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setaceis utriculiferis, scapi utriculis verticillatis barbatis, 
calcare obtuso labio breviore. (SurPr. Tas. XXVII.) 
U. stellaris. Linn. Suppl. p. 86. Vahl, Enum. v. 1. p. 19. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 113. (excl. syn. U. inflexe Forsk.) 
Roxb. Corom. v. 2. t. 180. FI. Ind. v. 1. p. 143. Hoem. et 
Schult. v. 1. p. 194. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 62. 
Radical shoots, between three and four feet long, ramous, 
subimmersed. Leaves in whorls of four or five, cut into 
numerous forked filiform segments, appearing hairy under the 
lens, each bearing close to the fork a firm, cartilaginous, trans- 
parent, obovate bladder. The scape springs from the axil ofa 
branch, and rises to the surface of the water, in which situa- 
tion it is retained by six or eight ovate, oblong, sessile, cellular 
bearded bladders, attached to about its middle. "These have 
been called bractee, but, in my opinion, erroneously, as the 
flowers are furnished, besides, with scales or bractee, at the 
base of each pedicel, as in the other species of this genus. 
They ought, therefore, rather to be considered supports 
(fulcra) or floats, than bracteas. Pedicel compressed, at first 
erect, afterwards drooping. Calyx of two ovate, acute leaves. 
Corolla ringent. Spur blunt, not much shorter than the under 
lip, bent forwards in the hollow of one of the calyx-leaves. 
Stamens 2, shorter than the style; anthers incurved, approxi- 
mating. Style erect. Stigma peltate, hairy, the anterior edge 
. hooked over, and embracing the anthers. Capsule globular, 
I-celled. Seeds numerous, attached on all sides by a large 
globular receptacle. 
This pretty little plant is found floating near the surface of 
tanks and standing water, in most parts of India; above 
which, during the cool and rainy seasons, it elevates the small 
clusters of yellow flowers which mark its presence. This 
species differs greatly in the form of the stigma from the other 
individuals of the genus, two of which now before me have a 
funnel-shaped stigma, with a portion of the edge dilated, 
forming a little lip or tongue, which laps over the anthers, 
apparently to catch the pollen. | 
SurrL. Tas. XXVII. Fig. 1, Flower. Fig. 2, Section of 
young fruit :—magnifted. j 
