Puate 2795. 
A, UTRICULARIA SANGUINEA, Oliv. 
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LENTIBULARIACEE. 
U. sanguin eas in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 153 (in parte) ; 
Here: in Cat. “Woh w. Afr. Pl.iv. p. 788; Kam. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 
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carnosulis, foliis majoribus diutius persistentibus, floribus sanguineis 
palato magis aperto levissime tuberculato. 
Herba pusilla, terrestris, 4—5 poll. alta ; stolones filiformes, albidi, 
ee a ae parce remote ramosi ; rhizoidea capillaria, 2-3 
= onga, e pedunculi basi orta. Solia rosulata, ad pedunculorum bases 
t secundum stolones sparsa, per anthesin poner mine laminze orbi- 
Dane es vel pooch neg cliptiow : seo brev send cuneate 1-2) in. longze, 
rnosulze ; petioli vel rosularum bre Utricult 
e iatobond bus. ‘winks <a vietclts pt hice numerosi, istics stipitati, 
subglobosi, 3 lin tientes, 2labiati, labiis fim edunculu 
erectus, filiformis, simp] 2—4-florus, floribus distantibus ; bracte 
ate, 4 lin ng racteole lanceolatie, bracteis equilonge ; pedice 
a i Sepa eequali nga, rotundato- 
s ; 
elliptica obtusa. Corolla sanguinea, fulgens, 5-6 lin. longa ; labium 
rum ultra 2 lin. longum, obovatum vel e basi lata late oblongum, 
iebeeahintt labium inferum late cuneato-rotundatum, 3 lin. longum, 
deflexum ; palatum elevatum, leviter 2-gibbosum, gibbissubtuberculatis ; ; 
calcar eylindricum, labium inferum potius excedens, descendens. Anthere 
5 lin. longee. Capsula globosa, 14 lin. dimetiens. Semina truncato- 
obpyramidata vel obconica, facie summa elliptica vel orbiculari, 
tenuiter marginata, 
Tropica, West Arrica: Angola, Huilla, in swampy pastures and 
damp abandoned fields, 5,000 feet, Welwitsch, 259. 
The shape of the corolla, as represented by fig. 4, will probably be 
found to require correction when better material, ‘preserved i in spirit or 
formalin, comes to hand.—Orvro Srapr. 
Fig. 1, flowering specimen; 2, rosette of leaves, stolons, and rhizoids; 3, bladder; 
4, flower. All enlarged except 1. 
