18 XII. DROSERACEA. 
1. DROSERA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 5; anthers 
adnate, opening by slits. Ovary 1-celled, with 3-5 parietal 
placentas ; ovules many; styles 3-5, 2-fid or 2-partite, the 
branches undivided or multifid. Capsule membranous, 3-5- 
valved, many-seeded.— Fl. Cap. 1. p. 75; Thes. Cap. t. 26. 
Stemless or caulescent herbs. Leaves scattered or rosulate, bearing on 
the upper surface and margin glandular hairs, stipulate. Flowers in scor- 
pioid cymes or secundly racemose, rarely solitary ; rosy purple or white, 
handsome. Petals very delicate, soon withering.—8 South African species, 
dispersed through the colony. 
2. RORIDULA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, oval or oblong. Stamens 5 ; 
anthers adnate, opening by pores. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules soli- 
tary or in pairs, pendulous from the summit; style simple; 
stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; seeds solitary.— 
Fl. Cap. i. p. 79. 
Shrublets, very viscid and gland-hairy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, entire or pinnatifid, 2-3 inches long, 13-2 lines wide. Flowers 
spiked or racemose.—2 species, natives of the Western district. 
Orpver XIII. POLYGALEZ. 
Flowers bisexual, irregular. Sepals 5, unequal, the two 
lateral often coloured like petals. Petals 8-5; the two lateral 
small; the lower (keel) large, enclosing the stamens and ovary, 
and often crested in front. Stamens 8, monadelphous; an- 
thers opening by pores. Ovary 2-celled; ovules solitary, 
pendulous. Fruit a capsule or drupe.—Small shrubs, half- 
shrubs, or herbs. Leaves simple, entire, without stipules. 
Flowers racemose or spiked. 
Sepals very unequal, the two lateral wing-like. . 
Fruit a 2-celled, oblong or obcordate capsule . . . 1. Pony@ata. 
Fruit a fleshy, ovoid drupe SERS SD ae SEZ Ne A 
Fruit 1-celled, dry, indehiscent, winged at the apex . 4. SECURIDACA. 
Sepals subequal, similar ; fruit an oblong capsule. . . 3, Murari. 
1. POLYGALA, Linn. 
Sepals 5; the two lateral much larger than the rest, wing- 
like and coloured. Petals 3-5, united at base and attached 
to the staminal tube ; the lower boat-shaped, usually crested 
below the apex; the lateral small, simple or 2-fid; upper fre- 
quently wanting. Stamens 8, united into a split tube, and 
hidden within the lower petal; anthers fixed, 1-celled, opening 
by terminal pores. Style bent upwards; stigma oblique. 
