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Sub-order II. PARNASSIE^E. 



Stigmas sessile ; leaves smooth. The only British 

 representative of this Sub-order is the beautiful plant 

 Parnassia. By some botanists it is placed in the same 

 Order with Hypericum ; but with questionable pro- 

 priety. 



2. PARNASSIA (Grass of Parnassus). Calyx deeply 

 5-cleft ; petals 5 ; stamens 5, with 5 fringed scales inter- 

 posed ; stigmas 4 ; capsule 1 -celled, with 4 valves. 

 (Name from Mount Parnassus, but on what account is 

 uncertain.) 



1. DROSERA (Sundew). 



1. D. rotundifolia (Round-leaved Sundew). Leaves 

 all from the root, spreading horizontally, round ; leaf- 

 stalks hairy ; seeds chaffy. An exceedingly curious 

 little plant, 2 6 inches high, growing in bogs. The 

 root is small and fibrous, and takes a very slight hold 

 in the ground ; the leaves are densely covered with red 

 hairs, each of which is tipped with a drop of viscid 

 fluid ; from the centre of the tuft of leaves rises a wiry 

 leafless stalk, bearing several small whitish flowers which 

 only expand in sunny weather ; the flowers are all on 

 one side of the stalk, which in its early stage is curled 

 up, and gradually uncoils itself as the flowers severally 

 expand. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. D. longifolia (Long-leaved Sundew). Leaves all 

 from the root, erect, elongated, broad at the extremity, 

 and tapering towards the base ; leaf-stalks smooth ; seeds 

 with a rough, not chaffy coat. Smaller than the last, 

 and growing with it in boggy places. Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial.^ 



3. D. Anglica (Great Sundew). Leaves all from the 

 roots, erect, oblong, on very long smooth stalks; seeds 

 with a loose chaffy coat. Stouter and taller than the 

 last, and growing in similar situations, but rare. FL 

 July, August. Perennial. 



