382 Linnaan Society. 



sequalibus, corollae azures? calycem sequautis labio inferiore majore 

 margin e externe revoluto : palato convexo intus barbato : calcare conico 

 albido labium aequante in lobo calycis inferiore nidulante ; labio supe- 

 riore rotundato 4-crenato, capsula cordata compres^a lobis calycinis 

 valde acutis arete obtecta., seminibus rugoso-striatis. 

 Hab. in Bengalia, prope Bardwan, uliginosis, Januario. 

 An U. reticulata, DC, no. 90. p. 19? dift'ert tantum (secus descriptio- 

 nem) pedicellis bracteis brevioribus, labii superioris margine non revoluta. 

 Planta 2 — 10 pollicaris, stricta. Semina oblonga, testa laxiuscula rugoso- 

 striata, inter nervulos prominulos minutius striata. Labium inferius 2 lin. 

 long. Calycis lobi per anthesin 2, in fructu 4 lin. longi. Staminum fila- 

 menta arcuata; antberis approximatis medio constrictis. Stigma sessile 

 infundibuliforme. Folia nulla? 



Utuicularia rosea, radicibus fibrosis, scapo filiformi subesquamato de- 

 mnm subvolubili apice racemosim 3 — 10 floro, bracteis tends exteriore 

 medio fixa utrinque acuta lateralibus ovatis acutis pedicello nitido sub- 

 aequalibus, lobis calycinis rotundatis suborbiculatis corolla brevioribus, 

 corollae rosese labio inferiore 3-lobo (lobo medio breviore) crenulato 

 intus fornicato palato luteo intus papilloso : calcare obtuso labium 

 seqnante ; labio superiore rotundato, filamentis arcuatis apice valde 

 dilatatis ; antheris ovatis medio paulo constrictis, capsula subglobosa 

 calycem vix auctum subseqnante uno latere valvula sursum basi recur- 

 vata dehiscente, placenta centrali globosa foveolata, seminibus (pluri- 

 mis abortivis) ovatis punctis prominulis subechinatis rugoso-striatis. 

 Hab. in Bengalia, prope Bardwan, uliginosis. 



An U. nivea, DC, no. 98, at floribus roseo-purpurascentibus, capsula ca- 

 lycem sequante nee minore, nee longiore ut in U. racemosa, squamis quo- 

 que minimis, an potius oinnes in unam speciem reducendas ? Scapi calyces- 

 que rubescentes. 



Utricularia pterosperma, radicibus fibrosis parce utriculiferis, utriculis 

 1-setosis, scapo apbyllo purpurascente 2- (an pluri-?) floro ad axillam 

 squama ovata obtusa basifixa bracteato, pedicellis teretibus superiore 

 bracteolato, lobis calycinis obovatis cucullatis obtusis corolla dimidio 

 brevioribus nee in fructu auctis, corollse lutea? labio superiore suberecto 

 concavo integro; inferiore integro marginibus revolutis : palato magno 

 aurantio-striato utrinque glabro faucem obtegente : calcare sursum cur- 

 vato conico acutiusculo labio sublongiore, staminum filamentis eras- 

 sis arcuatis supra antberam 1-locularem nee constrictam productis, 

 polline orbiculari rugosulo, stigmate bilamellato, capsula latere com- 

 pressiuscula subglobosa stylo apiculata, placenta globca alveolata, se- 

 minibus paucis late alatis ala irregulariter dentata. reticulatim venosa; 

 testa irregulariter rugosa; nucula globosa; ra-dicula et plumula. distincta 

 ceterum pingui. 



Hab. in Bengalia, Bardwan, uliginosis, Januario. 



Ab U. diautha quacum maxime affinis differt pedicellis teretibus nee mar- 

 ginatis, calcare ascendente labio longioi - e nee descendente, lobis calycinis 

 in fructu non auctis antherisque non constrictis. An semina U. dianthce 

 alata? 



Utricularia fasciculata, vide DC, no. 8. p. 18. no. 18, adde : — Placenta 

 globosa spongiosa, seminibus compressis marginatis rugosulis uno la- 

 tere foveolato altero prominulo. 



A further communication, from a letter written by Mr. Edge- 

 worth, dated Banda, 30th August, 1847, was made to the meeting, 

 respecting a remarkable effect produced by the leaves of Gymnema 



