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developed, are not, as is usual, attached immediately by the bract, 

 but spring from the very short pedicel at a small yet clearly 

 marked interval beneath the true calyx-segments, towards which 

 they are, of course, laterally disposed. Benjamin has erroneously 

 regarded these bracteoles as forming part of the calyx, and indeed 

 figures them as such in the ' Flora Brasiliensis.' It is undoubt- 

 edly a true TItricularia. A. DeCandolle, in describing the plant 

 (Prodr. viii. 23), expressly states, "... bracteolis 2 majoribus flori 

 adpressis;" and in the description of U. Jimbriata, H. B. K. 

 (Nov. Gren. et Sp. ii. 225), which I think the same species, we 

 also find a correct view has been taken of these appendages : — 

 " Pedunculi basi instruct! bracteola ovata dentato-ciliata adpressa. 

 Bractese dusB sub quoque flore, oppositse, ovatse, dentato-ciliatse," 

 &c. If an examination of the specimens of Humboldt and Bon- 

 pland confirm this presumed identity, their name must necessarily 

 take precedence. 



No. 1042. Utricularia viscosa (Spruce). Scapo (2-4-unciali) 2-6-floro 

 viscoso, squamis parvis basi-solutis, calycis lobis subaequahbus rotun- 

 datis, corollae albse labio superiore rotundato integro lobe calycis 

 fere duple majore, calcari conico-cylindrico obtusissimo deinde 

 curvato-porreeto corollae labium inferius galeatum indivisum panim 

 excedeate, pedicellis fructiferis erectis, capsula globosa calycem 

 superante. Santarem, floret mens. viii. 



Folia non vidi. Scapus (fide Sched. Spr.) valde glutinosus, squamis 

 ovato- V. lanceolato-rhomboideis utrinque plus minus acutis v. obtu- 

 siusculis. Pedicellus infimus adscendens 4-6 lineas longus. Corolla 

 alba, labio su})eriore lineis purpureis notato, palato flaveseente. 

 Semina minuta, numerosa, rotundata v. elliptica, areolato-retieulata. 

 Ab filamentorum inserticme ad apicem calcaris circiter 2 lineas. 



No. 2569. U. peltata (Spr.). Foliis orbiculatis peltatis, scapo hirtius- 

 culo (2-4 unciali) 2-4-5 floro, squamis minutissimis basifixis, pedi- 

 cellis calycem aequantibus, calycis lobis sequalibus ovatis, corollae 

 labio superiore obovato-oblongo integro calycem superante, calcari 

 porrecto conico-cylindrico obtusiusculo corollae labio inferiore integro 

 rotundato fere duplo longiore. Prope Panure. Floret mense ix. 

 (Tab. I, fig. 2. Planta mag. nat. a, a. Flores a facie latereque visi ; b, b. 

 folia peltata ; c, radicis fibrilla utriculifera ; rf, ampulla magnitudine 

 aucta.) 



Folia per florescentiam persistentia numerosa, margine integra v. leviter 

 crenulata, diametro 1-3 lin., petiolis gracilibus cum fibrillis paucis 

 utriculiferis interdum instructis. BractecB basifixae ovatae v. lance- 

 olatae bracteolis lanceolatis aequilongae. Calyx hirtiusculus, lobo 

 superiore acuto, inferiore minute emarginato. Corolla purpureo- 

 caerulescens palatum versus albeseit, labio superiore infra angustato, 

 inferiore basin calcaris amplectente. Stylus brevis sed primnm ova- 



