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Drosera.]

1. D. stenopetala, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 19, t. 9.—Stemless; rootstock short, stout. Leaves 1–4 in. long or more; petioles slender, flat, perfectly glabrous; blade ¼–¾ in., spathulate, the margins and upper surface densely covered with long glandular hairs. Scape 1–6 in. long, exceeding the leaves, slender, glabrous, 1-flowered. Flowers ⅓ in. diam., white. Calyx broadly campanulate, 5-lobed, glabrous; lobes short, rounded. Petals linear-spathulate; claw very long and narrow. Styles 3, multifid almost to the base.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 63; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 145.

2. D. Arcturi, ''Hook. in Journ. Bot.'' i. (1834) 247.—Stemless. Rootstock short or 1–2 in. long, clothed with the ragged bases of the old leaves. Leaves 1–4 in. long, erect, linear-ligulate, obtuse, upper portion covered with glandular hairs, lower half glabrous; petiole almost as broad as the blade; early leaves shorter and broader, sometimes quite glabrous. Scape 2–6 in. high, slender, 1-flowered or very rarely 2-flowered. Flowers ⅓ in. diam., white. Calyx divided almost to the base; lobes 4, linear-oblong. Petals oblong or obovate, slightly exceeding the calyx. Styles 3–4, short; stigmas broad.—''Ic. Plant. t. 56; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 20; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 63; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' ii. 456; Kirk, Students' Fl. 145. D. polyneura, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxii. (1890) 460. D. Ruahinensis, Col. l.c. xxviii. (1896) 593. D. ligulata and D. atra. Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 269.

3. D. pygmæa, D.C. Prodr. i. 317.—A very minute stemless species forming flat rosettes ⅓–½ in. diam. Leaves numerous, densely crowded; petioles short, slender; limb $1⁄20$–$1⁄15$ diam., upper surface covered with glandular hairs; stipules large, scarious, deeply lobed, forming a beautiful silvery cone in the centre of the rosette. Scapes 1–4, glabrous, filiform, ½–¾ in. high, 1-flowered. Flowers minute, white. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals slightly longer than the calyx. Styles 4, short, clavate. Capsule oblong,. 4-valved.—''Hook. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 20; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 63; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' ii. 457; Kirk, Students Fl. 146.