﻿Utricularia.] lenticularie^ (Stapf). 427 



(Diege, 4838} and the specimens distribiitod as V. prehcnsilis on which 

 Kanjienski buses his U. Dregei. He also quotes under this nmne specinieni* 

 collected by Mund and Maire, and by Bachmann (1292) in Pondohind. These 

 I do not know. Nor have I seen Bachmann, 1294-121)5, from Pondoland, or 

 Schlechter, 12094, from Suhamdane, which is Kamienski's V. Dreijei, var. 

 stricta. There is, however, nothing in the description su|rgesting diU'ereucciJ 

 between those specimens and U. livida. Finally, Wilini>, 1238, (juotcd iihove, is 

 referred by Kamienski to 17. sanguinea, an Angolan plant, which, although very 

 similar to V. Uvida, differs in the longer and stouter stolons, the larger more 

 persistent leaves, and the very faintly tuberclcd palate of the corolla. 



2. U. tribracteata (Hoclisfc. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 18) ; 

 a delicate, dwarf terrestrial herb, including the inflorescence, 1 J-3in. 

 high ; stolons finely filiform, much branched, forming small matted 

 tufts ; rhizoids numerous from the base of the peduncles, 3-4 

 lin. long; leaves few at the base of the scape or scattered or in 

 very small tufts from the stolons, usually decayed at the time of 

 flowering; blades spathulate-cuneate, l|-3 (rarely 4) lin. long, 

 rarely more than i- lin. broad, gradually passing into the long (up 

 to 5 lin.) and very slender petiole; bladders from the leaves 

 (particularly the petioles) and stolons, globose-ovoid, up to J lin. 

 long, on a very short or somewhat longer (over l lin.) stalk, mouth 

 distinctly 2-lipped, lips fimbriate, lower lip much smaller than the 

 upper ; peduncle straight or nearly so, filiform, simple, 4-1 -flowered, 

 if 3- or 4-flowered the flowers scattered over the upper half of the 

 floral axis ; bracts and bracteoles very similar, equal, lanceolate, 

 acute, up to -} lin. long, lowest bract often barren ; pedicel about as 

 long as the bracts or ultimately exceeding them ; sepals subequal, 

 about 1 i-U lin long, obtuse, the upper orbicular to ovate-orbicular, 

 lower elliptic; corolla purple, 2^-3 lin. long; upper lip li-2 hn. 

 long, obovate, rounded or subemarginate, constricted below the 

 middle; lower lip subquadrate or rounded, li-2 lin. long, more or 

 less parallel to the spur, palate much raised (usually to an acute 

 angle), often parallel to the upp.i lip, double crested crests dark, 

 minutely tubercled ; spur straiglit or almost so, conic, often broad, m 

 long as or longer than the lower lip ; anthers ],-.! lin. long; filaments 

 filiform, ^-1 lin. long; style about as long as the st.gma ; upper 

 stigma-lip oblong or ovate, i as long as the largo rotundate lower 

 lip ; capsule globose, 1} lin. in diam. ; seeds irregularly hem. -ellip- 

 .old or' shortly pyramidal, angular, J-^ Im. long, top fiat more or 

 less elliptic, with a thin membranous or obscure ma^.n ; emb^'o top 

 flat or slightly concave. Kamimski m Engl Jahrb. xxxiii. 99; 

 Stapf in Hook. Ic.Pl t 2795, /r/. B. U. elevata, harmen.h, I.e., 

 incl. var. Macowanii. 



Centbal Region : Somerset Div. ; .n damp places on the top of Bo«>h Berg, 

 4800 ft., JfacOuari, 373! Hoo.^e Veld near Standerton and near 



Kalahari Region: Iransvaal; .^^^^g*-,,^,'^' ''"..-, ,,,,„,u»gcl, Reftmoiiii 

 Heidelburg, Wilras. 1236! near Lydenburg, Hilm.,12J/ . lIoutbOMU, «eftm<«i-, 



'TaLrn region: Natal; near Durban, fi.A.nann / beneath rack, in the bed 

 of the Ingogo River, Nelson, 8 ! ' 



Also in Abywinia and Soiualiland. 



