SUNDEW FAMILY 
(Droseracece) 
(A) Thread-leaved Sundew (Drosera filiformis) has 
long, linear, film-like, erect, very hairy leaves. The 
llowers are numerous and loosely racemed at the top of 
a slender smooth scape; they have five, small, purple 
petals, five stamens and several 2-parted stigmas. This 
species is found in wet sandy soil from New England to 
Delaware. 
(B) Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) 
is one of the most common of the Sundews; it is found in 
moist, sandy or peaty soil from Labrador to Alaska and 
south to Pa. and Cal. The leaves are numerous, quite 
round, and on long stems from the root. The leaves are 
thickly covered with hairy glands, that exude drops of 
a clear glutinous fluid. These dew-like drops deceive 
insects into alighting on the leaves. Having caught a 
victim, the leaf slowly folds about it and digests it. 
The flower stalk of this species grows from 5 to 9 
in. high, is reddish colored and often has one or two 
branches at the top. The one to twenty-five flowers that 
it has during the flowering season are white. 
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