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the upper one concave, striate in the middle, the lower with rcflexed margins, 

 as long as the linear nearly appressed notched spur; palate dotted with brown ; 

 fruit erect. (U. fibrosa, Ell.) — Stillwater, Florida, and northward. Sept. — 

 Scapes 10' high. Corolla £' wide. 



4. U. fibrosa, Walt. Small ; leaves short, sparingly divided, root-like ; 

 scape 1-3- (mostly 2-) flowered, almost bractless ; lips of the small (4"- 5") 

 corolla equal, roundish ; the upper one slightly 3-lobed ; the lower entire, rather 

 shorter than the subulate appressed spur ; palate globose, 2-lohed ; fruit erect, 

 on stout pedicels. (U. longirostris, Leconte. U. biflora, Lam.']) — Ponds, 

 Florida to South Carolina. May and June. — Stem 4' -6' long, with clus- 

 tered branches. Scape 2' -4' high. 



5. U. gibba, L. Stem short, with clustered branches; leaves sparingly 

 divided ; scape 1 - 2-flowered ; lips of the corolla nearly equal, longer than the 

 gibbous obtuse appressed spur; fruit erect. (U. fornicata, Leconte.) — Shallow 

 ponds, South Carolina, Elliott, and northward. June. — Stem 2' -3' long. 

 Scape l'-3' high. . 



* * * Stem floating : leaves whorlcd, finely dissected: flowers purple. 



6. U. purpurea, Walt Stem long, filiform; scape mostly 1 -flowered ; 

 upper lip of the corolla truncated ; the lower 3-lobed; with the lateral lobes 

 sac-like, longer than the subulate spur. — Shallow ponds, Florida to Missis- 

 sippi, and northward. June. — Stem l°-2° long. Scape 2' -3' high. Co- 

 rolla 4" wide. 



# # * # Stemless : scape rooting, scaly : leaves linear and entire, or none : air- 

 bladders few or none : flowers yellow. 



7. TJ. COmuta, Michx. Scape 2 - 4-flowered ; pedicels short, as long as the 

 calyx ; lips of the large (%' wide) corolla obovate, unequal ; the lower one larger, 

 abruptly pointed, entire, as long as the horn-shaped acute depending spur, the 

 margins strongly reflexed. (U. personata, Leconte, the more numerous (4- 12) 

 and scattered flowers much smaller.) — Swamps, Florida, and northward. July - 

 Sept. — Scape 1° high. 



8. TJ. subulata, L. Scape setaceous, 3 - 9-flowered ; pedicels much longer 

 than the calyx ; lower lip of the small (3"- 4") corolla 3-lobed, longer than the 

 appressed conical green-pointed spur; leaves, when present, linear, fugacious. 

 (U. setacea, Michx.) — Wet sandy pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina, and 

 westward. Feb. - May. — Scape 2' - 8' high. 



9. TJ. bipartita, Ell.? Scape filiform, 1 -3-flowered ; pedicels long and 

 slender ; upper lip of the corolla slightly 3-lobed ; the lower entire, as long as 

 the conical obtuse spur ; lower lip of the calyx sometimes 2-cleft ; fruit erect. — 

 Miry margins of ponds near Tallahassee, Florida, to South Carolina. Sept. — 

 Scape 4' - 6' high. Corolla 6" - 8" wide. 



2. PINGTJICTJLA, Tourn. Butterwort. 



Upper lip of the calyx 3-lobed, the lower 2-lobed. Corolla somewhat 

 2-lippcd ; the upper lip 2-lobed ; the lower 3-lobed, spurred at the base ; 



