270 L entibulariaceCB. [ Utricular ia. 



7. U. capillacea, Wall. Cat. n. 6399 (1828) (? Willd.). 

 Thw. Enum. 171. C. P. 3307. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 332 {U. scandens, var.) (not given for Ceylon). 



A minute plant ; 1. not seen ; flowering stem 1-2 in., erect, 

 filiform ; fl. 2-4, nearly sessile or on very short ped., very 

 small, distant ; sep. rotundate, very obtuse, concave ; spur of 

 cor. very short, pointed ; capsule ovoid, seeds not flattened. 



Low country; very rare. Near Colombo (Ferguson); Negombo 

 (Thwaites). The C. P. specimens are labelled Katukande, 1854. Fl. 

 July ; purple (Thwaites). 



Also in S. India. 



Our plant is ciuite unlike U. WalUchiana, Wight, to which it is referred 

 in Fl. B. Ind. through some mistake. I have not seen fresh specimens. 



8. U. bifida, L. Sp. PL 18 (1753). 



Vahl, Syn. PI. i. 202. Moon Cat. 4. Thw. Enum. 171. C. P. 2087. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 332. Wight, Ic. t. 1572, i.z{U. humilis). 



Stems filiform, creeping, much branched ; 1. 1-2 in., linear, 

 bearing sessile bladders at the base, usually withered before 

 flowering ; flowering stems 3-10 in., erect, slender, with 2 or 3 

 distant lanceolate acute scales, fl. 2-10, on short recurved 

 ped., distant ; sep. ovate, obtuse, greatly enlarged in fruit ; 

 cor. rather small, lower lip ^ in. diam., spur rather over \ in., 

 slightly curved, pointed ; capsule much shorter than enlarged 

 membranous sep.; seeds not compressed, reticulate. 



Wet sandy places in the low country; common. Fl. Feb., March; 

 yellow. 



Tropical Asia generally. 



The leaves often form dense mats over the surface of the soil. 



9. U. nivea, Vahl., Enum. PL i. 203 (1S05). 



Moon Cat. 4. U. racemosa, Wall., Thw. Enum. 172. C. P. 2085. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 333 {U. racemosa, var.). Wight, Ic. t. 1582 and 15S3 

 {U. ccerulea). 



Stem and 1. fugacious, not seen ; flowering stems 4-12 in , 

 erect, occasionally branched, with 2 or 3 distant scales which 

 are acuminate at both ends or spurred at the base (looking as 

 if attached by the middle), fl. often as many as 15, rather 

 closely placed, forming a short raceme at top of stem, ped. 

 very short, slender, recurved, bracts spurred like the stem- 

 scales ; sep. broadly ovate, obtuse, pubcrulous ; spur of cor. 

 longer than lower lip, large, pointed ; capsule globose ; seeds 

 not compressed. 



Var. /3, rosea, Thw. Enum. 172. U. rosea., Oliv. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ill. 185 (? Edgw.). C. P. 277. 



More robust, flowering stem stouter, fl. larger ; spur of 

 cor. shorter than lower lip. 



