[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Drosera burmannii * Vahl ... (family: Droseraceae) ... also spelt burmannii *DROSS-er-uh* or *dro-SER-uh* -- from the Greek *droseros* (dewy) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DDrosera&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcRAZX8fSF4hje8OM_WGTCpuBamCg> *bur-MAHN-ee-eye* -- named for Johannes Burman, Dutch botanist ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dburmanni&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeLr8uJ-UtEpaXREK9KRBGXWr5m-w>
*commonly known as*: Burmann's sundew • *Hindi*: मुखजली mukhajali • *Kannada *: ಹುಳ ಹಿಡಕ ಗಿಡ hula hidaka gida, ಕ್ರಿಮಿಬಮ್ಧ krimibamdha • *Marathi*: दंवबिंदु davabindu • *Telugu*: బురద బూచి burada buchi, కవర మొగ్గ kavara mogga *Distribution*: China, India, east and south-east Asia, Australia *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FBurmann%2527s%2520Sundew.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfwX-CIZcQxMXLaHqNgJOcdsty4hw>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D2%26taxon_id%3D210000486&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeurbDJUErEv1Dv_RxtXlO7BbANqw>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Drosera burmannii Vahl]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898509267%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzctJA3z_0fedXPK_aFdHjbAjDdvMg> [image: Burman's Sundew]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2899356158%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdBr2kGH-NdIS9fat5yFjkhlb1wzg> Regards. Dinesh --
