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N. Zeal. Fl. p. 63 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. II. p. 459 ; 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 

 PI. I. p. 233. 



Drosera 2iropinqua R. Cnnn. ' in Ann. Nat. Hist. IV. (1840) p. 109.' 



Drosera Loureirii Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) p. 167, 

 tab. 31 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 130, et Fl. Austral. II. p. 460, in nota 

 sub D. spathulata ; Forbes et Heinsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 289. 



Drosera Brumanni DC. Prodr. I. p. 318, quoad sp. chiuense, non Vahl. 



Drosera Brumanni Catalog. Herb. Coll. Soc, Imp. Univ. Tokyo 

 (1886), p. 70; Ito et Matsura. Tent. Fl. Lutch. I. p. 202, non Vahl. 



Perennial. Leaves rosulate (the tuft attaining 4 cm. across), spreading, 

 numerous, the blade spathulato-rounded or broadly obovato-rounded, cune- 

 ately passed into the lato-linear petiole, which is longer than the blade and 

 densely pilose with scarious hairs at the base, rounded at the apex, pilose 

 with glandular red unequal hairs above, subglabrous beneath, 2-6 mm. 

 across, 8-20 mm. long including the petiole. Scapes 1-4, erect, slender, 

 5-20 cm. long including the raceme, minutely papillose. Raceme simple 

 or rarely dichotomous, secuudly few-many-flowerrd, circinate at first and 

 then erect straight and angustate, shorter than the scape ; rachis filiform, 

 minutely papillose; bracts minute, filiform. Flowers about 3-4 mm. across, 

 pedicellate, pink red ; pedicel erect after anthesis, shorter than the flower, 

 minutely papillose. Calyx 3 mm. long, campanulate, 5-parted, minutely 

 papillose ; segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, tapering. Petals 5, nar- 

 rowly obovate, longer than the calyx. Stamens 5, scarcely longer than 

 the calyx ; anther j'ellow. Ovary obovoid-globose ; styles 3, deeply parted 

 into 2 filiform branches, longer than the ovary. Capsule obovoid-globose, 

 shorter than the persistent culyx, dthiscent to 3 1-placentiferous elliptical 

 valves. Seeds oblong-fusiforni, reticulated. Flowers May-October. 



Nom. Jap. Ko-mosengoke. 



Hah. LoocHOo : Ogiuji-magiri in Isl. Okinawa ( Y. Tashiro ! herb. Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April 1887), Near Yontanziin in Isl. Okinawa 

 {S. Tanaha\ herb. ibid. May 15, 1891); Prov. Tosa : Kosaidzuno in 

 Hata-gori (7'. Malcinol Oct. 1885), Saga {T. Mahinol Oct. 1885); Prov. 

 Kii : Tanabe and Atawa {J. Blatsumura and S. Ukuhol herb. ibid. July 

 23, 1883); Prov. Mikawa : Hosotani-mura {T. Maldi<o\ herb. ibid. Oct. 

 28, 1894), Takashi-mura {T. Moldno\ Oct. 28. 1894), Near Futakawa {T. 

 Makino ! Oct. 1894), Kaifuku {G. Nagura ! June 25, 1900) ; Prov. Ka- 

 dzusa: Hama-no-shiba (Herb.! ibid. Aug. 13, 1880'), Ichinomiya (7'. Blakinol 

 Aug. 12, 1897, July 5, 1902); Prov. Suo : Ouchi-mura {D. Nikai\ herb, 

 ibid. June 26, 1892) ; Prov. Totomi : Nobe-mura {M. Hisamatsu and Y. 



