82 DR0S1:RACE.E. Drosera. 



2. Drosera loxgifolia, Linn. Long-leaved Sundew. 

 Leaves spatulate-oblong, erect-spreading, attenuate into the long and slender naked petiole ; 



caudex ascending or decumbent, often elongated ; scapes declined at the base ; petals (white) 

 short ; styles verj' short, the divisions somewhat thickened ; seeds oblong, slightly punctate, 

 the testa not arilliform. — Eng. hot. t. 868 ; Micluc.jl. I. p. 86 ; A^utt. gen. I. p. 141 ; Torr. 

 fl. \.p. 331 (excZ. syn. Goldie) ; Bigel. jl. Bost. p. 123 ; Torr. <^ Gr.fl. N. Am. I. p. 146. 

 D.Americana, Muhl. cat. p, 33. D. intermedia, var. Americana, DC. prodr. 1. p. 118. 

 D. foliosa. Ell. sk. \.p. 375; DC. I.e. 



Caude.x, when the plant grows in water, sometimes 2-4 inches long. Leaves 1 - 1^ inch 

 long, the lamina 2-3 lines wide, with long fringed stipules at the base. Scapes 3-6 inches 

 high, usually curved to one side at the base, and then ascending, 5 - 9-flowered. Flowers 

 twice as large as in the preceding species. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Capsule ovoid-oblong. 



Sphagnous and sandy swamps. July - August. More rare than the preceding species. 



3. Drosera filiformis, Raf. (Plate X.) Thread-leaved Sundeic. 



Leaves filiform and very long, nearly erect, glandularly hairy, naked at the lower extremity, 

 the stipules at the base densely woolly ; scape longer than the leaves, many-flowered ; petals 

 (purple) obovate, erosel}' denticulate, much longer than the glandular calyx ; styles 2-parted 

 to the base, the segments filiform and slightly thickened upward ; seeds acute at each end, 

 minutely punctate, the testa not arilliform. — Raf. in med. rep. 2. p. 360, and in Desv.jour. 

 hot. 1. p. 227 ; Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 211 ; Nutt. gen. 1. p. 142 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 318 ; Torr. 

 fl.\. p. 332 ; Hook, in Bot. mag. t. 3540 ; Graham in new Edin. phil. mag. July, 1 836 ; 

 Torr. 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 147. D. tenuifolia, Muhl. cat. p. 33 ; Willd. enum. p. 340 ; 

 Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 124. 



Leaves 6-10 inches long, about the thickness of a common packthread. Scapes (often 

 several from one root) 8-12 inches liigh, smooth, usually 8 - 12-flowered, rarely forked at 

 the base. Flowers, when fully expanded, half an inch in diameter, bright purple. Stamens 5 ; 

 anther-cells large, oblong, distinct, at length separating from the rhombic-lanceolate connec- 

 livum ; the pollen-grains connected by fine cobweb-like threads. Capsule shorter than the 

 calyx. Seeds blackish. 



Sandy wet places, a few miles east of East-Hampton, Sufi"olk county, Long Island. 

 August - September. A singular and handsome plant ; first discovered by the late Mr. Rafi- 

 nesque, and described by him as early as the year ISOS. According to Bigelow, the flowers 

 have ten stamens, but there were only five in all the specimens that I examined. 



