XCII. LENTIBULAHIACE.E. 319 



oblong, subobtuse, entire, green, with conspicuous subparallel nerves, 

 more or less attenuated towards the base. Scapes 2-8 in. high, simple. 

 Flowers in the racemes 2-10, distant ; bracts -^^ in. long, ovate, acumi- 

 nate ; pedicels l-j in. long, slender, suberect in fruit. Calyx ^in, long; 

 upper sepal broadly ovate, acuminate; lower sepal slightly narrower 

 than the upper, usually with 2 small acute triangular teeth at the apex. 

 Corolla bluish-purple; upper lip i-| in. long, obovate-oblong, veined; 

 lower lip ^ in. long, broadly ovate, subacute, reticulately veined ; spur 

 violet (Triinen), ^ in, long, narrowly conic, curved, subacute. vStyle short 

 but distinct. Capsules ovoid, i\j— g in. long, enclosed in the enlarged 

 sepals. Seeds about J-^ in. long, ellipsoid or subglobose, reticulate, the 

 outer cells of the testa oblong. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 331 ; Oliv. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1859) p. 179 (not of A. DC.) : Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 268 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 176. Utricu- 

 laria uU'/inoides, Wight, Icon. t. 1573. U. purpurascens. Grab, Cat. 

 p, 165. — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



KoNKAN : Law\, Stocksl Deccan: Mahableshwar, Cooke \, Woodrow \ S. M. 

 Country : Belgaum, Eitchie, 1970 ! Kanaka : Supa on the Kiila naddi, Eitckic \ — 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



8. Utricularia reticulata, Smith, Exot. Bot. v. 2 (1805) t. 119 

 Glabrous, Leaves numerous, i-| in, long, narrowly linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, usually deciduous before flowering, furnished with numei'ous 

 small bladders. Scapes flower-bearing for half their length, slender, 

 weak, flexuose, twining, 6-24 in, long, with 2 or 3 distant bracts. 

 Flowers the largest of the Bombay species, distant, few in each raceme; 

 bracts g-^ in. long, ovate, very acute, attached by their bases ; pedicels 

 |-5 in, long, suberect. Calyx rather more than ^ in. long in flower ; 

 sepals ovate, acute or acuminate, much enlarged and decurrent on the 

 pedicel in fruit. Corolla large, measuring sometimes | in, and more 

 across, bluish-purple, veined with darker veins ; upper lip 5 in, long, 

 broadly obovate, entire ; lower lip ^-| in, in diam,, suborbicular, entire, 

 buUate in the centre, with a white spot near the base ; spur | in. long, 

 conic, nearly straight. Capsules \ in, long, ellipsoid, enclosed by the 

 greatly enlarged sepals. Seeds about J-^ in. long, ovoid or subrhomboid, 

 reticulate. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 331 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 135 ; Wight, 111. 

 V. 2, t. 143; Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 3 (1859) p. 180; Trim. Fl. 

 Cnyl. V. 3, p. 269 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 176. 

 Utricularia gratninifolia, Grab. Cat. p, 165 {not of Spreng.), — Flowers : 

 Oct, 



KoNKAN : Lmu\, Siocksl, Dal~dl\ ; Mahad in Y\cQ-&e\As, Kanif.Jcarl Deccan: m 

 rice-fields tolerably common; Jambgaon, Gangaraml S, M. Country: Belgaum, 

 ^27cto, 1966!— DisTRiB. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, 



9. Utricularia nivea, VaM, Enum. v. 1 (1805) p. 203. Scapes- 

 4-12 in. high, sometimes branched, often with 2 or 3 distant scales 

 attached by their middle and acute at both ends. Leaves |-f in. long,. 

 linear, obtuse, very evanescent. Flowers in close racemes or spikes 

 crowded towards the top of the scape ; bracts j\ in. long, attached at or 

 near the middle, acute at both ends ; pedicels very short, recurved, some- 

 times 0. Calyx puberulous, -^ in. long ; sepals equal, broadly ovate or 

 suborbicular, very obtuse. Corolla white, or very pale-blue or reddish- 

 purple ; upper lip y"^ ju, long, oblong-obovate, obtuse, entire or notched; 



