Lentibulariaceac. Bladderwort Vamily. 
Ours aquatic plants with finely dissected leaves bearing small 
urn-shaped insectivorous bladders, the mouths of vhich are closed by 
tiny lids. Tlowers perfect, irregular, in erect emersed racemes, 
Calyx of 2 or 5 sepals. Corolla strongly 2-lipped, the tube spurred 
or saccate, Stamens 2, adnateto the corolla tube on the upper side, 
‘nthers l-chambered, Pistil solitary; ovary superior, the placenta 
central, Fruit an irregularly dehiscent capsule, 
Utricularia L. Bladderwort, 
Characters of the fomily. sepals two,g Corolla throat closed by 
the palate, the lower lip with a spur at the basee 
1. Ue. vulgaris Le Leaves dissected into thread-like segments, divided to 
the base into two principal segments, the segments again irregularly 
é-5 times pinnate; bladders 1 mm. in diameter or less; racemes 15-20 
em. long, each subtended by a Sheathing membranous bract 3-4 mme long; 
pedicels 10-15 mme long; sepals 2, Ovate, 3-4 mm, long, the lower 
somewhat larger; corolla yellow, strongly é-lipped, the upper lip nearly 
plane, erect, 12 mm, long, 8-9 mm, wide, lower lip lined with brown, the 
margin 35-4 mm, wide, spur stout, curving, 7-9 mm, long; stamens thickened, 
connivent. 
Aquatic plants rooting in md, the stems floating, frequent in marshes 
or lagoons of lakes, Lake Coeur d'Alene: Pend Oreille Res Santa, 
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