344 



DROSERACE^l. I. DROSERA. 



calyx. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white or red. 



Few-flowered Sun-dew. Fl. July, August. Clt. 1821. PL 

 i foot. 



5 D. PUSI'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 390. 

 t. 490. f. 1.) leaves spatulate, glandular, with an obovate limb, 

 upper surface as well as margins beset with hairs, scapes 2-3- 

 flowered, and are glabrous as well as the calyx ; seeds somewhat 

 globose. If. . S. Native in humid sandy places on the banks 

 of the river Orinoco. D. biflora, Willd. in Rcem. et Schult. 

 syst. 6. p. 763. Flowers red ? Stipulas palmately-5-parted. 



Small Sun-dew. Fl. July, Aug. PI. -| foot. 



6 D. TENE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 391. t. 490. f. 2. 

 Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 763.) leaves spatulate, with 

 an obovate-roundish limb, upper surface as well as margins 

 beset with glandular hairs ; scapes capillary, elongated, 2-3- 

 flowered, and are glabrous as well as the calyx ; seeds oblong. 

 y.. S. Native of New Andalusia in alpine situations. Like 

 D. capillaris. Flowers purple ? 



Pliant Sun-dew. Fl. July, Aug. PI. -j foot. 



7 D. UMBELLA'TA (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 232.) leaves 

 ovate, on long footstalks ; scape naked at the apex, umbellately 

 5-flowered. 1 . G. Native of China. Flowers white. 



Umbellate-fiowcred Sun-dew. PI. -| foot. 



8 D. BREVIFO'LIA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 211.) leaves 

 wedge-shaped, on very short footstalks ; stipulas scarious, 3-5- 

 cleft ; scape 1-4-flowered. O- H. Native in sandy swamps 

 from Carolina to Georgia. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Short-leaved Sun-dew. Fl. June. PL 1 inch. 



9 D. PALEA'CEA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 318.) leaves oblong, 

 stalked ; stipulas scarious, acutely cut at the top ; scape erect, 

 glabrous, twice as long as the leaves ; flowers in racemes at the 

 top of the scape. O- G. Native of New Holland at King 

 George's Sound. Flowers red ? 



Chaffy Sun-dew. PI. | foot. 



10 D. TOMENTO SA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 343.) leaves 

 elliptical-oblong, very blunt, on very short footstalks, with the 

 margin and upper surface beset with glandular hairs, under sur- 

 face villous ; stipulas ciliated to the middle ; scapes erect, to- 

 mentose, but covered with glandular down at the top ; calyxes 

 densely clothed with glandular hairs. 1 . S. Native of Brazil 

 in marshes on the mountains near Itambe in the province of 

 Minas Geraes, at about the height of 2015 feet above the level 

 of the sea. Hairs on the leaves white, but those on the scapes 

 are brown. Flowers purple, all leaning to one side. 



Var. ft, glabrata (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 344.) scapes more or less 

 glabrous. If. . S. Native of Brazil near the village called Mil- 

 hoverde in that part of the province of Minas Geraes vulgarly 

 called Distritodos-Diamantes, at about the height of 3700 feet 

 above the level of the sea. 



Tomentose Sun-dew. PI. J to foot. 



11 D. HIRTE'LLA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 344.) leaves 

 spatulate, covered with glandular hairs on both surfaces ; foot- 

 stalks one half shorter than the limb of the leaf ; stipulas 3- 

 parted, ciliated ; scape ascending at the base and covered with 

 soft hairs, but with down towards the top ; calyxes clothed with 

 glandular hairs. I/ . S. Native of Brazil in dried up marshes 

 near the town of Formigas in the province of Minas Geraes, 

 and on the mountains called Serra-dos-Pyreneos in the province 

 of Goyaz. Flowers purple, leaning to one side. 



Var. ft, lutescens (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 345.) leaves smaller, obo- 

 vate, usually naked on the under surface ; hairs on the scape 

 manifestly stiffer and yellowish. 



Hairy Sun-dew. Fl. Ju. Jul. PI. to| foot. 



12 D. TRINE'RVIA (Spreng. anleit. 1. p. 298.) leaves spatu- 

 late, wedge-shaped, sessile, 3-nerved ; scapes few-flowered, and 



Q. l/.S. Native 

 Burm. zeyl. t. 94. 



are as well as the calyxes pubescent. Q, 11, G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers red ? 

 Three-nerved Sun-dew. PI. ^ foot. 



13 D. CUNEIFO'LIA (Thunb. prod. 57.) leaves obovately- 

 wedge-shaped, sessile, reticulately veined ; scape few-flowered, 

 and is as well as calyxes pubescent. If.. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Burch. trav. 1. p. 57. cat. no. 599. 

 Flowers red and white. 



Wedge-leaved Sun-dew. Fl. July, Aug. PI. J foot. 



14 D. BURMA'NNI (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 50.) leaves spatulately 

 wedge-shaped, sessile, reticulately-veined ; scape erect, few- 

 flowered, and is as well as calyxes glabrous. 



of Ceylon, Coromandel, and perhaps China, 

 f. 2. Flowers white. 



Burmanris Sun-dew. Fl. July, Aug. PI. J foot. 



15 D. SESSILIFLORA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. ii. p. 341. t. 19. f. 

 a.) leaves sessile, cuneated, very blunt at the apex, covered to 

 the middle with glandular hairs, base and under surface naked ; 

 stipulas ciliated ; scape flat, glabrous ; calyxes clothed with 

 glandular pubescence ; style 5-parted ; stigmas 5-7-parted. 

 Native of Brazil in marshes near Tapeira and Riachao in the 

 desert called Certa6-do-Rio-S-Francisco in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. Flowers purple, leaning to one side. 



Sessile-leaved Sun-dew. Fl. July, Aug. PI. -| foot. 



16 D. MARI'TIMA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. ii. p. 346. t. 19. f. 

 b.) leaves spatulate, almost exstipulate ; with a wedge-shaped 

 roundish border, upper surface clothed with glandular hairs ; 

 margins ciliately jagged ; footstalks equal in length to the leaves ; 

 scape short, filiform, terete at the base, but flattened at the apex, 

 clothed with glandular down as well as the calyx. 1. S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil in the sea-sand near Ararangua at the termination 

 of the province of St. Catharine and Rio-Grande-de-St.-Pedro- 

 do-Sul, also on a mountain called Pao-de-Assucar on the sea- 

 shore in the province of Cisplatine. Flowers purple, leaning to 

 one side. 



Sea-side Sun-dew. Fl. Ju. Oct. PI. 2 inches. 



17 D. SPATHUIA'TA (Lab. nov. holl. t. 106. f. 1.) leaves ob- 

 long-spatulate, tapering somewhat into the footstalk ; scape glan- 

 dular at the top as well as calyxes ; flowers almost sessile, dis- 

 posed in short racemes. . If. . G. Native of Van Diemen's 

 Land and about Port Jackson. Flowers reddish ? 



(tyata/a/e-leaved Sun-dew. Fl. July, August. PI. f foot. 



18 D. PETIOLA RIS (R. Br. ined. and D. C. syst. 1. p. 318.) 

 leaves orbicular, peltate, on long footstalks ; footstalks, calyx, and 

 scape thickly beset with hairs, which are not glandular. I/ . G. 

 Native in New Holland near Endeavour River. Flowers red ? 



Matted-leaved Sun-dew. Fl. June, Aug. PI. i foot. 



19 D. CAPILLA'RIS (Poir. diet. 6. p. 299.) leaves obovately- 

 spatulate, on short footstalks ; scape erect, and is as well as 

 calyxes glabrous. G- H. Native of Carolina and about Phila- 

 delphia in sandy or gravelly swamps filled with Sphagnum. D. 

 rotundifolia, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 186. Pursh, fl. amer. 

 sept. 1. p. 210. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the European 

 D. rotundifblia. Flowers white. 



Capillary Sun-dew. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. \ foot. 



20 D. MONTA'NA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 2. p. 342.) leaves 

 short, oblong, very blunt, tapering into a very short footstalk at 

 the base, upper surface and margins covered with glandular 

 hairs, under surface pilose ; stipulas linear, jagged to the middle ; 

 scapes flat, 3-5-flowered, covered with glandular down as well 

 as the calyxes and pedicels. If. . S. Native of Brazil on the 

 mountains called Serra-do-Papagayo on the southern part of the 

 province of Minas-Geraes. Flowers red, leaning to one side. 



Mountain Sun-dew. Fl. March. PI. to f foot. 



21 D. PARVIFO'LIA (St. Hil. in mem. mus. 11. p. 345.) leaves 

 small, somewhat spatulate or obovate, very blunt, upper surface 



