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Corolla labio superiore apice rotuiulato-obtuso v. retuso calycis lobum 

 sup. 2-3-plo superante, labio corollae inferiore lobis subsequalibus v. 

 ceutrali raajore, calcari crasso sparse glandiiloso labio inferiore inter- 

 dum pauIo breviore. Stigma l-labiatum. Capsula dehiscentia (m- 

 terdum irregulariter) circumscissa. Semina mlnuta^plus minus ovoidca, 

 alveolata. 

 "Floras dilute purpurei., exsicc. caerulescentes." — Welwitsch, 



I'itsch, Iter Angolense, no. 260. Distr. Iluilla, " in pratis palus- 

 tribus ct canipis uliginosis juxta Rivi de Lopollo, socialis cum Erio- 

 cauloneis, Lobeliis, Burmanniee specie, etc., ad 5000-5200 ped. alt. 

 Jan. et Feb. 18fiO ! Magallesberg, Burke in herb. Hook. I S. Africa, 

 Zeyher, 1425, in herb. Benth. \ 



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2. XjTRicuiiAEiA, Linn. 



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§ 1. Scapus ex axi demersOj segmentis multisectis plus minits captl- 

 laceis scepissime utriculiferis, per Jlorescentiam persistente. 



A. Scapus vesicis inflatis in verticillum unicum dispositis instmctus. 



1. U. STELLARIS, L. 



Widely spread in Africa, as in India. Dr. Welwitsch sends it 

 from Angola, Mr. Barter from the Niger, and Dr. Kirk from the 

 Zambesi. It has been previously recorded from northern and 

 eastern tropical Africa and also from the Cape. 



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B. Scapus nudus vel squamis minutis paucis instructus. Braciete soli- 



tarice (i. e. bracteoltB 0). 



2. U. REFLEXA, sp. Hov. Scapo 2-1 (rar. 3)-floro, pedicellis elongatis 

 primum floriferis erectis, fructiferis arete recurvis, corolla; flavse labio 

 superiore calyce 2-3-plo longiore rotundato integro, labio inferiore 

 amplo calcar porrectum crassum cylindricum obtusum excedente. 

 Scapi erecti, nudi, 2-5 poll, longi. Bractea ovato-rotundata, obtusa, 

 amplexicaulis. Pedicelli elongati, fructiferi reflexi 1-2 poll, longi. Cfl- 

 lyx lobis subaiqualibus, rotundato-ovatis. " Flores intense flavi 

 (Welwitsch). Ab apice coroUse labii sup. ad extremum calc. labii in- 

 ferioris circiter 6-8 lin. 



Welwitsch, Iter Angolense, no/269. Distr. Huilla, "Frequens in flum. 

 Guipumpunhime aliisque rivis lente faientibus territorii Humpatensis, 

 circiter 4800 ped. alt." Apr. 1860! Ufern von Nebenflussen der 

 Schuri, Vogel in herb. Hook. I Nupe and confluence of Niger ana 

 Quorra, Barter in herb. Hook. ! 



It differs from UtricuJaria vulgaris in bearing only one or two 

 flowers, in the long erect flowering pedicel far overtopping the 

 unexpanded flowers, and in the sharply recurved pedicel of the 

 fruit. 



