AUG. CHEVALIER. — NOVITATES FLOR.€ AFRICA?î^. iS7 



Obs* — Voisin de VU. spiraîis Smith, mais distinct par les feuilles 

 linéaires, la petitesse des lïeurs, la base du palais sans petite toufl'e de 

 poils^mais avec de très fines papilles. 



Utricularia riccioides A. Chev. 



Herba gracillima, vel fluitans et tune moles densas Algis commixtas 

 efficiens, vel ad terram lutosam crescens. Stolones capillacei, ramosi, 

 virides, haud compressi, foliosi vel longe denudati, S-10 cm, melienlrs, 

 Folia subtilissima, glabra, 5 mm. uno ab allero disLantia, ad basim in 

 duo, rarissime 3-4 segmenta divisa; segmenta 5 mm. longa, glabra, vulgo 

 simplicia, rare furcata, capillacea, acuta, 1-2 utriculos oblique ovoideos, 

 0,75 mm. diam. gerentia, adulta ni^roviolacea- Os terminale, subobli- 

 quum, suborbiculare,'ad marginem 2-3 cilia gracîllima gerens; pediceîlus 

 utriculi oblique insertus. Scapus 3-5 cm. longus, 1-2-florus, plerumque e 

 verticillo 3-4 stolonum enatus, ad furcam (si ramosus), ad 5-8 mm. infra 

 llorem (si simplex) bracteam pusillam ovalem, obtusam gerens; pedi- 

 ceîlus tempore fructus ma'turi leviter incurvus, C-10 mm. longus. Sepala 

 ovalia, 1,5 mm. loUga, subaequalia, paululum accrescentia. Corolla lutea 

 palato aurantiaco, 6-7 mm. longa; labium superius ovali rotundatum, 

 integrum, 3 mm. longum; labium inferius subquadrangulum, integrum 

 vel subemarginatum, 3,5-4 mm. longum; puîatum v'aldc convexum, haud 

 reticulatum, subtilissime papillosum, non gibbbsum. Calcar conicum, 

 obtusum, 4 mm. long., 1 mm. ultra labium inferius procedens. Capsula 

 subglobosa. 3 mm. diam.. stylo persistente superatum, includens, pîa- 

 centie subglobosaî affixa, 12 semina suborbiculata, 1 mm. diam., hilo 

 excentrico, tegumento ala scarioso albida eroso marginata prœtexlor 



Haute Côte dIvoire. — Mankono, mares d'eau stagnante dans la 

 savane, 6 juin 1909, n^ 21865 (type) [Aug, Clievalier], 



Utricularia piîifera A. Chev. 



Planta aquatica, fluitans, stolonibus cylindricis, ramosis, 10-25 cm. 

 longis, praîsertim in partibus novellis pubescentibus. Folia inter se 

 4-6 mm. distantia, prope caulem in 4-5 segmenta incisa unde verlicillala 

 videntur, segmenta superiora setulis lenuissimis aliis ab aliis sejunctis 

 hirta, segmenta ultima 3-4 mm. longa; utriculi in quoque folio pauci 

 (1-2, raro 3-4) prope basim inserti, oblique suborbiculares, compi'essi, 

 2 mm. interdum 4 mm. diam., ore rotundato, labio superiore ciîiis 



2 instructo simplicibus. tempore anthesis s;.epe abolitis. Scapi uniflori, 

 latérales ad basim verticillo stolonum haud circumducti, 4-6 cm. longi, 

 erecti, summo post anthesim arcuati, glabri, ad aliquot millim. infra ilor. 

 bracteola ovata, 1-1,5 mm. ionga instructi. Sepala viridia, ovata obtusa, 



3 mm. longa, subrequalia, persistentia; corolla lucide flava, in utroque 

 labio ad longitudinem violaceo striata, 6-7 mm. longa, 7-8 mm. lata, extra 

 (in utroque labio) leniter pubescens; labium superius ovato rotundatum 

 vel summo Iruucatum, 3-3,5 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum; labium inferius 

 subelhpticum, multo latius (7-8 mm.) quam longius (5 mm.), summo 

 emarginatum, margine subcrispulo; palatum 2,5-3 mm. latum, ultra 

 ^ mm. prominens, duobus gibbis ornatum ; calcar subeylindricum, 

 3 mm. longum, abrupte truncatum; staminura filamenta 1 mm. longa. 



