452 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Drosera. 



Kootstock not bulbous : 



Leaves all radical, rosulate, round- spathulate; scapes leafless; styles 



5, undivided ...1. Burmanni. 



Leaves cauline, alternate, linear ; styles 3, bifid to the base 



2. indica. 



Eootstock bulbous ; leaves cauline, semilunate ; styles 3, short, 

 fimbriate 3. peltata. 



1. DROSERA BURMANNI, Yahl; F. B. I. ii. 424; W. & A. 34; 

 Wt. 111. t. 20 ; Ic. t. 944. 



All Districts, in suitable damp places and to the highest 



points in the hills. 



An erect plant with leafless scapes about 4-6 in. high from 



the rosulate cushion of leaves at the base. 

 a. DROSERA INDICA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 424; W. & A. 34; Wt. 

 111. t. 20. 



1ST. Circars, especially in Ganjam ; Deccaii, in wet places in 



the Hills ; W. Coast, S. Canara to Travancore, in swampy 



places. 



A straggling leafy plant, the steins usually 3-4 in., sometimes 



up to. 12 in. long. 



3. DROSERA PELTATA, Sm. ; F. B. I. ii. 424; W. & A. 34; Wt. 

 111. t. 20. 



W. Ghats, on open downs in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills 



above 5,000 ft. 



An erect, pretty plant with slender stems reaching 12 in. 



high and over, the leaves peltate with upturned cusps. 



When being dried it stains the paper red. 



Family LX. HALORRHAGIDACEAE. 



Herbs, often aquatic. Leaves opposite or whorled, sometimes 

 partly alternate, when submerged often pectinately pinnatifid ; 

 stipules 0. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, small, axillary, 

 solitary or fascicled, sessile or pedicelled. Ccdyx-iiibe adnate to 

 the ovary, lobes usually 4. Petals 4, sometimes 2 or 0, valvate or 

 slightly imbricate. Stamens 8, 4 or 1; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing 

 longitudinally and laterally. Ovary 4-, 2- or 1-celled ; ovules 4, 

 pendulous ; styles as many as cells ; stigmas papillose or plumose. 

 Fruit small, dry or drupaceous, 4-, 2- or 1-celled, indehiscent or 

 separating into carpels. Seeds pendulous, 4 or rarely 1. 



