U/ricidarla.] LXXXIV. LENTIBULARIEiE. 527 



6. U. fulva, F. Mnell. in. Trans. PJdl. Insi. Vict. iii. 63. Scapes 

 simple or slightly branclied, | to 1 ft. higli, more rigid than in U. chrymniha, 

 the flowering portion tlexnose. Eadical leaves none at tlie time of flowering. 

 Flowers yellow, rather distant, often numerous, almost sessile or the pedicel 

 rarely 1 I'ine long and erect in fruit. Bracts very obtuse, not produced at the 

 base. Calyx-segments obtuse, above 1 line long. Corolla : upper lip 2 or 3 

 times as long as the calyx, broad and broadly 2-lobed ; lower lip very broad, 

 obscurely 3-lobcd, the 'very convex palate spotted with red; spur rather 

 slender, horizontal or ascending, nearly or quite as long as the lower lip. 

 Capsule about 1 line diameter, slightly crustaceous. Seeds very small, 

 ovoid. 



N.Australia. Around stagnant waters near Jlacadam Range, i^. Mueller; Strang- 

 i^ays river, iPDonall Shiart. 



7. U. chrysantha, R. Br. Prod. 433. Scapes slender but tall, often 

 exceeding 1 ft. Leaves usually none at the time of flowering. Flowers yel- 

 low, usually numerous but distant, rarely forming a more compact spike. 

 Pedicels exceedingly short, erect in fruit and then not exceeding 1 line. 

 Bracts very small, usnallv acute, not produced at the base. Calyx-segments 

 ovatedauceolate, about l" line long. Corolla : upper lip much longer than 

 tlie calyx, ovate-orbicular, entire ;^ lower lip rather longer, broad, very con- 

 ^'ex, the margins reflexed and 4-lobed (3-lobed Avith the middle lobe 2-fid) ; 

 spur descending, strait^ht or slightly curved, as long as the upper lip, the 

 \vliole corolla usually about \ in. long. Capsule globular, almost crustaceous, 

 about 1 line diameter. Seeds minute.— A. DC. Prod. viii. 18. 



N. Australia. Regent river, I^mnswick Bay, N.W. coast, J. Cunningham; Gleuelg 

 i-'ver, N.W. coast. Marten; Victoria river, F. Mueller; Port Essingtou, Aimslwy. 



Queensland. Point Lookout, Banks and Solander ; Rockingham Bay, Vallachy. 



fJ.flam, R. Br. Prod. 433; A. DC. Prod. viii. 18, from Endeavour Asitx , Banks and 

 'Colander, appears to me to be a slender variety of U. chrysantJia, with the middle lobe ot 

 the lower lip nearly entire. 



8. U. bifida. Lam. ; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 182. Scapes slen- 

 der, usually about 6 in. high. Eadical leaves small, linear or spathulate, 

 ^■eiT rare at the time of flowering. Flowers yellow, usually from 6 to 8 on 

 the scape, rather distant. Pedicels 1 to 2 lines long, reflexed when in truit 

 and winged by the dccurrent calyx-segments. Bracts acute, not produced at 

 the base. Calyx-scgraents orbicular, obtuse, scarcely above 1 line long in 

 tiower, twice as large and decurrent when in fruit. Corolla : upper lip ob- 

 ovate, longer than the calyx, the lower lip broad, convex, longer tlian tlie 

 upper one; spur conical, 'descending, as long as tie upper lip Capsule 

 membranous. Seeds small, ovoid, reticulate.— C/". dianlha, A. DC. 1 rod. 

 ^■'i. 21, not of Kocm. and Schult. 



Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Ballachj. Extends over tropical Asia. 



9- U. cyanea, ff. Br. Prod. 431. Scapes slender, rarely exceeding 6 

 w. Leaves radical, linear or slightly spathulate, i to A in. lo"g. or some- 

 times very narrow and more than twice that length, but usually disappeai- 

 »iig before the flowering. Flowers blue, sometimes very pale or white seveiai 

 c>ii the scape but distant. Pedicels shorter than or scarcely exceeding the 



