XXXIV. DROSERACEiE 
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DROSERA. From the Greek droseros, covered with dew ; 
referring to the shining, glandular hairs. — Nearly all regions ; 
most numerous in W. Australia (Britain, Sundew). 
Drosera lunata, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 424, under D. pel - 
tata. Erect herb ; stems erect, slender, minutely glandular, leafy, 
4-12 in., often branching. Leaves alternate, half -moon shaped. 
Fig. 55. Drosera lunata. 
about J in. across, peltate, upper surface and margins beset with 
viscid, glandular hairs ; radical leaves smaller, rosulate, soon dis- 
appearing. Flowers 2-sexual, regular, white, J in. diam., in ter- 
minal, branching racemes. Calyx 5-parted ; segments glandular, 
minutely toothed. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 5. Ovary free, ovoid, 
1 -celled ; styles 3 ; stigmas terminal, minutely fringed ; ovules 
