y * ^jyies 



pendulous ovule in each cell, or 1-cellcd with 1 to 4 Pf "J'^'^"' ?\^as. Fruit 

 as many as ovules, ciuite distinct, with papillose or plumose o 



