Droseracea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
Distrib. Mountains of New Zealand. 
A most distinct and beautiful Bpecie8. — Throe inches to a span hi-rh. Root a lonir. dcse< 
with spreading rootlets, Leaves 2-6 inches long, 1 inch hvoad, hluut, one-nerved, covered \vi 
dular hairs. Scape longer than the leaves. Flower nearly v i, 1( .h i nn g. A-;*//* quite glahr 
blunt. Pefefo one-third longer than the calyx. Mo m en t five, persistent. 0(v//v/ oblong, with time short >t\l.s. 
and globose, papillose stigmata. Ovules very numerous, attached to three broad linear placenta 
or four-valved. 
pygmaea (DC. Prodr. i. 317); pusilla, acaulis, scapo unifloro, foliis rosulatis lmv. 
petiolatis rotundatis concavis subpeltatis marginibus dense glanduloso-riliat is, stipulis magma narioaia, Kami 
gracilibus, sepalis 4 oblongis obtusis glaberrimis, petalis calycem excedentibus, stylis ovario subgloboso 
longioribus, seminibus paucis magnis in placentas 3 punctiformes glomeratis. — Pkme&OH, I. ft L £89 ; fl. 
N. Zeal. i. 20. {Gunn, 783.) 
Hab. Abundant in peaty and sandy soil, along the north-west coast, from Rocky Cape to Woolnortli, 
Gunn.— (Fl. Nov. Dec.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia, and northern parts f Ae\v Zealand. 
This pretty little plant may be recognized at once by it- diminutive size, and large -carious stipules, fonniiur a 
rosette round the base of the scape ; also by its tetraniero . • 
§ 2. Leaves all radical. 
3. Drosera spathulata (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. t. 106. f. 1); acanlis, Mapigen, niultii! | . 
latis spathulatis superne marginibusquc glanduloso-pilosis, scapis 1-3 crcctis simpliribus ▼. bilidis B-16* 
tloris, floribus breve pedieellaii-. sep ,-is ba-i runnatis, petalis spathulatis calyee duplo 
longioribus, stylis 3 bifurcatis.— DC. Prodr. i. 318; Planchon, I. c. ; Fl. N. Zeal. i. 20. D. spathulata, 
A. Cum. Prodr. ; Fl. N. Zeal. i. 21. {Gunn, 782.) 
Hab. Bocky Cape, in wet, marshy hollows, Gunn. — (Fl. Dec. Jan.) 
Distmb. New South Wales and South-eastern Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippine Islands. 
A very well-marked species, readily known by its rosulate spathulate leaves and many-flowered scape. Hi 
styles are bipartite, with blunt stigmata. Capsule obovate, shorter than the calyx; seed ellipsoid, with -olid. 
minutely granulate testa. 
4. Drosera binata (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. t. 105); acaulis, scapo multifloro, foliis longe petiolatis 
bipartitis laciniis lineari-ligulatis integris bifidisve glanduloso-pilosis, floribus magnis, sepalis ovatis glaber- 
rirnis ciliatisve oblongis obtusis, petalis obcordatis calyee 2-4-plo longioribus, stylis penicillatus. — /y(. 
Prodr. v. 318; Planchon, 1. c. ; Fl. K Zeal. i. 20. D. pedata, Persoon, Bot. Mag. t. 608 
media, A. Cunn. Prodr. I.e. D. Cunninghamii, Walper*, Repert. \: 8£9. [Gunn, 646.) 
Hab. Marshes, Formosa, Laicrence; "Rocky Cape, Hampshire Hills, etc., Om — 
Disteib. New South Wales, South-eastern Australia, and New Zealand. 
A very handsome plant, easily recognized by the long linear dichotomous leaves and beautiful flowers. Thi 
stipules are combined into one, which is two-nerved and crested along the back. 
§ 3. Stem leafy, terminated by racemose inflorescence . Styles 2-3, split into capillary segments. Capsule many-seeded. 
5. Drosera Planchon! (Hook. fil. in Planchon, Monog. 1. c. p. 294) ; glanduloso-hispidula, caule 
liliformi elongate erecto, foliis longe petiolatis peltatim suborbiculatis ellipsoideisve, floribus 2-3 terminali- 
bus magnis, pedicellis gracilibus flore tequilongis, sepalis obovato-oblongis obtusis ciliatis appresse villosis, 
