98 PENTANR. HEXAG. HEXANDRIA. 



HAB. Summits of the Highland mountains, common. Ft. July. I/ . 

 A small, glaucous, slightly hairy plant. Flower minute, yellow, some- 

 times without petals. Sfam. ."> 7. Pistils f> 8. 



(>. HEXAGYNIA. 



7(J. DROSERA. 



1. Dr. rotnndifolia (round' leaved Snn-dciv], leaves radical orbi- 

 cular spreading uj)on rather a short footstalk, scape with a 

 simple raceme. Lighlf. p. 175. E. B. t. 867- 



HAB. Bogs and moist heathy ground, frequent. Fl. July. I/ . 

 Leaves, as in the other species, covered with pedimculated viscid 



glands, which retain insects. Petioles, too, in this species, hairy. 



Scape 2 5 inches high, glabrous. Flowers subsecund, small. 



2. Dr. longifolia (long-leaved Sun-dew} , leaves radical obovate 

 tapering below into a long footstalk erect, scape with a simple 

 raceme. Lightf.p. 175. E.B. t. 868. 



HAB. Bogs and wet heaths. Marsh between Glasg. and Paisley, Hopk. 



K.-July. 

 Scape like the last. Number of parts of the flower from 5 6. 



3. Dr. angtica (greater Sun- dan?) 9 leaves radical oblongo-spathu- 

 late tapering down into a long footstalk erect, scape with a 

 simple raceme. E. B. t. 869. 



HAB. Arran, very abundant, Mr. Murray. Kirkconnefl moss,, 6 m. 



from Dumfries, Mcmgh. Fl. July. I/. 

 Number of parts of the flower varying from 5 or 6, as is most usual, 



to 8. Larger than the last, and always retaining the characters above 



given in the leaves. It is much more deserving the name of longi- 



folia than the last. 



77. MYOSURUS. 



1. M. minimus (Mouse-tail}. Lig/itf. p. 176. E.B.t.435. 



HAB. Corn-fields of a gravelly soil. FL. May. Q. 



Small plant, 2 4 inches high. Leaves radical, erect, linear-spathu- 

 late, fleshy. Scapes slender, bearing a single flower, small, greenish. 

 Receptacle of the numerous germens at length becoming an inch 

 and half or two inches long, and resembling a mouse's tail. 



VI. HEXANDRIA. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



* Flowers complete, having a Cal. and Cor. 



13. BERBERIS. Cal. of 6 leaves, inferior. Cor. of 6 petals.. Ber- 

 ry 2 -seeded. 



14. PEPLIS. Cal. 12-cleft, campanulate; segments alternately 

 smaller. Pet. 6 (often wanting). Cap? superior, 'of 2 cells. 



