318 XCII. LENTIBULARIACK.-E. 



centre white with a yellow spot at the base; spur pendent, slif^Ltly 

 curved, conical, acute, much shorter than the lower lip. Stigma sessile 

 or nearly so. Capsules globose, yg-g in. in diam., covered bv the 

 enlarged sepals which are at length slightly decurrent on the pedicel. 

 Seeds ^ in. long, oblong, rounded at both ends, scrobiculate. i'\. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 3.30 ; Dalz. & Gribs. p. 135; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soe. v. 3 

 (1859) p. 177; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 176.— 

 riowers : Sept.-Nov. Veen. Kajai cha yluis ; Sita chi dsre (Sita's 

 tears). 



Rare. Xonkax : Stocks]; Vingorla on wet rocks, Dcdze.U\; Ratnagiri, Nairne. 

 Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cookel, Woodrow\ — Disteib. Api)areatly endemic. 



5. Utricularia arcuata, Wight, Icon. v. 4 (1850) t. 1571, fig. 1. 

 Eoots branched, furnished with small bladders. Leaves |-| in. long, 

 radical, deciduous, linear-oblong or linear-spathulate, obtuse, furnished 

 with small globose bladders about -^ in. in diam. Scapes 3-8 in. high, 

 3-8-flo\vered, erect, sometimes bifid, often with 2-3 minute ovate scales ; 

 bracts yV in. long, ovate, acute, attached by their bases ; pedicels ^-j in. 

 long, slender, recurved in fruit. Calyx | in. long ; sepals ovate, acute, 

 subequal or the upper a little larger, enlarged in fruit. Corolla bluish- 

 purple ; upper lip \ in. long, orbicular-obovate, usually entire ; lower 

 lip 2 in. in diam., orbicular, entire (rarely emarginate) ; spur ^-^ in. 

 long, slender, linear-subulate, falcately curved. Stigma subsessile. 

 Capsules subglobose, g in. in diam., enclosed in the enlarged sepals. 

 Seeds -^ in. long, oblong-ellipsoid, rounded at both ends, scrobiculate, 

 the outer cells of the testa elongate. Y\. B. I. v. 4, p. 330 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 136. — Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Dahelll S. M. Country: Eelgaiim, Bitchie, 1067! Kanaka: Law'.— 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula), api^arenlly endemic. 



6. Utricularia affinis, Wiglit, Icon. v. 4 (1850) t. 1580, fig. 1. 

 A small glabrous ht-rb. Scapes slender, 2-8 in. high. Leaves \-^ in. 

 long, linear-oblong, obtuse, bearing bladders, very evanescent. Mowers 

 distant, in erect rncemes ; bracts -^-^ in. long, ovate, acute, attached by 

 their bases ; pedicels j^-^ in. long, not defiexed nor recurved in fruit. 

 Calyx g in. long ; upper sepal slightly larger than the lower, broadly ovate 

 or suborbicular, sometimes apiculate ; lower sepal ovate, subacute. Corolla 

 bluish-purple ; upper lip | in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, cuneate, 

 notched ; lower lip \—l in. in diam., suborbicular or somewhat subovate, 

 usually entire, delicately veined ; spur i in. long, nearly at right angles 

 to the axis of the flower, narrowly conic, straight or nearly so. Style 

 very short but distinct. Capsules -^ in. long, ovoid, enclosed in the 

 enlarged sepals. Seeds about J^ in. in diam., subglobose, scrobiculate, 

 the cells of the testa subhexagonal not elongate, Fl. B, I. v. 4, p. 330 ; 

 Ohv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1859) p. 178 ; Trim. Fl. C.yl. v. 3, 

 p. 2G9. Utricidaria decipiens, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 279. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Law\, SlocJcsl, Dahell\; Vingorla, Dalsell cj" Gibson. S. M. Country: 

 Bulgauni, Ritchie, 1972! — DiSTRin. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



7. Utricularia coerulea, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 18. Scapes 

 erect. Boots when gi-owing in swampy places matted, with stout fibres 

 bearing globose bladders ^^^ j^ in. in diam. Leaves 1-2 in. lung, linear- 



