SUNDEW FAMILT. ' 59 



■«■ ++ -M- Flmoers ydhw. 

 V. rotundif61ia. Round-leaved V. Only in cold woods N. ; the 

 roundish heart-shaped leaves flat on the ground, becoming large and shining in 

 Bummer ; spreads by runners ; flower small. 



« * Leafy-stemmed Yio-lets, wild, perennial : flowering in spring and summer. 

 *■ Flmvers yellow, short-spurred : stem 2 - 4-leaved above, naked below. 



V. pub^scens, Downy Yellow V. Common in rich woods ; soft- 

 downy, also a rather smooth variety ; leaves broadly heart-shaped. 



V. hast&,ta, Halbekd-leaved V. Scarce W. & S. ; smoother; leaves, 

 oblong-heart-shaped, halberd-shaped, or 3-lobed ; flower small. 

 -I- +- Flowers not yellow : stem branched, leafy below : leaves rounded heart-shaped 



V. striata. Pale V. Not rare N. & W. , low ; flowers creamy-white, 

 with lower petal purple-lined; spur short; stipules large in proportion, strongly 

 fringe-toothed. 



V. caulua, Dog v., the Amer. variety : common in low grounds ; low, 

 with creeping branches or short runners, fringe-toothed stipules, and spur half 

 the length of the violet flower. 



V. rostr&ta, Long-spukeed V. Shady hills N. & W. ; 6' high, with 

 fringe-toothed stipules, and slender spur longer than the pale violet petals. 



V. Canadensis, Canada V. Common in rich woods N. & W., taller 

 than the others, lo--2° high, larger-leaved, with entire stipules; flowers all 

 summer, the petals white or purplish above, the upper ones violet-purple under- 

 neath ; spur very short and blunt. 



* * # Pansy Violets, _/r'o?n Europe, with leafy and branching stems, and large 

 leaf-like stipules : flowering through the spring and summer. 



V. tricolor. Pansy or Heart's-ease. Cult, or running wild in gardens, 

 low, with roundish leaves, or the upper oval and lowest heart-shaped ; stipules 

 lyrate-pinnatifid ; petals of various colors, and often variegated, and under culti- 

 vation often very large and showy, the spur short and blunt. — Var. aevensis, 

 is a field variety, slender and small-flowered, thoroughly naturalized in some 

 places. ® @ ^ 



V. corntlta, Horned V. Prom the Pyrenees, cult, in borders of late ; 

 has stipules merely toothed, and light violet-purple flowers with a very long 

 and slender spur. % 



15. DROSERACEiE, SUNDEW FAMILY. 

 Bog-herbs, with regular flowers, on scapes ; leaves in a tuft at 

 the root, glandular-bristly or bristly-fringed, and rolled up from the 

 apex in the bud, in the manner of Ferns ; the persistent sepals and 

 withering-persistent petals each 5; stamens 5-15 with their anthers 

 turned outward ; and a l-cel!ed many-seeded pod. Represented by 

 two genera. 



1. DROSERA. stamens B. Styles 3-5. but 2-parted so as to seem like 6-10. 



Ovarv with 3 parietal placentae. Reddish-colored and sticky-glandular. 



2. DIONjEA. Stamens 15. Style 1: stigma lobed and fringed. Ovules and 



seeds all at the broad base of the ovary and pod. Leaves terminated by a 

 bristly-bordered fly-trap. 



1. DROSERA, SUNDEW. (Name means in Greek dewji, or hesa with 

 'dew-drops, the gland surmounting the bristles of the leaves producing a clear 

 and dew-like drop of liquid, which is glutinous, and serves to catch small flies.) 

 Flowers small, in a 1 -sided spike or raceme, each opening only once, in sun- 

 shine, in summer. 2/ 



» Flowers small, white : leaves with a blade. 

 D. rotundifblia. Round-leaved S. The commonest species in peat 

 bo"-s, white round loaves on long petioles spreading in a tuft. When a small 

 fly^or other insect is caught by the sticky glands on the upper face of the leaC 



