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Sp. PI. I. p. 1546 ; Pers. Syn. PI. I. p. 337 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. I. p. 9.55 ; 

 Schult. Syst. Veg. VI. p. 767 ; DC. Prodr. I. p. 319 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 

 p. 113 ; Wight et Am. Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. I. p. 34 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I. 2, p. 120 ; Wight, III. tab. 20, f. C ; Hook. fil. et Thorns, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. II. p. 82 ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, IX. (1849) p. 204 ; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. (1880) p. 261; Oliv. Fl Trop. Afr. II. p. 402; 

 Benth. Fl. Austral. II. p. 456 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Brit. Ind. II. p. 424 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 459 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXIII. p. 289. 



Drosera serpens Planch. 1. c. 



Annual, with short fibrous roots. Stem simple, usually erect. - r decum- 

 bent, narrow, minutely pubescent, attaining 24 cm. in length. Lt-iives sparse, 

 often spreading, or sometimes reflexed, angustato-linear, acuminate, attain- 

 ing about 9 cm. long including the petiole, very piloso-pubescent with long 

 delicate glandular hairs on the upper surface, pale green ; petiole not long, 

 glabrous, indistinct from the blade. Raceme leaf-opposite or produced 

 between leaves on the opposite side of tbem, often longer than the leaves, 

 spreading, laxly 2-9-flowered ; rachis slender, minutely pubescent ; bracts 

 minute, filiform. Flowers pedicellate, about 9 mm. across, rosy (/. rosea?} or 

 white (/. alhijlorci) ; pedicels spreading, minutely pubescent, 4-13 mm. long. 

 Oalyx 5-parted ; segments subulato-lanceolate, tapering, jninutely pubescent. 

 Petals 5, patent, longer than the calyx, spathulato-oblodg. Stamens 5, 

 about as long as the calyx. Ovary obovoid-oval ; styles 3, parted into 2 

 long filiform branches, long-stigmatiferous above. Capsule oval-ellipsoid, 

 hardly shorter than or equal to the persistent calyx, 1-celled, dehiscent into 

 3 1-placentiferous valves. Seeds black, obovoid ; testa prominently scalari- 

 form-reticulated. Flowers July-October. 



Nom. Jap. Nayaha-ishimochisd. 



Hah. Prov. Mikawa : Takashi-mura {T. 3Iahino\ Oct. 25, 1893, Aug. 

 1899, /. rosea), Takatori-mura in Aomi-gori {O. Nagura ! Oct. 12, 1899, 

 /. rosea), Horikiri in Atsumi-gori {G. Nagura \ Aug. 2, 1901,/. albijlora); 

 Prov. Kadzusa : Ichinomiya (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 1880 ; 

 T. 3Ialdno\ Aug. 11, 1897, Aug. 10, 1901, July .5, 1902, /. aJbijiora); 

 ISE : Yasudzuka-shinden in Kawage-gori (1/. Kawasaki ! Sept. 14, 1903). 



This is sparingly found in the provinces of Owari, Ise, Mikawa, Ka- 

 dzusa, Hitachi, etc., in Middle Japan. There are two forms, one with 

 white flower (/. alhijlora), the other rosy flower (/. rosea) ; the latter form 

 is slightly more robust. 



