Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 109 



DROSERACEiE, DC. 



Drosera, L. ^/ 



620. D. propinqua (R. C. Mss.) foliis radicalibus oblongo-spathulatis 



Hab. In ora ?equinoctiali Novjie CambrifB Australis : ad latus Montis 

 Cook, prope fluvium Endeavour dictum.- 1820, J. Cunningham.^ 



P. linifoUum ; foliis elliptico-oblongis obtusis acuminatisve petiolatis sub- 

 revolutis Iseviter undulatis adultis super glabris nitidis, subterparce tomen- 

 tosis reticulato-venosis floribus paniculato-umbellatis, pedunculis fusco-to- 

 mentosis, stigmate obtuso depresso lobato ovarioque dense piloso, capsulis 

 bivalvibus, caule arboreo gracili. 



Hah. In oraorientali inter tropicam : ad fluvium Endeavour diet., in locis 

 saxosis humidis necnonad ripas fluvii a littore remotis — 1819, A. Canning- 

 ham. 



Obs. Differs from P. undulatiim, Andr., that species having ovate -lan- 

 ceolate attenuated leaves, which are smooth on both sides and altogether 

 larger aggregate peduncled flowers. 



P. pkillyneoides, foliis (1 — 1| uncialibus) oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve 

 mucronatis coriaceis planis utrinque glabris subtus discoloribus obscure ve- 

 nulosis, pedicellis lateralibus unifloris solitariis geminisve petiolo duplo lon- 

 gioribus. DC. Prodr. i. p. 347.— P. oleifolium, A. Cunn. Mss. (1822). 



Hab. In ora occidentali, in arenosis aridis Insula Dirk Hartog, 1802, 

 Lechenault. — 1822, A. Cunningham. 



Frutex robustus, erectus, ramosus, sexpedalis, habitu fere facie OlecB. 

 Flores — . Capsula aurantia, elliptica, compressa, bivalvis, extus glabra, ru- 

 gulosa. 



P. bicolor ; foliis lanceolatis coriaceis nervosis obtusiusculis acuminatisve 

 marginibus refractis, breviter petiolatis super glabris convexiusculis, subter 

 tomentosis, pedunculis unifloris, petalis 4 — 5ies longioribus terminalibus 

 axillaribusve, ramulis tomentosis. Hook. Journ. Bot. i. p. 249. — P. ledifolia. 

 A. Cunn. Ms. (1819). 



Hab. In insula Van Diemen, in sylvis umbrosis valde humidis, inter Da- 

 crydia (Heronensia, Nobis) ad sinum Macquarie Harbor dictum, ubi in 

 mense Januario floret.— 1819, y^. Cunninc/ham. — 1831, Ron. Gunn, R. GuL 

 Lawrance. 



Frutex gracilis, concinnus, 5 — 6 pedum altitudine, ramis valde virgatis 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis foliatis. Folia sparsa v. verticillato-conferta subtus 

 cinereo- vel fulvo-tomentosa, pilis adpressis. Pedunculus ferrugineo-pilosus. 

 Calyx 0-phyllus patens, villosus, coloratus. Petala 5 purpurea, oblonga, 

 apice reflexa, sepalis plus duplo longiora. Stamina 5, tubo corollse longiora. 

 AnthercE oblongae, obtusas, adnatas, anticas, biloculares. Stylus longitudine 

 staminum. Stigma lobatum. Ovarium densissime pilosum. 



P. acacioides (A. C. Mss. 1817) foliis (3 — 4 uncialibus) angusto-lanceo- 

 latis basi valde attenuatis petiolatis mucronatis planis aveniis utrinque gla- 

 bris concoloribus, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis geminisve petiolo duplo 

 brevioribus, ramulis glaberrimis. — P. angustifolia, Lodd, Bot. Cat, t. 1859. 

 (1832). 



Hab. In ora meridionali. — 1802, R. Brown, necnon in interiore, in de- 

 sertis prope flumen Lachlan. — 1817, A. Cunningham. 



Arbuscula Deserti ; 6 — 20 pedalis, admodum ornata, maxime gracilis, et 

 omnino glaberrima. Rami attenuati debiles, plus minus dependentes. Folia 

 alterna, sparsa, versus basin sensim in petiolum vix pollicarem desinentia. 

 Flores pedunculati, 1 — 2 axillares, flavi, Sepalis calycis membranaceis, 

 ovalibus, obtusis, tenuissime ciliatis, tubo petalorura ter brevioribus. Petala 



