44 10. BEOSEEACBJE. 



equal size, lateral ones (usually 3 on one side and 1 on the 

 other) all springing- from near the base of the stip., the terminal 

 lobe narrow and very nearly always quite entire but sometimes 

 considerably larger than the others. — ^. V. Curtisii (Forst.) ; 

 stems angular rough, lower part of the .stip. somewhat length- 

 ened so as slightly to separate the lateral lobes. E. B. S. 2693. 

 V. sahulosa Bor. — Mountainous pastures. /3. Sands near the 

 west coast. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



9. V. tricolor (L.) ; anth.-cells diverging below, anth.-spura 

 long suhclavate-fiUform, spur of the corolla about equalling the 

 calycine appendages,!, crenate-sereate, lower ones OTate-eordate, 

 upper 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, stip. lyrate-pinnatifid, termi- 

 nal lobe spathulate crenate, st. ascending. — E. B. 1287. JS. 

 iii. 21. V. Curtisii (Mack.) from Portmarnock. — Boot simple. 

 Fl. with the upper pet. purple, lateral ones bluish, lower one 

 yellow. Caps, ovoid. Terminal lobe of the stip. often having 

 only one tooth on each side. — ^. V. arvensis (Murr.) ; pet. shorter 

 than the calyx whitish, caps, nearly globular. E. B. S. 2712. — 

 Small form from ScUly is very like V. parmila Tin. — Common. 

 A. V. — IX. Heartsease. Pansy. E. S I. 



Order X. DEOSEKACE^. 



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

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

 the seeds along their middle. Seeds without an aril. — L. 

 with a circinate vernation. — Joined to Saodfragacem by some 

 authors. 



1. Drosbra. Cal. deeply 5-cleft. Pet. 5. Stam. 5, hypo- 

 gynous. Styles 3 — 5, deeply bifid. Caps. 1-ceUed, with 

 3 — 5 valves, many-seeded. 



1. Deo'seea Linn. Sundew. 



1. D. rotundif&lia (L.) ; I. orbicular spreading, petioles hairy, 

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

 loose chaffy coat.— ^. B. 868. B. iii. 24.— Flower-stalks 2—6 

 in. high. Stigmas white, clubbed, entire. Anth. white. 

 L. covered, as in all other species, with hairs 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. Bound-leaved 

 Sundew. B. S. I. 



2. D. intermedia (Hayne) ; I. spathulate blunt erect, petioles 

 glabrous, ^.-stefts arcuate or decumbent at the base/rom base 



