WOOTON AND STANDLEY—FLORA OF NEW MEXICO. 599 
129. PINGUICULACEAE. Bladderwort Family. 
_1. UTRICULARIA L. BiappErwort. 
Small slender aquatic herb with capillary-dissected leaves bearing small bladder- 
like appendages, and with short, 1 to few-flowered scapes; calyx 2-lipped, the lips 
entire or nearly so; corolla deeply bilabiate, yellow, the lower lip larger and 3-lobed, 
spurred at the base in front; ovary free; style very short or none; stigma 2-cleft. 
1. Utricularia vulgaris L. Sp. Pl. 18. 1753. 
Type Locauty: ‘Habitat in Europae fossis paludibus profundioribus.”’ 
RanGe: Throughout most of North America and in Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains (Standley 7559), In quiet water. 
130. OROBANCHACEAE. Broomrape Family. 
Perennial parasitic or saprophytic herbs, less than 40 cm, high; leaves reduced to 
scales, without chlorophyll; flowers perfect, rarely dicecious, sometimes cleistoga- 
mous; calyx of 4 or 5 more or less united sepals, persistent; corolla irregular, bilabiate, 
persistent; stamens 4, didynamous, mostly included; anthers 2-celled, rarely 1-celled; 
ovary 1 or 2-celled; style 1; stigma capitate or 2-lobed; fruit a 1 or 2-celled capsule; 
seeds many, minute. 
KEY TO THE GENERA. 
Calyx irregular, split on the lower side, the upper part with 
3 or 4 toothlike lobes...............-. voce eeeeeeee 1. ConoPHOLIs (p. 599). 
Calyx regular or nearly so, with 2 to 5 equal or unequal 
lobes. 
Calyx with a deep sinus above and below, the lateral 
lobes often 2-cleft..............--22----2-0--- 2. Myzorruiza (p. 599). 
Calyx nearly equally 5-lobed........................ 3. THALESIA (p. 600). 
1. CONOPHOLIS Walir. 
Low herb, about 20 cm. high, with very thick glabrous yellow stems, appressed or 
erect scalelike leaves, and perfect flowers in a dense scaly-bracted terminal spike; 
calyx accompanied by 2 bractlets, spathelike, split on the lower side; corolla with a 
curved tube and strongly 2-lipped limb, the upper lip arching, notched, the lower 
shorter and 3-lobed; ovary 1-celled, with 4 placentx. 
1. Conopholis mexicana A. Gray; 8. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 18: 131. 1883. 
SQUAW ROOT. 
Tyre Locauity: ‘‘In the Sierra Madre, south of Saltillo, and at Soledad, Coahuila, 
growing at the foot of oaks,’’ Mexico. 
Rance: New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico. 
New Mexico: Gallinas Planting Station; Sandia Mountains; Santa Fe Canyon; 
Magdalena Mountains; Kingston; Mogollon Creek; San Luis Mountains; Organ Moun- 
tains; Gilmores Ranch. 
2. MYZORRHIZA Phil. Broomrare. 
Herbs, 20 to 40 cm. high, more or less glandular-pubescent, purplish or brownish, 
with scalelike leaves, the flowers in a terminal spike or panicle; calyx nearly equally 
5-lobed; corolla purplish, the tube slightly curved, the limb 2-lipped, the lips often 
nearly erect; ovary 1-celled. 
A decoction of these plants is used by the Navahos in the treatment of sores 
