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growing plant, resembling 

 a miniature D. terminalis, 

 but much higher in 

 co'our. 



D. Eegina — leaves broad, 

 recurved, bright green, 

 flaked with pure white, 



the young leaves wholly- 

 white. 



D. Eex — leaves large and 

 broad, bronzy-green, suf- 

 fused with rosy-purple, 

 and striped with carmine. 



D. Eobinsoniana - 



order {Droseracece) ; it comes from the Greek word 

 drosos, " dew, " in allusion to the viscid gum which 

 exudes from the glandular hairs clothing the leaves, 

 thus retaining any insects which alight upon them, 

 and hence the popular name of Sundew. 



DKACiENA (CoRDTLISE) IndIVISA 



These plants should be grown in peat and sphag- 

 num moss, supplied liberally with water to the roots, 

 and fully exposed to the sun. Intermediate House. 



large, dark green, striped 

 and flaked with crimson 

 and greenish - white, over 

 which is spread a metallic 

 hue. 



D. salmonea— leaves when 

 young derp flame-colour, 

 changing to deep green, 

 streaked and flaked with 

 salmon-pink. 



D. terminalis— the oMestof 

 the coloured-leaved kinds. 



and still one of the most 

 useful, leaves when young 

 crimson, changing to a 

 Vironzy-green, flaked with 

 deep crimson. 

 D. terminalis alba — an exact 

 counterpart of the prece- 

 ding in habit ; leaves nar- 

 row, when young pure 

 white, changing to bright 

 green, broadly flaked with 

 white. 



D. binata— usually attains 

 a height of six to twelve 

 inches, the narrow leaves 

 are dichotomously divi- 

 ded, the narrow segments 

 profusely clothed with 

 the reddish glandular 

 hairs. Scape erect, bear- 

 ing numerous large 



white flowers. Summer 

 months . 



D. capensis — a bold-growing 

 foi'm, leaves simple, six 

 or more inches long, ar- 

 ranged in a rosulate man- 

 ner, densely covered with 

 long viscid crimson hairs. 



D. luuata — this is a most 



Drosera. — This genus gives its name to the 



