I learn from Dr. Arnott that this is U, capillacea of Courtallum, on rocks in mountain streams exposed 

 Wall. List, but it does not seem to be Willdenow's 

 plant. 



1572-2. Utricularia humilis (Vahl), scape 

 angled, furrowed, erect: scales few, sub-lanceolate: 

 bracts ovate acute : flowers short pedicelled: calyx 

 lobes broad ovate, blunt, becoming nearly orbicular 

 in fruit, about the length of the pedicel : spur nearly 

 twice the length of tne calyx, tapering, acute: lips 

 entire, upper one sublinear, truncate, under sub-orbi- 

 cular : capsule lenticular, drooping : seed oblong, 

 ovate, nearly acute at one end, longitudinally reticu- 

 late. Flowers yellow ? 



Ceylon, Mysore, Malabar. I have specimens from 

 several localities but most abundant from Ceylon. 



Vahl does not mention the colour of the flower, 

 and those of my specimens have faded so much 

 as to leave me in doubt on that point. The species 

 is a very easily recognized one, but the draftsman 

 has not succeeded in conveying a good idea of it 

 though the figure is like the specimen. The broad 

 ovate and ultimately nearly orbicular calyx lobes 

 and pendulous fruit are very striking. My speci- 

 mens vary in height from 2 to about 8 inches. 



1573. Utricularia uligenoibes (R. W.), stem 

 simple or sparingly ramous, twining-: scales few, 

 ovate, acute; bracts broad, ovate, acute; bracteoles 



to the spray from dashing water. My specimens 

 were gathered in August and in April, and in full 

 flower at both seasons. 



These three species are certainly very nearly 

 allied and might all perhaps be included under 

 VahPs brief character of U. uligenosa : "nectario 

 conico, calycibus coroUum equantibus, capsulis com- 

 pressis, scapo anguloso subsimplici," Vahl. While 

 at the same time none of them actually quadrate 

 with his definition. Had the lips of either of them 

 been divided I should have referred it to U. grami- 

 nifolia. The second is perhaps more justly refer- 

 able to Brown, ZZ cyanla^ than to uligenosa. 



1576. Utricularia Griffithii (R. W.), scape 

 ascending, lax, sometimes twining {5-6-flowered): 

 leaves linear, spathulate: scales few, minute : bracts 

 ovate, acute : calyx lobes ovate acute, shorter than 

 the pedicels : spur conical acute, descending, longer 

 than the calyx, shorter than the lip: upper lip 

 entire, obtuse ; under dilated, orbicular, emarginate : 

 capsule lenticular: seed lenticular, deeply foveolate. 



Flowers blue, 



Malacca, Griffith, apparently a rather tall growing 

 species, frequenting shallow water. Roots long and 

 matted, scapes from 8 to 12 inches high, having a 

 lax diffiise appearance not shown in the figure. 

 The seed are remarkable, the testa apparently 



subulate, all much shorter than the pedicel: pedicels ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ . foveolate, the foveas translucent 

 4-7, secund, cernuous, filiform, about the length of ^^ ^^^ margin, giving, when pretty highly magni^ 

 the flower: calyx ovate, lanceolate, acute or cuspi- g^j ^^^ wing-like appearance shown in the plate. 



date, about half the length of the spur: spur conical, 

 longer than the under lip : upper lip sublinear, orbicu- 

 lar at the apex : capsule compressed, sub-orbicular: 

 seed globose sub-scrobiculato-reticulate. Flowers 



blue. 



Courtallum, in low wet ground twining on stalks 

 of grass. I am not quite certain whether this is 

 sufficiently distinct from U. uligenosa. In habit it 

 is so, but in characters they very nearly approach. 



1574. UrRTCULARiA ULIGENOSA (Vahl), stem 

 erect, simple, slender, with few scales : leaves linear, 

 spathulate : scales oval, acute ; bracts broad, ovate 

 with two smaller bracteoles : pedicels twice or thrice 

 the length of the bracts, cernuous: calyx lobes 

 slightly unequal, broad, ovate, acute, the lower one 

 shorter, about the length of the spur: spur conical 

 acute, about the length of the lower lip : lips entire ; 

 upper one broad, roundish above ; the lower galeate, 

 very convex on the palate, hairy on the throat: cap- 

 sule ovate, compressed : seed globose, finely reticu- 

 late. Flowers blue. 



Neilghe*^des, in swampy ground, not unfrequent; 



I have also met with it forming dense masses of 

 matted herbage floating on the surface of streams, 

 but, in such situations, never in flower. 



1575. Utricularia 



W 



tose, stems ascending, filiform, simple or sometimes 

 sparingly ramous, intertwining: leaves linear-spath- 

 ulate: scales minute, ovate, pointed: bracts and 

 bracteoles like the scales, but larger: pedicels slen- 

 der, winged towards the apex, cernuous or drooping, 

 longer than the flowers: calyx lobes lanceolate, 

 acute: spur slender about the length of the under 

 lip, longer than the calyx: lips entire, linear, round- 

 ish ; under broad, galeate, reflexed on the margins: 

 capsule globose lenticular: seed globose, reticulate. 

 Flowers blue. 



1577. Utricularia Smithiana (R. W.), scape 

 ascending, somewhat voluble, terete: leaves few. 

 spathulate : scales remote, minute, ovate, pointed : 

 bracts broad cordate ; bracteoles narrow lanceolate: 

 calyx lobes slightly unequal, the posterior one 

 broader, obtuse, the anterior acute, shorter than the 

 lax filiform pedicel: spur conical, about the length 

 of the lower lip, longer than the calyx : lips entire, 

 lower one galeate : capsule lenticular, enclosed 

 within the enlarged lobes of the calyx: seed glo- 

 bose scrobiculate. 



Malabar or Coorg, the exact station uncertain. 

 This species is nearly allied to U> reticulata^ but is 

 certainly distinct. It attains the height of from 12 

 to 18 inches, the latter ones twine. 



1578-1. Utricularia brachypoda (R. W.), erect, 

 simple ; scape angled, 2-4-flowered : scales scattered, 

 minute : bracts and bracteoles broad ovate, minute : 

 pedicels shorter than the flowers, ascending: calyx 

 lobes broad ovate, about half the length of the spur, 

 the posterior one blunt pointed: upper lip emargi- 

 nate, lower large, flat, pubescent on the throat, about 

 the length of the spur: capsule lenticular: seed 

 globose, scrobiculato-minute. Flowers blue? 



Quilon, in marshy ground, A small but very dis- 

 tinct species. 



1578-2. Utricularia pedicellata (R. W.), leaf- 

 less? scapes slender, erect, ramous, angled: scales 

 longish lanceolate: bracts minute, ovate, acute; 

 bracteoles subulate : pedicels longer than the flow- 

 ers, filiform: calyx lobes ovate, acute, about the 

 length of the spur : spur conical, shorter than the lip : 

 lips entire, under one galeate, margins reflexed : cap- 

 sule lenticular: seed globose, scrobiculate. Flowers 



blue, 

 Courtallum, flowering February, 



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