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edges of the little teeth are minute white prickles - Calyx, the lower part covered with white wooly hairs, & the segments the same on both surfaces, but not in so great a degree; segments tapering to a point, the little teeth with similar prickles as in the leaves. Blossoms large, slightly curved, greenish white, with a cast of blue, hairy on the outside; near the base are several short tufts of white wooly hairs, which cover and conceal the germen, and between this & the base is often filled with a transparent Liquid. Filaments nearly of the same length, fixed about the middle of the tube. Anthers 2 upon each filament, united by the inner edges on the upper part, the lower standing apart. Seeds 2 not arrived at maturity, with 1 flat side, where they are united, the rest convex; appearing bone like
July 1802
Drosera dichotoma
Petals white; stamens 5, anthers 2 upon each filament, united on the inner side. Styles in 3 united bodies at the base, variously forked. Summits numerous Capsule with one cell & three valves. Flowers in panicles.
Nov. 1802