10. BROSERACES:.^ 11. POLTGALACE^. 43 



Order X. DROSEEACE^. 



Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular. Stam. 5 or 10, free. 

 Styles 3 or 5. Ovary free. Caps. 3 — 5-valved ; valves bearing 

 tbe seeds along tbeir middle. Seeds without an aril. — L. 

 with a circinate vernation.— Joined to Saxifrdgacece by some 

 authors. 



1. Dbosbka. Gal. deeply 5-cleft. Pet. 6. Stam. 5, hypo- 

 gynous. Styles 3-^5, deeply bifid. Caps. l-ceUed, with 

 8 — 5 valves, many-seeded. 



1. Dao'sERA Linn. Svmdew. 



1. D. rotundifdlia (L.) ; 1. round spreaiing, petioles hairy, 

 fl. -stalks erect from centre of rosette of leaves, seeds with a 

 loose chaffy , coat. — R. iii. 24 — ^Flower-stalks 2 — 6 in. high. 

 " Stigmas white,' clubbed, entire. Anth. white." (Borr.} L. 

 covered, as in all other species, with hau's terminating in large 

 glands secreting a viscid fluid which retains insects that settle 

 upon them. Rachis recurved parallel to itself.;^Common in 

 boggy places. P. VII. VIII. Round-leaved Sundew. E. S. L 



2. D. intermedia (Hayn.) ; 1. spathulate blunt erect, petioles 

 glabrous, fl. -stalks arcuate or decumbent at the base from base 

 of rosette of leaves, seeds with a close rough not chaffy coat. — 

 i2. iii. S4 D. longifolia iSfe^Stig. pink, bifid. Anth. yefllow. 

 Rachis not closely recurved. A variety with shorter leaves and 

 the flowerstalks shorter than the leaves is sometimes founi— 

 Common in boggy places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. D. dn^lica (Huds.); L obovate-lanceolate blunt erect, pe- 

 tioles glabrous, fl. -Stalks erect from centre of rosette of leaves, 

 seeds with a loose ehalffjr coat. — D. longifolia 2J-.' iii. 24, Koch, 

 Fries. — Much larger and taller than the last. A variety, D. 

 obovata (M. and K.), is common in Scotland. It has broader 

 leaves and the styles often, though not always, emarginate. — In 

 bogs, rather rare, common in Irdand. P. VII. VTII. E. S. L 



Order XI. POLTGALACE^. 



Sep. 5, imbricate, irregular, 2 interior much larger petal-like, 

 Pet. unequal, usually 3, 1 anterior and larger than the rest. 

 Stam. subdiadelphous, in 2 equal opposite bundles. Anth. 1- 

 ceUed, opening by a pore at their apex. Caps. 1 — ^2-ceIled, with 

 placentas in the axis. Seeds pendulous, usually vrith an aril at 

 the base. 



