128 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



in a recent state, but M. de Brebisson states that the palate is striated 

 with numerous anastomosing bright red streaks. 



SPECIES III.— U TRICULARIA MINOR. Unn. 

 Plate MCXXVI. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXXVI. Tig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 7. 



Leaves spreading m all directions, ovate in outline, two or three times 

 dichotomously multifid, with the ultimate segments capillary, not bristly 

 even when young, furnished with minute ovoid bladders. Pedicels 

 twice or thrice as long as the calyx, spreading and slightly recurved 

 after flowering. Corolla with the upper lip about as long as the de- 

 pressed palate; under lip with a flat spreading margin wliich projects 

 greatly beyond the palate ; spur reduced to a small tubercle, scarcely 

 longer than broad. Anthers not coherent. 



In ponds and ditches. Rather rare, but generally distributed 

 throughout the three kingdoms. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



A very much smaller plant than U. neglecta ; the stems rarely more 

 than 6 inches long, and the leaves -§- to ^ inch long. Flowering stems 

 capillary, 2 to 6 inches long, bearing a raceme of 3 to 10 flowers. 

 Corolla aliout f inch long, very pale yellow, with the palate incon- 

 spicuous, forming a ring like a horseshoe, with the margins of the 

 lower lip extending greatly beyond it. Plant greenish-olive ; young 

 leaves without tufts of hair. 



Lesser Bladdericort. 



French, Utriculaire nainc. German, Kleiner Wasserlielm. 



SPECIES IV.— U TRICULARIA INTERMEDIA. Ha,jnr. 



Plate MCXXVII. 

 Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXXIX. Fig. 4. 



Leaves distichous, roundisli in outline, two or three times dichoto- 

 mously multifid, with the ultimate segments linear, flattish, the margins 

 bristly, destitute of badders, which are borne upon separate leafless 

 branches. Corolla with the upper lip twice as long as the projecting 

 palate; under lip with a flat spreading margin, which projects greatly 

 Ijeyond the palate ; spur conical, acute, bent forwards, and adpressed to 

 the under lip, of which it is neaidy the length. Anthers not coherent. 



In ponds and ditches. Rare, but widely distributed, extending 

 from Devon and Dorset to Sutherland, though it is difficidt to give 



