178 MR. D. OLIVER, J UN., ON THE 



integro v. plus minus profunde emarginato breviore, lobo inferiore 

 ovato calcari 3-4 -plo breviore, coroUai labio inferiore araplo integro 

 rarius emarginato ealcar longum graeile lineari-subulatum dependens 

 V. falcato-curvatum subaequante. 



o. CoroUae labio superiore bilobato, calcari dependente, pedicellis ealcar 

 vix excedentibus. 



y3. Corollae labio superiore suborbiculato integro subintegrove, calcari 

 saepius arcuatim curvato, pedicellis florem sequantibus v. paulo exce- 

 dentibus. 



Loc. a. Bombay, Jacquemont (565 «). 



^. Malabar, Law ! Concan, Stocks ! Belgaum, Law ! 



Flores caerulei {Wight, Icones, Not. ^ 1571); mihi corollae (in specc. ex- 

 sicc.) labium inferius deorsum pallide violaceura palatum flavum(?) 

 versus pallescens videtur. Radices ramosae utriculiferae. FoZia brevia, 

 lineari-spathulata v. spathulata, obtusa, utriculis nigris interdum in- 

 strueta, sub anthesin pauca nuUave. Scapi 3-10 unc. (saepius 3-5 

 unc), erecti, nonnunquam bifidi, squamis paucis (2-3) minutis ovatis. 

 Pedicelli fructiferi, adscendentes v. arcuato-patentes, apicem versus 

 leviter marginati. Capsula ovata v. elliptica, stigmate sessili v. sub- 

 sessili. U. albo-cmrulea et U. affini, quibus proxima est, calcari 

 gracillimo corollae labium inferius aequante, distinguitur. 



Plahta Jacquemontiana forsan ad speciem distinctam pertinet. 



8. U. AFFiNis {Wight, Icones, t. 1580. f.l). Scapo pauci- multifloro, 

 pedicellis brevibus plus minus arcuato-adscendentibus vix patentibus 

 nunquam deflexis, calycis lobis subaequalibus superiore late ovato v. 

 orbiculato-ovato acutissimo v. cuspidato, inferiore ovato calcari sub- 

 falcato dependente conico-subulato acuto v. acutiusculo valde breviore, 

 calycis fructiferis lobis plus minus rotundatis apiculatis acutiusculis v. 

 obtusis, lobo majore saepius suborbiculato orbiculato-cuspidatove, 

 corollae violaceae v. caeruleae labio superiore obovato-cuneato sub- 

 obovato vel late oblongo integro emarginato ve calyce paulo breviore 

 V. longiore, labio inferiore integro v. emarginato ealcar saepius sub- 

 aequante, seminibus plus minus profunde scrobiculatis. 



a. Scapo saepius 3-8 unc. floribus primum paucis postea 5-7, pedicellis 

 calycem subaequantibus, corollae labio superiore saepius plus minus 

 obovato emarginato v. integro. Corolla a summo labii superioris ad 

 apicem calcaris saepius 3-4 lin., a basi anteriore calc. ad extremum 

 labii inferioris H-3 lin. — U. decipiens, Dalz. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 

 279; conf. U. acuta, Benj. 



i3. Scapo \^-A unc. 1-4-floro, pedicellis brevissimis bracteam vix exce- 

 dentibus, labio corollae superiore obovato emarginato. A summo co- 

 rollas labii inferioris ad apicem calcaris 3-4 lin., a basi calcaris ante- 

 riore ad extremum corollae labii inferioris 1-2-2 lin. — U. brachypoda, 

 Wight, Icones, t. 1578-1. Praecedentis vix varietas, forma mera 

 parva. Cf. U. graminifolia, MSS. ^3. Nov. Cambria (Cape Grafton), 

 1770, in hb. Mus. Brit. 



