The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Droseraceae

An order containing six genera and upwards of a hundred species, closely allied to Saxifrageae. Perennial and annual glandular herbs, rarely shrubby below. Sepals four to eight, persistent; petals four to eight; stamens four to twenty. Leaves variable, radical and rosulate, or cauline and alternate, circinate in bud, stipulate. Most of the species are found inhabiting marshy places. Illustrative genera are: Dionoea, Drosera, and Drosophyllum.

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