CLASS V. ORDER VI.] DROSEKA. 457 



ORDER VI . 



HEXAGYNIA. 6 Pistils. 



GENUS cm. DROSE'RA.— Linn. Sun-dew. 



Nat. Ord. Drosera'ce^. De Cand. 



Gen. Char. Calyx deeply five-cleft. Corolla of five petals. Styles 

 three or five, divided in two. Capsule one celled, three valved. 

 Seeds numerous. — Name from ^pocrspa, dewy ; which is from 

 ifocroi, deiv ; from the glands at the apex of the hairs appearing 

 like dew. 



1. D. rotundi' folia, Linn. (Fig. 520.) Round-leaved Sun-dew. 

 Leaves orbicular, with hairy footstalks; scape erect; seeds chaffy. 



English Botany, t. 807. — English Flora, vol. ii. p, 122. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 151. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 38. 



Root fibrous. Scape erect, solitary, or several from the same root, 

 round, smooth, from two to five inches high, leafless, round, smooth, 

 red. Leaves numerous, orbicular, somewhat concave, green or purplish, 

 the upper side clothed with red glandular hairs, those on and near 

 the margin longer than those of the disk, and mostly recurved, the 

 under side smooth, and mostly two or three ribbed, the footstalks of 

 variable lengths, flattish, dilated upwards, and more or less clothed 

 with simple soft hairs. Inflorescence a curved one sided raceme, of a 

 few white Jlojvers, each elevated on a short footstalk, from the bosom 

 of a narrow lanceolate bractea, which soon falls aw ay. Calyx of four 

 or five unequal ovate oblong smooth segments, with the margin more 

 or less jagged. Corolla oi five petals, white, oblong, expanding only 

 in the bright sunshine. Stamens five, with small yellow two celled 

 anthers. Styles generally six, sometimes five, rarely four. Capsule 

 ovate, of one cell, opening with three valves. Seeds small, chaffy, 

 numerous. 



Habitat. — Bogs and wet heathy ground ; frequent. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



2. D. longiyolia, Linn. (Fig. 521.) Spathulate- leaved Sun-dew. 

 Leaves obovate, wedge-shaped ; scape curved or decumbent at the 

 base, ascending, rather longer than the leaves ; seeds with a compact 

 rough coat, not chaffy. 



English Botany, t. 868.— English Flora, vol. ii. p. 123.— Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 151.— Lindley, Synopsis, p. 38.— D. intennedia, 

 Hayn. Schrad. Journ. 



Root small, fibrous. Scape round, smooth, rather longer than the 

 leaves, red, curved or decumbent at the base, becoming erect. Leaves 



