PENTANDRIA HEXAGYNIA. Drosera. 89 



partly drooping-. Petals acute. E. B. 382. C. 3. 

 19. L. sylvestre catharticum. G. E. 560. 



Dry pastures. 

 An. June. 



Plant slender, smooth. Stems one foot, bowed at the base, then 

 upright, simple, branching oif into a forked, slender-stalked pani- 

 cle. Ls. stalkless. Fl. terminal, solitary, in bud, drooping ; in 

 fl., erect, wliite like those of an Arenaria. Cal. Is. egg-spear- 

 shaped, nerve one. Stam. monadelp. sometimes only four. 

 . Willd. 



Infusion of two drachms or more of dried herb, excellent cathar- 

 tic, diuretic in rheumatism. 



PENTANDRIA HEXAGYNIA. 



DROSERA. Sun-dew.' 



D. rotundifoUa. Round-leaved S. Leaves pressed 

 down, hollow in the middle, nearly circular, on hairy 

 foot-stalks. Flower-stalks immediately from the root, 

 racemose. E. B. 867. Ros Solis folio rotundo. G. 

 E. 1556. 

 Mossy, turfy boys. North side of Shotover Hill. Sb. (Bagley 



Wood.) Near Childswell Farm. Bx. 

 Per. July. 



Ls. growing in a starry form, conspicuous by their green and red 

 colour. Glandular bristles red, bent inwards, irritable, contrac- 

 tile, each tipped with a clear viscid globule. Fl. stalks naked, 

 simple. Fl. white, or blush-coloured. This species, and Dros. 

 longifolia occasionally acquire a stem. Dr. fVilliams, Dot. Prof. 

 Oxford. 



Whole plant acrid, caustic. Juice mixed with milk, an applica- 

 tion to remove freckles, and sun-burns. The unmixed juice to 

 destroy w^arts and corns. 



The upper surface of the Is. said to contract, when touched with 

 a pin, centrically ; hence insects sometimes found imprisoned in 

 the Is. An experiment best made in hot, sunny weather, by plac- 

 ing an ant or any small insect on the Is. &c. The distilled water 

 of Sun-dew from a glass still, is of a golden colour, and colours 

 silver like gold. G. E. 



(D. longifolia. Long-leaved S. Leaves inversely egg- 

 shaped, erect, on naked foot-stalks. Flower-stalks 

 immediately from the root, racemose. E. B. 868. 

 Ros Solis foHo oblongo. G. E. 1556. 



' From the small pellucid drops at the tips of the Is, remaining undried up 

 in the fullest exposure to the sun. 



