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growmg plant, resembluig 

 a miiiiatare D. termmaliB, 

 bnt much higher in 

 oolonr. 

 D. Eegina— leaves broad, 

 lecurred, bright green, 

 flaked fvith pore white. 



CASSELL'S POPUIAR GAEDENTNa. 



the young leaves wholly 



D. Eex— leaves large and 

 broad, bronzy-green, suf- 

 fused with rosy-purple, 

 and striped with carmine. 



D. Bobinsoniana - 



order (Droseracete) ; it comes from the Greek W 

 dro808, " dew," in aUusion to the viscid gum which 

 exudes from the glandulflx hairs cloihing the leaves, 

 thus retaining any insects which alight upon them, 

 and hence the popular name of Sundew. 



DBACiGNA (CORDTLI^e) InDIVISA. 



hxge, dark ^een, striped 

 and flaked with, crirason 

 and ffreenish - white, over 

 which, is spread a metallic 

 hue. 



D. salmonea — leaves when 

 young deep flame-colour, 

 changing to deep green, 

 streaked and flaked with 

 salmon-pink. 



3). terminalis— the oldest of 

 the ooloured-leared kinds, 



and stm one of the most 

 useful, leaves when, young 

 crimson, changing to a 

 bronzy-green, flaked with 

 deep crimson. 

 D. terminalis alba — an exact 

 counterpart of the prece- 

 ding in habit ; leaves nar- 

 row, when young ;^nre 

 white, changing to bright 

 green, broadly flaked with 

 white. 



Drosera. — ^This genus gives its name to the 



These plants shoTild be grown in peat and sphag- 

 Dum moss, supplied liberally with water to the roots, 

 and fully exposed to the sun. Intermediate House. 



white flowers. Summw 

 months. 



D. oapensis — abold-growinp 

 form, leaves simple, six 

 or more inches loi^, ar- 

 rai^ed in a rosulate maii- 

 ner, densely covered with 

 long viscid crimson haira. 



D. lunata — this j^ a modb 



D. binata— usually attains 

 a height of six to twelve 

 inclieSj the narrow leaves 

 are dichotomously divi- 

 ded, the narrow s^meuts 

 profusely clothed with 

 the reddish glandular 

 hairs. Scape erect, bear- 

 ing numerous large 



