Malacca, Griffith. This species seems to me to 

 approach L. laxa^ from which however it appears 

 distinct. I am indebted to the late Mr. Griffith for the 

 specimen figured which consists of two pieces, one 

 with erect, the other with drooping inflorescence* 

 I have taken the last on the supposition that it is 

 the normal form. 



and seem pretty well to correspond with DCs char- 

 acter of the species. He doubts whether his plant 

 belongs to his section "Lentibularia,^ a point which 

 I will not attempt to determine because I do not 

 think the section one of much value even as an 

 artificial division. For myself I feel quite satisfied 

 that this and the three preceding species form, with 

 perhaps many others, a most distinct and peculiar 



1565 Co.NGEA TOMEA^TosA (Roxb.), scc table group, distinguished by habit, calyx, corolla, capsule, 



1479—2. 



15GG. CoNGEA VELUTI^'A (R. W.), see 1479 — 3. 



1597. Utricularia stellaris (Lin. fil.), stems 

 floating, utriculiferous ; leaves filiform, verticelled: 

 scape furnished at the base of the raceme, with a 

 whorl of ovate floats or bladders, setiferous at the 

 point : scales wanting below the floats : bracts 

 membranaceous, obovate, embracing the base of 

 the pedicel, no bracteoles : lobes of the calyx ovate 

 obtuse, shorter than the corolla, entire : spur short, 

 obtuse: capsule globose, about the length of the 

 calyx: seed flattened, bound with a membranous 

 wing. Flowers yellow. 



In standing sweet water in the Tanjore district, 

 and also in the Circars. So far as 1 have observed, 

 it seems rare on the western coast. 



1568. Utricularia fasciculata (Roxb.), stem 

 and leaves as in U. stellaris except that it wants the 



floats on the raceme : scape furnished with a few 

 scales: bracts ovate, without bracteoles: calyx ovate 

 obtuse, much shorter than the corolla ; spur conical 

 blunt, shorter than the lip : li|3S entire, lower one 

 buUate near the base: fructiferous pedicel thicken- 

 ed, drooping: capsule globose, about the length of 

 the enlarged spreading lobes of the calyx: seed 

 5-angled, bound with a narrow wing. Flowers 



yellow. 



In sweet standing water in Malabar, apparently 



not unfrequent. The raised pallate or buUate por- 

 tion of the lower lip, is tinged with a reddish, or 

 deep orange, colour. 



• 1569. Utricularia diantha (Raem. and Sch.), 

 floating or terrestrial : leaves capillary utriculiferous 

 when floating, linear subulate when growing in 

 marshy ground: scape filiform, erect, usually 2- 

 flowered : bracts ovate, bracteoles none ; calyx obo- 

 vate obtuse, not enlarging with the fruit: spur 

 longer than the lower lip : lips entire, about equal, 

 lower one bullate near the base : capsule spherical, 

 about twice the length of the calyx lobes: seed 

 compressed, orbicular, bound with a broad wing. 



In standing sweet water in Malabar along with 

 the preceding. The flowers of the two species. 



and seed ; in all of which respects they are very 

 different from the following species. De CandoUe 

 describes the bracts and scales of his plant as "auri- 

 cled" at the base and obtuse at both ends. In my 

 specimen they are attached by the base, whence 

 there seems reason to suspect that I have misnamed 

 my plant in applying his name. He further describes 

 his plant as having 4-5 flowers; one of my speci- 

 mens has the marks of 17 flowers, and all have 

 more than six. These considerations, and espe- 

 cially the free base of the bracts and scales, lead 

 me to suspect we have different plants before us, 

 but yet they are both from the same station and 

 Very like in every thing except the insertion of the 

 bracts, which circumstances added to the remark 

 "Bracleaa ^ lin. long supra inferiorem partem non 

 tamen medio ad fixae solitariae/' induced me to 

 adopt his name. 



1571-1. Utricularia arcuata (R. W.), erect, 



bifid, branches about equal: scales very minute: 

 bracts subulate, small: calyx lobes equal, broad 

 ovate, obtuse, much shorter than the corolla and 

 spur, scarcely enlarging in fruit: spur long, slender, 

 curved upw^ards under the broad suborbicular under 

 lip of the corolla; capsule ovate: seed oval, rounded 

 at the ends, longitudinally reticulate. Flowers blue. 

 Belgaum, Law. I know nothing of this species 

 beyond what I learn from the specimen, for which 

 I am indebted to Mr. Law of Bombay. 



1571-2. Utricularia reticulata (Smith), stems 

 twining : scales remote : bracts and bracteoles ovate, 

 acuminate, acute, much shorter than the pedicels: 

 pedicels about the length of the flow^er, at first 

 ascending, afterwards cernuous ; winged towards 

 the apex: calyx lobes equal, ovate acute, enlarging 

 with the capsule, the lower one about the length 

 of the spur: spur conical acute, descending: upper 

 lip of the corolla large, suborbicular, or tending to 

 obovate ; under large, spreading, palate galeate : 

 capsule ovate, compressed, inclosed within the en- 

 larged calyx lobes: seed oval, obtuse at both ends, 

 longitudinally reticulate. Flowers blue. 



Malabar, flowering March, April and May. Fre- 

 quent in rice fields where in large masses its numer- 



except as regards size, are much the same, and they ous conspicuous blue flowers render it a very orna- 

 are in other respects nearly allied species. mental object. 



1572-1. Utricularia Wallichiana (R. W., U, 



capUlacea^ Wall., non Willd.), filiform, slightly twin- 

 ing: bracts broad, ovate, acute; bracteoles subu- 

 late: flowers longishpedicelled, yellow : calyx lobes 

 ovate, acute : spur tapering pointed, longer than the 

 calyx: lips entire, upper one obovate, suborbicular; 

 lower one broad, emarginate: capsule lenticular: 

 seed oval, obtuse at both ends, slightly longitudinally 

 reticulate. Flowers yellow. 



A low plant 3-4 inches high, growing among 

 grass in marshy grounds. My specimens are from 

 Courtallum, Serra Mallay, and Neilgherries. From 

 the last the drawing was made. 



1570. Utricularia PUNCTATA (Wall. DC), "leaves 



submerged, capillaceo-many-cleft, the extreme divi- 

 sions filiform, curved, sparingly utriculiferous : scape 

 erect, 4-5-flowered : scales and bracts oblong, auri- 

 cled at the base, obtuse at both ends: pedicels as 

 long as the flowers, much longer than the bracts^ 

 lobes of the calyx broad, oval, obtuse: corolla." 

 Seed flattened, orbicular, bound with a toothed 



margin. 



Mergui, Griffith. 



The specimens from which the accompanying 

 drawing was made are all imperfect as regards 

 flowers, but the plants are in other respects perfect, 



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