Tas. 7466. 
UTRIC ULARIA JANTHINA. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. LENTIBULARIES. : 
Genus Urricuntarm, Linn.; ort & ape f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 987.) 
UrRicuLaRia (Oligocista) uitteede folio sie petiolato reniformi ‘adejeelima 
_ undulato, seapo 6-8-floro petiolo longiore, bracteis tripartitis pedicellis — 
elongatis multoties brevioribus, laciniis lanceolatis intermedio | ngiore, 
+ floribus amplis, sepalis subaequalibus | -eymbiformibus - obtusis, corolle - 
pallide violacew labio dato valde hemispherico inferiore bilabellato labello _ 
2 valde 
atato transverse oblongo lateribus = 
Uz janthina, Hook. £ 
_. The nearest allied species of Utricularia to U. janthina — 
is U. reniformis, St. Hil, and I long hesitated before 
venturing to regard the former as anything but a variety, — 
differing notably in the colour of the flowers, those of | 
U. reniformis being described as rose-colrd., with two 
darker lines on the palate; observations which must have 
been made on. the living plant by the author, who was 
also the discoverer of the species. Nor is it easy to 
reconcile the characters of the corollas of the two 
plants, that of reniformis being described as having the 
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lateral lobes broad, the mid-lobe much shorter, and hardly on 
| duced. can all: “other respects the two plants seem to 
ss ‘coun the | Province of Minas Geraes in Brazil; but — 
convexo fasciis 2 aureis verticalibus in- = 
upper lip truncate emarginate, the lower 38-lobed, the | ‘: 
eal characters. They also inhabit the same — 4 
they diffe remarkably i in choice of conditions under which ae 
_ they were respectively found, for U. reniformis 3 is described _ . 
as inhabiting sphagnous swamps, and U. janthina the 
axils of the leaves of a Vriesia, probably V. Glaziovit, 
Mr. Sander, by whom U. janthina was introduced into Be : 
_ England, infornia me that this and U. longifolia, Gardn., — 
_ both grow on Vriesias, and a are 7 saficult oh ee, cs, 
- Manxcu 1st, 1896, ; ree ee 
