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100. LENTIBULARIACE^E. [1. Urticularia. 



(or leaves?) rig-id when removed from the water "S-l'S" long with 

 very numerous bladdei-s about •!" long. Fls. •3-4" from tip of spur. 

 Pedicels longer clavate upwards •3-*4" long and deflexed in finiit and 

 fruiting sepals shorter, •2-3 ". Bracts veiy conspicuous (as they often 

 are in U. stellaris), "I-'IS" long. 



Common. Sino^bhum ! Also near Purneah, Clarke ! and in the Central Provinces 

 beyond Sambalpur ! Prolmbly therefore throughout the whole area. Fl., Fr. c.s. 



3. U. exoleta, Br. 



A small species with numerous often intricate branches bearing' 

 small bladdeVs -O^-'OS" long and sparse filiform simple or divided 

 leaves with capillary segments. Fls. •2-?>" long from tip of spur, 

 yellow (always ?, I have no note of the colour in my specimens), 1-3 

 only with slender pedicels on a slender pedvmcle 1-4" long which 

 nearly always has a minute barren bract near the centre. Capsule 

 globose said to be distinctly larger than the sepals and -2" diam., but 

 in my specimens (perhaps not fully developed) equalling them. 



Jalpaiguri (close to but not actually within our area) ! Throughout India, 

 Clarke ! FL, Fr. r.s. and c.s. 



Clarice says that the leaves are sometimes 2-3", but these seem to me to be 

 branches. The scapes appear to be sometimes 2-chotomous, the slender pedicels 

 •2-*4" long. Bracts •02--05", obovate. Sepals "IS" in fruit ■1-*12" in flower, 

 scarcely enlarged in fruit. 



4. U. coerulea, L. Syn. U. racemosa, Wall., U. filicaulis, Wall.* 



A very slender little plant consisting of single erect filiform scapes 

 2-8" high Avithout any leaves at the time of flowering. Fls. sub- 

 sessile purple or blue •25-3" (measuring from tip of spur). Bracts 

 scattered along the scape and under the flowers •05-"08" long with a 

 slender spur often as long as the narrow acuminate blade. Fruiting" 

 sepals ovate ■l-*12"long. 



Common in rice-fields. Singbhum ! Manbhum, Camp. ! Hazaribagh, Clarice ! 

 Neterhat (Palamau), 2500 ft, ! Fl., Fr. Sept.-Dec. 



Easily distinguished by the bracts. Whole plant glabrous. In the type flowers 

 numerous and often clustered, in var, filicaulis, Clarice, which is the commoner in 

 our area, the flowers are sparse and distant. 



Upper lip of corolla very narrow, lower 4-lobed, spur rather stout and exceeding 

 the lips. Capsule ovate subglobose compressed. 



5. U. hirta, Klein. 



Yery slender, erect, 3-8", pubescent or minutely villous, leafless at 

 time of flowering. Fls. subsessile blue Avith dark veins, Avhite or 

 yellowish at throat, solitary and in fcAv-fld. spikes, •2--3" long. Bracts 

 not spiirred. Fruiting sepals orbicular '1". Capsule as long globose. 



Giridih, Hazaribagh, Clarkel Manbhum, Camp. ! Fl., Fr. Oct.-Nov. 



6. U. reticulata, Smith. 



A comparatively stout glabrous species twining or in young states 

 and in var. idiginosa slender erect and only 3-8", leafless when in 



* Dr. Sfapf states that the confusion with regard to these names starts with 

 Linvaus himself, but there is no doubt that this is the original U. coerulea described 

 in the Flora Zeylanica. U. coerulea of the F.B.I, is quite different, though the name 

 is unfortunately much more applicable to it. It has beautiful sky-l)lue flowers and 

 may possibly be found in the hills of our area as it occurs in those of the Central 

 Provinces. 



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