﻿Utricularia.] 



LENTIBULARIEJ; (Stapf). 



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The specimens at my disposal consisted of herbarium materiiil and naturally 

 left much to be desired. A really satisfactory classificatioa of this genus will 

 only be possible when living or carefully-collected and preserved spirit material is 

 at hand. 



* Terrestrial : 



Corolla l|-5 lin. long, purplish, or_ if yellow, 

 then very small ; seeds globose-ovoid, smooth ; 

 bladder-mouth opposite the stalk, 2-Hpped, lips 

 fringed : 



Upper lip of corolla constricted below the 

 middle, upper part obovate to oblong, 

 usually narrow ; palate tubercled or trans- 

 versely rugose : 



Upper lip of corolla narrow, 1^2 lin. 

 long ; lower lip sabquadrate, 1-4 lin. 

 long ; palate tubercled : 



Corolla 3^-5 lin. long 



Corolla 2i-3 lin. long 



Corolla 1^2 lin. long 

 Upper lip of corolla obovate, 2i lin. 

 long; lower lip 4 lin. long, 5 lin. 

 broad; palate with long transverse 

 wrinkles 

 Upper lip of corolla broad-ovate or ovate- 

 rotundate; palate not tubercled nor 

 rugose : 



Corolla 3-5 lin. long 



Corolla 2-2i lin. long 



Upper lip of corolla deeply 2-fid ; lobes 



large ... ;• 



Corolla 6-8 lin. long, yellow with a large conic 



straight spur ; seeds very oblique, tubercled ; 



bladder-mouth basal with 2 horn-like tentacles 



** Aquatic, floating on or below the surface of water 



or creeping on wet mud : 



Peduncle with a whorl of floats 



Peduncle without floats : , ,. .j j 



Leaves to over 1 in. long, much divided ; 

 inflorescence up to 12-flowered ; mature 



ped icels recur ved 



Leaves up to 3 lin. long, ultimate seg- 

 ments 5-8; inflorescence 1 - flowered ; 



mature capsule nodding 



Leaves rarely over 2 lin. long, very 

 sparingly divided; inflorescence 1-3- 

 flowered ; mature pedicels straight ... 



1. U. hvida (E. Meyer, Cooun. 281) ; f /^f ^^^f , ^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 herb, including the inflorescence 3 m. to almost 1 fj; f gj ' ~ 

 very short (always ?), Enely filiforn., sP^^^^^y ^^^^^^ ,^ ' ?\h w 

 tufts 3-6 in Ion- ; leaves in small loose rosettes or tufts at the base 

 of the peduncle and scattered on the stolons, -aaly decayed at the 

 time of flowering; blades of the r««f ^^^^^.^^^^to 1 lin bng 



(1) 



(2) 

 (3) 



U. 

 U. 



u. 



livida. 



tribracteata 



Kirkii. 



(4) 



u. 



transrugosa. 



(5) 

 (6) 



u. 

 u. 



capensis. 

 Ecklonii. 



(7) 



u. 



Sandersoni. 



(8) 



u. 



prehensilis. 



(9) 



u. 



stellaris. 



(10) 



V. 



foliosa. 



(11) U. diploglossa. 



(12) 



u. 



ezoleta. 



