PENTANDRIA. HEXAGYNIA. Drosera. 411 
D. longifo'lia. (Leaves radical, obovate, erect, tapering below into 
long, naked foot-stalks : flower-stalks bearing a simple raceme. 
E.) 
(Hook. FI. Lond. 183— E. Hot. 868— FI. Dan. 1093. E.) — Dod. 474. 2— 
Ger . Em. 1556. 2—Pet. 63. 11— Thai. 9. 2—J. B. iii. 761. I— Barr. 251. 
2 — Lob. Adv. 454. 2 — Park. 1052. 1. a. — Ger. 1366. 2. 
Grows with the former. Is it really a distinct species ? Linn. (Scopoli 
states that in observing numerous specimens he has remarked one species 
gradually to pass into the other. Sir J. E. Smith informs us, on the 
authority of Mr. Davall, that in Switzerland this species and the pre¬ 
ceding are never found together, and that D. longifolia is the more com¬ 
mon. E.) In both, the styles are six, and the valves of the capsules 
three; (an invariable proportion in this genus. E.) (Styles sometimes 
nine. Sowerby: often varying from six to eight. Hull. Petals and sta¬ 
mens frequently six. Sm. 
Hull well remarks, that the foot-stalks of the leaves in D. rotundifolia are 
hairy; in this species, and D. anglica , they are smooth; an excellent 
distinction, which Smith says is constant. E.) 
Long-leaved Sun-dew. (Irish: DruighdinMonah. Welsh: Tawddrudd 
hirddail; Gwlithlys hirddail. E.) Mossy and turfy bogs. In Norfolk, 
supposed to occasion the rot in sheep : (whether from the caustic power inherent in the 
vegetable, or (as suggested by Dr. Borlase,) from an insect, the Hydra Hydatula of Linnaeus, 
which lays its eggs and feeds on the plant, is scarcely yet determined. It may be further 
observed that sheep become thus diseased in seasons when these plants are not to be found. 
E.) Is not the sour coagulated milk of the Syrians, called Leban or Leven , at first 
prepared with some plant of this kind ? See Russell’s Nat. Hist, of Aleppo. 
The name, Sun-dew, seems to be derived from a very remarkable circumstance in the 
appearance of these plants ; the leaves are fringed with hairs supporting small drops or 
globules of a pellucid liquor-like dew, which continue even in the hottest part of the day, 
and in the fullest exposure to the sun. (We are indebted to an interesting little botanical 
work entitled the “ Wild Garland ” for the following appropriate lines. 
et By the lone fountain’s secret bed. 
Where human footsteps rarely tread, 
Mid the wild moor, or silent glen, 
|The Sun-dew blooms unseen by men ; 
Spreads there her leaf of rosy hue, 
A chalice for the morning dew. 
And, ere the summer’s sun can rise, 
Drinks the pure waters of the skies. 
Wouldst thou that to thy lot were giv’n 
Thus to receive the dews of heav’n ; 
With heart prepar’d, like this meek fiow’r. 
Come then and hail the dawning hour. 
So shall a blessing from on high, 
Pure as the rain of summer’s sky, 
Unsullied as the morning dew 
Descend, and all thy soul imbue. 
Yes ! like the blossom of the waste. 
Would we the sky-bom waters taste. 
To the High Fountain’s sacred spring 
The chalice let us humbly bring ; 
So shall we find the streams of heav’n 
To him who seeks are freely giv’n ; 
The morning and the evening dew 
Shall still our failing strength renew.” E.) 
