Utricularia LENTIBULARIAC— OROBANCH. Conopholis 



U. resupinata B. D. Greene. 



Rare, in shallow margins of ponds, Sussex County: Milford, Van 

 Pelt & Long, 21 July 1908 (A); Burton Pond, Angola, R. R. Tatnall, 

 484, 1 Sept. 1929, and 935, 4 July 1930 (T, P, A, G). 



Z' U. subulata L. 



Infrequent, in bogs and dune hollows of the Coastal Plain, New 

 7 Castle and Sussex Counties; one collection in Northampton County: 

 wet depression, near beach, Savage Neck, R. R. Tatnall, 3764, 21 

 May 1938 (T). Mid-May to mid-Sept. 



U. cleistogama (Gray) Britton. ( U. subulata var. cleistogama Fern, 

 of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



Rare, in moist sandy soil. Coastal Plain: meadow e. of George- 

 town (S), C. S. Williamson, 30 Aug. 1908 (A); dune hollows. Savage 

 Neck (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5449, 15 Oct. 1935 (P). 



U. cornuta Mx. 



Rare, in Sussex County: wet shores, Millsboro, Canhy, Aug. 

 1877 (A); Red Millpond, near Lewes, Otis, 17 Aug. 1923 (A, D). 

 Late June into Aug. 



U. juncea Vahl. 



Frequent in shallow ponds and ditches, from central Kent 

 County (Del.) to Worcester County. Late July to Sept. 



U. virgatula Barnhart. 



Rare, in wet sand of the Coastal Plain: margin of Tubmill Pond, 

 2 mi. n. of Milford (K), Otis, 8 Sept. 1920 (A); moist dune hollows. 

 Savage Neck (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5450, 15 Oct. 1935 (P, T). 

 Aug., early Sept. 



"Tiny imitator of U. juncea," Fernald: Rhodora 42, 384. 1940. 



OROBANCHACEAE (Broom-rape Family) 



Epifagus Nutt, 



E. virginiana (L.) Bart. Beech Drops. 



Common parasite on roots of beech trees, in Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain provinces. Sept., early Oct. 



Conopholis Wallr. 

 C. americana (L. f.) Wallr. Squaw-root. 



Infrequent parasite on roots of oak trees, in valleys of Naamans 



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