Drosera.] DROSERACEAE. 451 



kerai at 3,500-5,000 ft. (Fischer); Pulney Hills (Bourne). 

 An erect succulent reaching 3 ft. high, with large flower- 

 panicles and broad leaves. 



5. KALANCHOE GRANDIFLORA, W. & A. 359 ; F. B. I, ii. 415 ; 

 Wt. 111. t. 111. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, above 6,000 ft. 

 A tall succulent plant with glaucous leaves and showy 

 flowers. 



6. KALANCHOE LACINIATA, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 415 ; W. & A. 360 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 1158. 



Deccan, on dry slopes in Coimbatore at 1,500 ft. ; W. Ghats, 

 N". slopes of NJlgiris and hills of Travancore at 3,000 ft. 

 A large succulent herb, up to 4 ft. high. 



Bryophyllum pinnatum, Kurz, an introduced plant, is found 

 in gardens and run wild in many places in plains Districts. It is 

 remarkable for forming new plants at the crenatures of the 

 leaves. 



Family LIX, DROSERACEAE. 



Perennial glandular-hairy herbs, insectivorous. Leaves radical 

 or caulme, usually entire ; stipules 2. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 regular. Calyx 4-5- or more-partite, the sepals free, imbricate, 

 persistent. Petals as many as sepals, usually hypogynous. 

 imbricate, marcescent. Stamens as many as petals ; filaments 

 free or connate at the base. Ovary free or adherent to the base 

 of the calyx, globose or ovoid, 1-3-celled ; styles 3-5 ; ovules 

 numerous, usually on parietal placentas. Fruit a membranous, 

 usually loculicidal 2-5-valved capsule. Seeds many, albumen 

 fleshy, embryo minute. 



Drosera, Linn. 



Perennial herbs with glandular hairs, sometimes with bulbous 

 roots. Leaves rosulate or caulme, the glandular hairs attracting 

 and securing small insects which they can assimilate. Flowers 

 white or pink, racemose cymose corymbose or solitary. Calyx- 

 lobes 4, 5 or 8, erect, marcescent. Petals as many as sepals, also 

 marcescent. Stamens as many as petals. Ovary free, ovoid or 

 globose, 1-celled ; ovules many, parietal ; styles 2-5. Capsule 

 loculicidally 2-5-valved. Seeds many, obovoid-ellipsoid, testa 

 smooth, reticulate. 



