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Gtn. xxvii. 28. 



SUN-DEW^ 

 (drosera rotundifolia.) 



"God give thee of the dew of Heaven." 



Thou mountain fairy ! 

 I love to see thee glisten 



'Mid moorland wild, 

 So like a star from heaven, 



With radiance mild. 



Sui-passing lovely, — 

 Methinks from some bright sphere, 

 Thy native home, 

 This spot so lone and drear 



To cheer thou'st come. 



• This plant is found 



" on boggy moor, 



Or peat-clad marsh ;" 



Its leaves are radial, and fringed with hairs "of texture delicately fine,"and of 

 the most exquisite ruby colour. Each hair supports a little globule of pellucid, 

 dew-like liquor ; whence its name. 



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