74 BRITISH BOTANY. 



Perisperm fleshy, surrounding the embryo. Embryo straight. 

 Radicle directed towards the hilum. 



STTfOPSIS OF THE GENEBA. 



Deoseea. — Flowers in terminal clusters ; corolla withering. 

 Paenassia. — Flowers terminal and solitary ; corolla caducous. 



Drosera, Lin. — Herbaceous plants, with rosettes of radical 

 glanduliferous leaves, and clusters of small, unilateral, white 

 flowers. Sepals 5, slightly united at the base. Petals five, wi- 

 thering. Stamens five. Anthers opening by two longitudinal 

 slits. Styles 3, rarely 4-5, free, deeply cleft. Stigmas entire or 

 notched. Capsule 1-celled, with parietal placentas and loculicidal 

 dehiscence, and with 3, rarely 4-5, valves. Seeds in a lax testa, 



D. rotundifolia, Lin. Round-leaved Smidew. — e.b. 867. 

 L.B.S. 138. 



A. 18. C. 80. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-700 yds. Tern. 52-40°. 



Stems erect, 3-6 inches high, springing from the centre of a 

 rosette of radical leaves. Leaves quite prostrate, roundish, taper- 

 ing into long footstalks. Seeds fusiform, elongate, in a lax, reti- 

 culate testa. (A loose, chaffy coat). 



Turfy bogs. Per. ; July, August. 



Var. /S. ramosa, Leight. ? Cluster forked or branched ; plant 

 stouter and taller, with more numerous leaves. — Bomere, Pool. 



D. longifolia, Sm. — D.intermedia,}iajn. Intermediate-leaved 

 Sundew. — e.b. 868. l.b.s. 139. 



A. 13. C. 40. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-47°. 



Stem 3-6 inches high, reclining at the base and then erect, 

 slightly longer than the leaves. Leaves erect, with an obovate- 

 cuneate, tapering limb. Sepals obovate, obtuse. Capsule pear- 

 shaped, furroAved. Seeds ovate, oblong, in a rough, not chaffy, 

 closely investing coat. 



Boggy, peaty commons. Per. ; July, August. 



Var. (3. ramosa. Stalk branched about its middle. " A variety, 

 with the stalks shorter than the leaves, is found in Scotland and 

 Ireland." — Babington. 



D. anglica, Huds. — Z>. longifolia, Hayn. Great Sundew. — 



E.B. 869. L.B.S. 140. 



A. 14. C. 40. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-600 yds. Tern. 48-41°. 

 Stems twice as long as the leaves, not curved at the base. 

 Leaves erect, linear-oblong (obovate-lanceolate, Bab.), tapering 



