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DROSEFL\ ANNUA SP. NOV. 



By E. L. Reed 



Annual, with slender tap root. Leaves all basal forming a 

 rosette, var^ang in color from deep green to red, clothed with 

 red glandular hairs; 5 mm. to 12 mm. long. Leaf blades subor- 

 bicular to nearly triangular, gradually tapering into dilated peti- 

 oles which are copiously supplied with glandular hairs; blades 

 much shorter than the petioles. Scapes, i to 3, slender, i cm. 

 to 10 cm. high, glandular pubescent, racemes, i to 5 flowered; 

 corolla of 3 (rarely i, 2, or 4) petals, rose-colored; remaining 

 convolute or rarely opening about 2 mm. to 4 mm.; petals 2.5 

 mm. to 6 mm. long; peduncles short, glandular pubescent; calyx 

 green, glandular. Seeds dark brown, tuberculate. April to 

 June. 



Drosera annua is quite common in open oak woods, abandoned 

 fields, pine barrens, and is sometimes found in moist sand around 

 ponds. It grows with no apparent inconvenience in soils that 



Fig. I. Drosera annua, sp. nov. 



for weeks will have as low a water content as 6 per cent, to 8 

 per cent. 



I have specimens collected near College Station, Houston, and 

 Jacksonville, Texas, and specimens have been sent to the New 



