86 
Droseraceae. Polygalaceae. 
10. Droseraceae. 
86. Drosera. Sundew. Y, 140. 
1. Stem ascending, 4—7 cm, scarcely longer than the cunei¬ 
form, obovate Is. Caps, furrowed.—Peat-moss; M. Cenere, 
Stanz, Einsiedeln, Bilten, Robenhausen, Gonten, Alt- 
statten. 7 . . • . . . intermedia Hayn. 288. 
— Stem erect, 10—20 cm, 2—8 times as long as the Is 2 
2. Ls spreading, almost orbicular, suddenly contracted to 
the petiole. —Peat-moss ; distrib. 7 rotundifolia L. 289. 
— Ls erect, obovate, about twice as long as broad, nar¬ 
rowed to the petiole. D. anglica-rotundifolia.—Peat¬ 
moss, rare; Vevey, Geneva; Hallwylersee, Katzensee. 7. 
*obovata M, K. 290 
— Ls erect, linear-oblong, 3—4 times as long as broad, 
narrowed insensibly to the petiole. D. longifolia auct. 
—Peat-moss; distrib. 7 . . . anglica Huds, 291. 
87. Parnassia. Grass of Parnassus. Y, 141. 
1. Stem only bearing 1 leaf, and 1 white fl.—Varied with 
the fl. only a third the size (v. alpina Drude).—Marshy 
meadows; distrib. 7 palustris L 292 
11. Polygalacese. 
88. Polygala. Milkwort. XVI, 11. XVII, 1. 
1. FIs yellow or (especially in transalpine Switz.) more or 
less rose-coloured (v. rhodoptera), 1—2 together in the 
upper leaf-axils. Ls leathery, persist. Chameebuxus alpestris 
Spach.—Wooded hills; distrib., but rather rare in the 
Jura. 4, 5 .Chamaebuxus L. 293 
— FIs blue, rose or white, in racemes. Ls decid. in autumn 
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2. Racemes 3—8-fld, the terminal raceme at last (through 
the development of a large axillary fl.-bearing branch) 
appearing lateral. Lower ls gen. opp. P. serpyllacea 
Rchb.—Marshy fields, especially in the subalp., rare; 
Alpes d’Ollon, below Jaman, Voirons, Sonvilliers, Thun, 
Zug, Hohenrhone, 5, 6 . . . depressa Wendr. 294. 
— Racemes gen. many-fld (10 fls and more), terminal, 
rarely slightly exceeded by the fl.-bearing twigs. Ls 
all altera., or the lower ones in a rosette . . 3 
3. Lateral nerves of the wings branched (at maturity), more 
or less anastomosed with the middle nerve (herb not 
bitter). Type of P. vulgaris ..... 4 
