An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 I. DROSERA L. Sp. PI. 281, 1753. Bog herbs, with tufted basal leaves clothed with glandular hairs which secrete a fluid that entraps insects, and scapose racemose flowers. short, free from the ovary, very deeply 4-8-parted (commonly 5-parted). Petals usually 5, spatulate. Stamens as many as the petals; a
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 I. DROSERA L. Sp. PI. 281, 1753. Bog herbs, with tufted basal leaves clothed with glandular hairs which secrete a fluid that entraps insects, and scapose racemose flowers. short, free from the ovary, very deeply 4-8-parted (commonly 5-parted). Petals usually 5, spatulate. Stamens as many as the petals; anthers short, extrorse. Ovary i-celled; styles 2-5, usually 3, distinct or united at the base, often deeply 2-parted so as to appear twice as many, or fimbriate. Capsule j-valved (rarely 5-valved), many-seeded, generally stipitate in the [Name from the Greek, dew, in allusion to the dew-like drops by the glands of the leaves.] .\bout 85 species, most abundant in Australia. Besides the followin southeastern States. Our species are known as Sundew, or Dew-plant. rotundifolia L. Blade of the leaf orbicular, or wider than long; petals white. i. D. rotundifolia Blade of the leaf linear, or longer than wide Leaves linear or spatulate with a distinct petiole ; petals white. Blade of the leaf spatulate. Blade 2-3 times as long as wide. 2. D. intermedia. Blade 6-8 times as long as wide. 3. D. longifolia. Blade linear, 10-15 times as long as wide. 4. D. linearis. Leaves filiform, much elongated, with no distinct petiole ; petals purple. 5. D. filiformis. I. Drosera rotundifolia L. Round-leaved Sundew or Dew-plant. Eyebright. Fig. 2125. Drosera rotundifolia L. Sp. PI. 281. 1753. Drosera rotundifolia comosa Fernald, Rhodora 7; 9. 1905. Scape slender, erect, glabrous, 4'-io' high. Leaves orbicular or broader, spreading on the ground, the blade 3'-6' long, abruptly narrowed into a flat pubescent petiole ¥-2 long, the upper surface covered with slender glandular hairs; racpme
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