1579. Utricularia squamosa (R. W.), scape 

 erect, terete, furnished its whole length with numer- 

 ous acute cernuous scales : bracts and bracteoles 

 like the scales : leaves spathulate : flowers cernuous, 

 2-3 towards the apex, longer than the pedicels : calyx 

 lobes lanceolate, shorter than the conical acute 

 spur: lips entire, lower one sub-orbicular, galeate, 

 spreading: capsule oblong, lenticular: seed globose, 

 scrobiculate. Flowers blue. 



Sispara, on the western slopes of the Neilgherries, 

 on the marshy borders of rills and springs, rather 

 frequent; flowering February and March. The 

 numerous scales on the scape and the scrobiculate 



plant The selection is accidental in so far as bein 

 the largest and best I had, to make a picture ol^ 

 of a considerable number, and in the hurry of the 

 moment it did not occur to me to represent along 

 side one of the smaller more usual forms. The 

 best distinguishing characters I find in the large 

 spur, emarginate upper lip, and rough not reticulate 

 angular seed. The peculiar attachment, by the 

 middle, of the scales and bracts forms an excellent 

 sectional character. 



1583. Utricularia c-a;RULEA(Linn), erect, angu- 

 lar, scape simple or sometimes bifid: scales and 



seed readily distinguish this from U. uHgenosa, which ?A^^,^^^"^^^^^jl ^l^ ^^^ middle : racemes at first short, 

 in other respects it resembles. 



1580-1. Utricularia affinis (R. W.), scape 



very dense at the apex of the scape, at length 

 elongating: flowers subsessile : calyx sub-vellutin- 

 ous, lobes orbicular, much shorter than the corolla: 



erect, angular, 4-5-flowered: scales few, appressed, spur longer than the orbicular spreading lower lip 

 acute : bracts ovate, acute : pedicels shorter than the of the corolla, capsule globose, exceeding the lobes 



flower, fructiferous ones winged at the apex: calyx 

 lobes broad, ovate, blunt, shorter than the spur: 

 spur tapering, acute, shorter than the lip: lower 

 lip broad, suborbicular, slightly galeate : capsule len- 

 ticular: seed globose, deeply scrobiculate. Flowers 

 blue. 



Neilgherries. Flowering February and March, 

 growing in tufts in marshy ground. This species 



seems nearly allied to U. hrachypoda^ but is, I think, The two specimens introduced into the plate are 

 quite distinct. 



of the calyx: seed oblong, obovate, angular above, 

 finely reticulate. Flowers white? nigrescent in 

 dying, like those of U, nivea. 



Ceylon, Malabar ? 



This and U. JUicaules are perhaps the same species, 

 or if not, the characters so far agree as to render 

 comparison desirable with a view to their being 

 respectively accurately defined. 



1580-2. Utricularia macrolipis (R. W.), scapes 

 erect, simple filiform: scales ovate, acute, sub-folia- 

 ceous : bracts ovate, acute ; bracteoles subulate : 

 flowers subsessile : calyx broad, ovate, bluntish : 

 spur tapering, shorter than the lip : upper lip sub- 

 cuspidate ; lower sub-orbicular: capsule lenticular: 

 seed subovato-orbicular, papillosely muricate. Flow- 

 ers yellow. 



Courtallum, August and September. Height from 

 two to four inches. The scales on this species are 

 unusually conspicuous, almost resembling microsco- 

 pic leaves. The seeds, which are large for the genus, 

 are covered all over with soft looking protuberances 

 or papillae which, however, the artist has scarcely 

 succeeded in correctly representing. 



1581. 



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pitose, erect, filiform : leaves orbiculato-spathulate ; 

 bracts attached below the middle, both lobes obtuse, 

 lower much smaller; bracteoles obovate: pedicels 

 about the length of the flowers, cernuous or droop- 

 ing: calyx lobes very unequal, sub-orbicular: spur 

 about the length of the broad crenato-dentate lower 

 lip: upper lip shorter than the calyx, emarginate : 

 capsule globose dehiscing from the base: seed obo- 



vate glochidiate. 



Ceylon, March and April; the exact station 

 whence I obtained this curious plant is not noted. 

 It seems to me to form the type of a distinct section, 

 if not indeed of a genus. My acquaintance with 

 the rest of the genus is too limited to admit of my 

 constituting it one, though, as regards the Indian 

 division, it seems to merit that distinction. 



the same species and show how much the aspect 

 is changed by age and luxuriance. 



1584-1, Utricularia racemosa (Wall), scape 

 erect, 3-4-flowered : scales and bracts attached by 

 the middle, lanceolato-acute at both ends; brac- 

 teoles subulate: pedicels about the length of the 

 bracts : lobes of the calyx ovate, obtuse : spur 

 shorter, or about the length of, and concealed by, the 

 revolute margins of the broad under lip: capsule 

 globose, longer than the calyx lobes ; seed globose, 

 sub-scrobiculate. 



Pulney Mountains, flowering September. I am 

 doubtful whether this is really Wallich's U. racemosa 

 which is from Silhet, as the specimens seen by 

 Alph, DC, were not in flower, but it agrees well 

 with the rest of the character. 



1584-2. Utricularia BinnA (Linn), "scape 

 erect, bifid, 2-5-flowered: bracts minute, ovate: 

 pedicels much longer than the bracts, as long as the 

 flowers: lobes of the calyx ovate: upper lip of the 

 corolla entire, reflexed on the margins ; inferior one 

 2-lobed, revolute on the margin, palate prominent, 

 keeled with the spur." 



Malacca, Griffith. The figure does not very well 

 quadrate with the above character, which is copied 

 from De Candolle's Prodromus. Smith, however, 

 says "bracteas solitary," which they are, and form a 

 remarkable character. He also says, flowers yellow : 

 this I cannot so well make out on my specimens 

 as only very young flower-buds and mature cap- 

 sules are found on them. 



If Z7. bifida belongs to the section with the scales 

 and bracts attached by the middle, it seems probable 

 this is the plant, but not otherwise; and that point 



1582. Utricularia nivea (Vahl), nectary con- I cannot ascertain with certainty from the characters 

 ical, obtuse, scape filiform, about 4-flowered : scales 

 adnate, free at the base: capsules globose, cer- 

 nuous." Vahh 



Ceylon, Malabar, &c» Though the specimen guishes it from all the other species of the section 

 selected for representation does not very well quad- having orbicular calyx lobes, and scales and bracts 

 rate with Vahl's character, I yet believe it is his attached by the middle. 



given, but as the original specimens are preserved 

 in the Linnean Herbarium the point can easily be 

 ascertained. The deeply scrobiculate seed distin- 



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