42 10. DROSEKAOEiE. 



cordate, upper 1. ovate or lanceolate, stip. palmate-pinnatifid, 

 terminal lobe linear or linear-lanceolate, st. ascending diffuse, and 

 fiUfarm underground. — Sxj. E. B. 181.— Fl. wholly yellow, yellow 

 with the 2 upper petals purple, or wholly purple, varying greatly 

 in size. Caps, globose. AH the lobes of the stip. of nearly 

 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. — 18. V. Curtisii (Forst.) ; 

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

 ened so as slightly to separate the lateral lobes. E. B. 8. 2693. 

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

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



9. J^,' tricolor (L.) ; anth.-cells diverging below, anth.-spws 

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

 calycine appendages, 1. crenate-serrate, lower ones ovate-cordate, 

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

 nal lobe spathulate crenate, st. ascending. IS. B. 1287. M. 



iii. 21. V. Curtisii (Mack.) from Portmarnook. — Root 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. — ji. V. arvensis (Murr.) ; pet. shorter 

 than the calyx whitish, caps, nearly globular. B. B. 8. 2712, — 

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



Order X. DEOSEEACE..E. 



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 Saxifragacece by some 

 authors. 



1. DnoSERA. Cal. deeply 6-cleft. Pet. 5. Stain. 5, hypo- 

 gynous. Styles 3 — 5, deeply Kfid. Caps. 1-celled, with 

 3 — 5 valves, many-seeded. 



1. Deo'seea Linn. Sundew. 



1. D. rotundifdlia (L.) ; I. orbicular spreading, petioles hairy, 

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

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

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

 (Bon:) L. covered, as in all other species, with hairs termi- 

 nating in large glands secreting a viscid fluid which retains in- 

 sects that settle upon them. Rachis recurved parallel to itself. 

 —Common in boggy places. P. VIT. VIII. Bound-leaved 

 Stmdew. E. S. I. 



