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et viridia, saepissime evanescentia, alia suhterranea et radici- 

 formia, ascidiifera. Ascidia minuta, aplce 2-cornuta. Scapus 

 squamatus, bracteatus, i-multiflorus, saepissime maturitate an- 

 fractus; squamae et bracteae peltatae, scariosae; bracteolae nullae. 

 Calyx 2-partitiis; lobi scariosi, valde longitudinalitcr pluri-costati 

 sub capsula patuli vel basin capsulae amplectentes. Corolla 

 xanthica, valde 2-labiata; labium superius subplanum amplum, 

 inferius amplum, plerumque valde divergenterque lobatum; pala- 

 tum saepissime prominens et 2-lobatum; calcar ad basin conicum, 

 distaliter tenue, vel omnino saccatum. Antherae subglobosae. 

 Capsula globosa, stylo persistente apiculata. Semina prismatica, 

 reticulata. 



Species typica, Setiscapella subulata (L.) Barnh. {Utricularia 

 subulata L.). 



Of the dozen species comprising this genus, nearly all are 

 American, but one occurs in Africa, and at least two in the Hima- 

 layas. Its wiry, zig-zag scapes, peltate scales and bracts, and 

 scarious calyx-lobes are very characteristic. In most of the 

 species leaves and bladders are rarely seen, 



13. Lecticula Barnh. in Small, Fl. Miami 170. 26 Ap 1913; in 

 Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. ed. 2. 3: 230. 7 Je 1913. Herbae scapo- 

 sae, ramulis radiciformibus foliatis normaliter submersis, radicibus 

 veris nullis. Folia alterna, saepissime 3-partita; lobus medius 

 erectus; lobi laterales capillares radiciformesque, ascidiiferi. As- 

 cidia rninuta, rostrata. Scapus semper i-florus, pcdicello con 

 scapo continuo; squamae verae nullae; bractca solitaria, basifixa, 

 squamam simulans amplexicaulis tubularisque, margine libero 

 truncato, plus minus 2-inciso ; bracteolae nullae. Calyx 2-partitus ; 

 lobi concavi, herbacei, ad capsulam adpressi. Corolla valde 2- 

 labiata; labii subintegri; palatum tantum convexitas; calcar sub- 

 conicum, obtusum. Antherae subglobosae. Capsula globosa. 



Species typica, Lecticula resupinata (B. D. Greene) Barnh. 

 {Utricularia resupinata B. D. Greene). 



Besides the type species, which occurs locally throughout the 

 eastern parts of Canada and the United States, only one other 

 has been described, Lecticula Spruceana comb. nov. {Utricularia 

 Spruceana Benth.), a native of eastern Brazil. 



14. Biovularia Kam. Zaj). Novoross. Obtsch. Est. 15': 204. 

 1890. Ikrhae minutae acjuaticae. Folia alterna, capillariter 

 partita, ascidiifera. Ascidia birostrata. Scajnis esquamatus, 

 bracteatus, 1-3-florus; bractea infima ad caulem proxima; l^racteae 

 basifixae; bracteolae nullae. Calyx 2-lobatus; lobi subaequales. 



