20 DIANDRIC. MONOGYNIA. utricularia. 



3-lobcd; spur very acute, porrccted. Mich. FL I. p. 12. 



PwrsA F/. 1. p. 16. Nutt.Gen.L^.\A. R o e m, ir 



Schulf. 1. p. 197. 



Scc/ie rootiniij in the ground, about a foot high ; sides furnished 

 with minute appressed bracts. Flowers approximate, nearly 

 sessile, as large as those of U. vulgaris. Calyx unequal. 

 Upper lip of the corolla ovate, obtuse; lower broad, round; 

 palate very prominent; sfiur projecting off from the corolla, 

 longer than the lower lip. Filaments inserted very near toge- 

 ther, sliort, hollovir at ttie extremiiies. 

 Hab. 0'i calcareous rocks near the Falls of Niagara. Eddy. 

 J\ru (tall. Near Phillipstown, in the Highlands of New- 

 York. Dr. Barrat t. Tliroughout the Allegany Mountains, 

 from Canada to Virginia. M'utt. In a marsh bordering 

 Crooked Lake, Plainfield, Massachusetts, Dr. Porter. 

 August— September. Mr. JSTuttall thinks this species is con- 

 fined to a calcareous soil. 



7, U. striata Le Conte : floating; scape 2— 3 flowered; 

 upper 'ip of the corolla ovate-round, subemarginate, margin 

 waved ; lower lip 3-lobed, redected at the sides ; spur straight, 

 obtuse, shorter than the lower lip. Torrey Cat. pi, jVo 

 York, p. 89. 



Stems submerged. Leaves ? few, capillary, sparingly furnished 

 with utriculi. Scape about a foot high, slender. Flowers 

 generally 2, sometimes 3. Calyx subequal, obtuse. Corolla 

 much expanded, large and elegantly striated with red ; spur 

 nearly a third shorter than the lower lip, obtuse, slightly swell- 

 ing in the middle. 



Hab. In swamps in the pine-barrens of New- Jersey. June. 

 This species is nearly allied to \J . Jibrosa of Walter and 

 Elliott, but differs in having the spur shorter than the lower 

 lip. It was first observed by J. Le Conte, Esq. who has de- 

 scribed it in his Monograph of the N. American Utricula- 

 HiAE ; which work we hope soon to see published. 



8. v. purpurea Walt.: scapes axillary, generally 

 1 -flowered, involucrum 0.; lower lip of the corolla 3-lobed ; 

 lateral lobes cucullate on the under side ; spur compressed, 

 half as long as the corolla. Elliott Sk. I. p. 21 . (sub U, 

 saccata) W a 1 1. Car. ^. 64. P ur s h FL l.ip. \5. J^utt. 

 Gen. 1. p. 1 3. Roem. ^ Schul t. I. p. 1 97. 



Stems floating, 2—3 feet long ; branches verticillate and pinnati- 

 fid, setaceous. Scapes solitary and in pairs, 2 — 3 inches long, 

 rarely 2-flowered. Calyx small ; leaves round or emarginate. 

 Corolla purple '. upper lip nearly round ; the lower with the 

 lateral lobes formed into little sacks; middle lobe largest; 

 palate large and prominent ; spur subulate, appressed to the 

 corolla. 



Hab. In ponds on Schooley's Mountain, New-Jersey. Le 

 Conte. On the Blue Ridge, in the State of New-York ; and 



