Drosera.) DROSERACEA. 145 
** Scape several- or many-flowered. 
Leaves rosulate, spathulate. Styles 3, 2-partite -. 4. D. spathulata. 
Leaves long, very narrow-linear, forked or dichotomous .. 5. D. binata. 
Stem leafy. Leaves lunate, th Flowers pink. Styles 
3, penicillate Se ac -- 6. D. auriculata. 
1. D. stenopetala, Hook. fd Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 19, t. 9.—Stemless ; 
rootstock short, stout. Leaves 1-4in. long or more; petioles 
slender, flat, perfectly glabrous; blade +—2in., spathulate, the 
margins and upper surface densely covered with long glandular 
hairs. Scape 1-Gin. long, exceeding the leaves, slender, glabrous, 
1-flowered. Flowers 4 in. diam., white. Calyx broadly campanu- 
late, 5-lobed, glabrous : lobes short, rounded. Petals linear- 
spathulate ; claw very long and narrow. Styles 3, multifid almost 
to the base.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 63; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 1465. 
Norty Istanp: Ruahine Range, Herb. Colenso! W. F, Howlett. SoutH 
Istanp : Not uncommon on the higher central and western mountains, from 
Mount Arthur southwards. Stewart Isnanp: Petrie, Kirk! AUCKLAND: 
Isutanps: Hooker, Le Gwillon, Kirk. Altitudinal range 2500-5000 ft. in the 
South Island, but descending almost to sea-level in the Auckland Islands. 
December—February. 
2. D. Arcturi, Hook. in Journ. Bot. i. (1834) 247.—Stemless. 
Rootstock short or 1-2in. long, clothed with the ragged bases of 
the old leaves. Leaves 1-4in. long, erect, linear-ligulate, obtuse, 
upper portion covered with glandular hairs, lower half glabrous ; 
petiole almost as broad as the blade; early leaves shorter and 
broader, sometimes quite glabrous. Scape 2-6in. high, slender, 
1-flowered or very rarely 2-flowered. Flowers 4in. diam., white. 
Calyx divided almost to the base; lobes 4, linear-oblong. Petals 
oblong or obovate, slightly exceeding the calyx. Styles 3-4, 
short ; stigmas broad.—Ic. Plant. t. 56; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 20; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 63; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 456; Kirk, Students’ 
Fl. 145. WD. polyneura, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii. (1890) 460. 
D. Ruahinensis, Col. l.c. xxviii. (1896) 593. D. ligulata and D. 
atra, Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 269. 
Norru Isuanp: Ruahine Range, Colenso, Olsen! TRangipo Plain, Petrie ! 
SourH Isnanp, Stewart Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts through- 
out. Altitudinal range usually from 2000-5000 ft., but descends almost to: 
sea-level on Stewart Island. Also found in Australia and Tasmania. 
3. D. pygmea, D.C. Prodr. i. 317.—A very minute stemless. 
species forming flat rosettes ha in. diam. Leaves numerous, 
densely crowded; petioles short, slender; limb 4,-;,in. diam., 
upper surface covered with glandular hairs: stipules large, scarious,. 
deeply lobed, forming a beautiful silvery cone in the centre of the 
rosette. Scapes 1-4, glabrous, filiform, 4-in. high, 1-flowered. 
Flowers minute, white. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals slightly longer 
than the calyx. Styles 4, short, clavate. Capsule oblong, 
4-valved.— Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Gel. i. 20; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 63; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. ii. 457; Kirk, Students’ Fi. 146. 
