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as the petals, hypogynous or scarcely perigynous. Ovary 1-celled with 

 2-5 styles ; ovules parietal, numerous. Capsule loculicidally 2-5-valved. 

 Seeds numerous ; in the Indian species obovoid-ellipsoid, with the testa 

 black, smooth, reticulate, not lax. Distrib. Species 100 ; scattered 

 throughout the world except Polynesia ; very numerous in Australia. 



Leaves cauline, linear ... ... ... ... 1. D. indica. 



Leaves all radical, spathulate-cuneate ... ... 2. D. Burmanni. 



1. Drosera indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 282. Stems suberect, from 1-6 

 in. high. Leaves cauline, alternate, linear, elongate, very glandular- 

 pubescent, hardly broader than the glabrous petiole ; the stipules much 

 shorter than the petioles. Racemes leaf-opposed ; flower- pedicels *25 

 in. or more in length, glandular-hairy. Styles 3, bifid to near the base. 

 DC. Prodr. I, 319; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11,313; Wall. Cat. 1244; Wight 

 111. t. 20 ; W. & A. Prodr. 34 ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. Ill, Vol. 

 IX, 204 ; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. II, p. 120 ; H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. II, 82 ; Thwaites Enum. 21 ; Dalz. & G'ibs. Bomb. Fl. 12 ; Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, Pt. 11,310; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 II, 424. D. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 3752. D. serpens, Planch. 1. c. 

 204. V. nexagyna, Blanco Fl. Filip. 139 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. X, t. 20. 



In swampy places in all the Provinces, except the Andaman and 

 Nicobar Islands. Distrib. The southern part of British India, Ceylon, 

 Burma, the Malayan Archipelago, China, tropical Australia, Africa. 



2. Drosera Burmanni, Vahl Symb. Ill, 50. Stem very short ; 

 the leaves all radical, spathulate-cuneate, glandular-pubescent; the 

 stipules nearly as long as the petioles. Scapes 3-3, two to eight inches 

 high, the raceme occupying the upper fourth only, glabrescent. Flower- 

 pedicels less than *25 in. long, glabrous. Styles 5, not bifid. Don Prodr. 

 212; DC. Prodr. I, 318; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11,113; Wall. Cat. 1242; 

 Wight. 111. t. 20; Wight Ic. t. 944; W. & A. Prodr. 34 ; Planch, in 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. Ill, Vol. IX, 190; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. II, p. 

 120 ; H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. II, 82; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. II, 424 ; Thwaites Enum. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 12 ; Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. 1876, Pt. II, 310. 



In swampy places in all the Provinces, except the Andaman and 

 Nicobar Islands. Distrib. Plains of British India, Ceylon, the lower 

 Himalaya, Malayan Archipelago, China, Japan, Australia, West Africa. 



Order XLII. HAMAMELIDE..E. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple or palmately 

 lobed ; stipules 1-2, rarely wanting, deciduous or rarely persistent. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, collected into heads or spikes. 

 Calyx small or 0, adnate to the ovary. Petals or 4-5, perigynous or 



