88 DROSERACE^ 



Pansies, as well as many of the cultivated Violets, have been brought from 

 the south of Europe, though several come from colder countries, and, in 

 many cases, are so altered by the management of the gardener, as to be very 

 different from their condition Avhen wild. Fcav flowers have received more 

 attention from florists, or more praises from the old poets, than the Pansy, 

 which is called by the latter Pensde, Pawicc, or Pansie, as Avell as by its old 

 familiar names, still used in country places, of Kit-run-the-street, and Hearts- 

 ease. That it was an acknowledged symbol of remembrance we know from 

 Shakspere, Spenser, and the poets of those days ; "and Chapman, too, who wrote 



in 1605, says,- — ■ 



' ' What flowers are these ? 

 The Pansie this ; 

 Oil ! that's for lovers' thoughts." 



But our field Pansy the j^oets have not regarded, and it is little noticed 

 save by botanists and country children, and by the farmer, who calls it a 

 troublesome weed. It grows on a stem about half a foot high, and bears its 

 flowers throughout the summer. These are usually of a pale yellowish hue, 

 or cream colour, but they are sometimes veined, or more or less tinged, with 

 purple, and the calyx of the buds is usually purplish. 



10. Yellow Mountain-violet, or Heartsease (F. hltea). — Stem 

 angular, branched chiefly at the base ; leaves ol)long, crenate ; stipules 

 deeply cut; terminal lobe narrow, entire. Plant perennial. This Pansy, 

 which flowers in June, on mountainous pastures, is much like the last ; but 

 its flowers, which are variable in size, are usually much larger. Though it is 

 distinguished as the Yellow Violet, the petals are often of a deep purple. It 

 is by some regarded as a sub-species of K tricolor, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its 'Underground runners. 



Order X. DROSERACE^— SUNDEW TRIBE. 



Sepals and petals, 4, 6, or 8 ; stamens distinct, either equal in number to 

 the petals, or 2, 3, or 4 times as many ; ovary single ; styles 1 — 5, often 

 2-cleft or branched ; capsule of 1 — 5 cells and 2 — 5 valves, which bear the 

 seeds at the middle or at the base. This is a small Order. The plants com- 

 posing it are, in one or two instances, shrubby, but the British species are all 

 iierbaceous. The leaves are alternate, and, when young, are rolled up in the 

 same manner as the young fronds of ferns. These plants are natives of bogs, 

 marshes, and inundated lands, in all the temperate regions of the world, and 

 are remarkable for the abundance of glandular hairs which cover all parts of 

 the foliage. They possess an acrid principle, but their medical j)ropcrties are 

 not of much power. 



Sundew (Brdsera). — Sepals, petals, and stamens 4, 6, oi' 8 ; styles 

 2 — 5, deeply cleft ; capsule 1 -celled, 2 — 5-valved. Name from the Greek 

 droseros, dewy, the leaves being covered with drops which, during sunshine, 

 look like dew. 



Sundew {Drosera). 



1. Round-leaved Sundew {D. rotundifolia) — Leaves all from the root, 

 spreading around in a horizontal direction ; leaf-stalks hairy ; seeds chaffy. 



