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DROSERACEiE, CANDOLLE, 



Drosera Whittakerii — Planchon. 

 Hab. Swampy places, common. 

 Fl, September, October. 

 Leaves radical, rosulate, imparting a reddish dye to paper when pressed. 



Drosera peltata — Smith. 

 Hab. Boggy places. 

 Fl. September, October. 

 This plant is figured in Hooker's "Icones Plantarum," vol. i. tab. 54, as D. 



lunata, from specimens sent from Van Diemen's Land by Mr. Gunn. 

 Leaves alternate, those of the stem peltate; radical ones, reniform, cordate. 



Flowers pink, in terminal racemes. 



Drosera Planchonii — J. Hooker. 



Hab. Hills around Melbourne, in shady situations, common. 



FL September, October. 



Figured in Hooker's "Icones Plantarum" as D. Menziesii, from specimens 

 found at Swan Port, on the east coast of Van Diemen's Land. It is very 

 easily distinguished from the other species by its long, slender, prostrate 

 peduncles, and three leaves, springing on slight petioles from one point of 

 the stem. 



(Genus named from droseros, dewy, the glandular hairs with which all the 

 species are covered appearing as if tipped with dewdrops. The leaves of 

 many, perhaps all the species, are supposed to contract when touched, 

 and to retain insects which alight on them, hence the English name, 

 "Venus's fly-trap.") 



Drosera binata — Labillardiere. 

 Hab. Goulburn Ranges. 

 Fl. 



VIOLARINEiE, CANDOLLE. 



Hymenanthera Banksii — Ferd. Mueller. 

 Hab. Muddy banks of Yarra Yarra. 

 Fl November. 



(Name from hymen, a membrane, and anthera, an anther; the anthers being 

 terminated by a membrane.) 



