50 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Cosmiza; the error has been perpetuated in German botanical 

 Hterature, and even in Engler & Prantl's Natiirhchen Pflanzen- 

 famiUen, in 1893, the calyx and bracts of this species (as Poly- 

 pompholyx laciniata) are figured to illustrate the 4-parted calyx 

 of the Australian genus. 



5. Meloneura Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838. {Diiirospermum 

 Edgew. 1848; Utricularia ^ Phyllaria S. Kurz. 1874.) Herbae 

 scaposae terrestres, stolonlbus foliatis a basi scapi radiantibus, 

 radicibus veris nullis. Folia difformia, alia aeria laminis expansis, 

 alia subterranea, radiciformia et ascidiifera. Scapus esquamatus, 

 bracteatus, 1-5-florus; bracteae basisolutae; bracteolae 2, con- 

 similes. Calyx 2-partitus; lobus superior multo major, ejus basi 

 ad basin ovarii adnata, inferior maturitate reflexus. Corolla 

 cyanica, valde 2-labiata; labium superius minimum, inferius 

 amplum, subplanum; palatum tantum convexitas; calcar tcnue, 

 pendens. Antherae bilobatae. Capsula globosa. Semina ap- 

 pendiculata. 



Species typica, Meloneura striatida comb. nov. {Utricularia 

 striatula Smith; Meloneura purpurea Raf.). 



A small genus of about 6 species, confined to the tropics of the 

 Old World. One of the most distinct of the genera here recog- 

 nized; indeed, a synthetic type of mind is required to refer these 

 plants to Utricularia. 



6. Pelidniagen. nov. {? AfeioniilaRa.L 1838.) Herbae scaposae 

 terrestres, ramulis brevibus radiciformibus et stolonibus tcnuibus 

 foliatis a basi scapi radiantibus, radicibus veris nullis. Folia 

 difformia, alia aeria, rosulata, laminis expansis, alia subterranea, 

 radiciformia, ascidiifera. Ascidia utriculiformia, cum proboscide 

 unica plana glandulare. Scapus simplex vel saepe ramosus, 

 squamatus (vel in specie unica esquamatus?), bracteatus, i- 

 multiflorus; squamae mediofixae, extremo utroque acutae; bracteae 

 basisolutae; bracteolae consimiles sed minores. Calyx 2-partitus; 

 lobi herbacei, concavi, subaequales, sub capsula patuH. Corolla 

 cyanica, siccatione nigricans, 2-labiata; labium superius parvum, 

 inferius magno latius, valde a basi calcaris retlexum; calcar prope 

 basim late conicum, ad labium inferius non approximatum. An- 

 therae bilobatae. Capsula subglobosa, stylo pcrsistcnte rostrata, 

 longitudine fissuris dehiscens, vah'ulorum extremilatibus semj^er 

 conjunctis. Semina polygonalia, reticulata. 



Species typica, Pelidnia caerulea comb. nov. {Utricularia 

 caerulea L.). 



Unfortunately, it is essential, in typifying this genus by U. 

 caerulea, to explain what is intended, as that name was applied 



