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UTRICULARIA 



[CH. 



they owe both their Latin and their EngUsh names, are hollow 

 structures with a small apical aperture, closed by a flap serving as 



Fig. 59. Utticulana neglecta, Lehm. A single trifid leaf with bladders. (Slightly- 

 reduced.) TAdapted from Glvick, H. (1906), Wasser- und Sumpfgewachse , Bd. 11, 



PI. II, Fig. 15 b.] 



Fig. 60. Utvicularia flexuosa, Vahl. Longitudinal section through a bladder. 

 (Enlarged.) Kl. = valve. [Goebel, K. (1891-1893).] 



a valve. Fig. 60 represents a section of the utricle of U. flexuosa, 

 a species which plays a part in India corresponding to that of 



