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MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



2. Genlisea St. Hil. \'oy. Distr. Diam. 2: 428. 1833. Herbae 

 scaposae terrestres, radicibus veris nullis. Folia suprema aeria, 

 rosLilata, laminis expansis, infima subterranea, radiciformia, inter- 

 media ascidia formantia. Ascidia pedunculata, bullata, rostrata 

 tubo cylindrico, laminis 2 divergentibus contortis terminate, intus 

 elaborate armata. Scapus squamatus, bracteatus, uniflorus vel 

 pluriflorus; squamae et bracteae consimiles, basifixae; bracteolae 

 ad basin petioli 2, basifixae. Calyx 5-partitus; lobi subaequales, 

 sub capsula patuli. Corolla 2-labiata; labium superius subinte- 

 grum, inferius 3-lobatum. Antherae subglobosae vel oblongae. 

 Capsula globosa, saepe manifeste circumscissa. 



Species typica, Genlisea aurea St. Hil. 



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5. Genlisea. G. filiformis St. Hil. a. Plant, half natural size. b. Scale, X 32- 

 c. Bract and bractlets, X 3?. d. Flower, X 2. e. Corolla, X 2. 



6. C0S.MIZA. C. multifida (R. Br.) Barnh. a. Plant, half natural size. b. Base of 

 plant, X 2j. c. Corolla, X 2J. d. Fruit, X 32- 



7. Aranella. a. fimbriata (H.B.K.) Barnh. a, b. Plants, half natural size. 

 c. Scale, X 8. d. Flower, with corolla and stamens removed, X 4- <'• Bract, bract- 

 lets, and calyx, X 8. 



About 15 species, of which 3 arc African, i occurs only in Cuba 

 (where it has never been collected since its discovery by Charles 

 Wright many years ago), and the remainder are South American 

 (Brazil and Guiana). 



In a few species (including the type species) the corolla is 



