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longitudinem papillis stigmaticis minutis ornati. Ovula pm carpello sin- 

 gulo 4, oblonga. 



Sect. XI. Bryastrum. — Vide supra p. 94. 



Sp. 52. Drosera pygmœa DC. Prodr. 1, p. 317. — Hook fil. in 



Ilook. Journ. of bot. 2, p. !\()1. 



Hab. in Nova-Cambria ; Caley in herbb. Banks et Smith, nec non in 

 insula Vav-Diemen; Gunn n° 783 in herb. Hook. — Colemo ibicl. 



Plantula muscoidea et ob scapos erectos unifloros Saginmn apetalam 

 referens. Folia circa caulem brevissimum congesta, e congerie densa sti- 

 pularum exserta, infima deflexa, adulta, in rosulam patentissimam dis- 

 posita, siccitate rufescentia. Lamina plane circularis, valde concava, ex- 

 centrice peltata, utrinque nuda, ciliis marginalibus ejusdiametrumsub- 

 sequantibus. Petiolus circiter 2 lin. longus , angustus, complanatus, a 

 basi ad apicem sensim attenuatus , glaberrimus. Scapus adscendenti- 

 erectus, capillaceus, teres, glaberrimus. Flores minutissimi. Caîyx 4-par- 

 titus, laciniis oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis, integerrimis, glaberrimis. Pe- 

 tala alba, calyce longiora, in unguem angustata. Stamina stylis breviora, 

 antheris minutis, bilobis. Ovarium globosum. Styli 4, ovarioduplo lon- 

 giores, e basi filiformi clavellati , parte crassiore eonspicue papilloso- 

 stigmatiea. Capsulœ oblongae valva3 4, substantia homogenese, in medio 

 semina 5 subdiscreta gerentes , placentis haud conspicuis. Semina pro 

 capsulas mole sat magna, ellipsoidea, interdum subcurvata, hinc versus 

 hilurn rotundata v. oblique subtruncata , chalazam versus mamilla 

 brevissima mucronata, testa sublœvi, solida, fusco-nigrescens. 



Sect. XII. Làsyocephald. — Vide supra p. 94. 



I Sp. 7)3. Drosera fulva Planch. — D. acaulis, foliis, petiolisque 

 subtus, scapo pedicellis cal ycibusque lana brevi , subsericea 

 indutis; lamina foliorum orbiculari, haud peltata, petiolum 

 latiusculum pluries superante ; axillis petiolorurh midis ; scapo 

 ascendente 7 8-pollicari , longe supra médium 15-20 floro ; 

 racemis subspiralibus ; pedicellis fructiferïs deflexis, calyce 

 brevioribus; stylis 3, bis bifidis ; seminibus ellipsoideis, testa 

 solida, subla^vi. 



Hab. in Nova-Hollandia tropicali, verosimiliter ad Port-Essington ora3 

 boréal, occid. ; Armstrong in herb. Hook. 



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