Utricularia.] cv. LENTIBULARIE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) 331 



to the axis of the flower, slightly curved forwards. Seeds reticulate, cells of the testa 

 subhexagoual not elongate. 



VAR. GrlffUhii, Oliver; rather larger, scapes sometimes a foot, pedicels stouter, 

 fruiting-calyx % in. or more. U. Griffith]!, Wight Ic. t. 1576. U. coerulea, Benth. 

 Fl. Hongk. 256, not of Linn. Malay Peninsula, from Mergui to Singapore; Griffith, 

 Murton, &c. Distrib. Borneo, S. China. 



9. U. cceruleaj Linn. ; Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 179, not of 

 A. DC.; glabrous, pedicels ^ 3- in., lower lip of corolla 5 - in. blue-purple, 

 spur 3 in. narrow-conic curved, seeds ellipsoid. U. uliginoides, Wight Ic. 

 t. 1573. U. pedicellata, Wight Ic. t. 1578, fig. 2, exclnd. seeds. ? U. 

 graminit'olia, Vahl Enum. i. 195 ; DC. Prodr. viii. 16, ? U. purpurascens, 

 Grah. Cat. PL Bombay, 165. 



MTS. of the DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON ; frequent. 



Scape 2-8 in., suberect, 3-12-fld., leafless at flower- time. Pedicels suberect in 

 fruit. Calyx-lobes elliptic, acute, lower often minutely toothed ; in fruit \ in. very 

 acute. Lower lip of corolla ovate, subacute, upper in. ; spur at base projecting back- 

 wards nearly in a line with the axis of the flower, then curved forwards. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, outer cells of the testa oblong. Wight's specimen of his U. pedicellata shows 

 flowers only, and the seeds figured in his Ic. t. 1578, fig. 2, must have been taken from 

 U. affinis. Thwaites (Enum. 171) unites U. affinis with U. coerulea, but the latter 

 has much acuter calyx-lobes, and different seeds. As to U. acuta (Benj. in Linn. xx. 

 314), doubtfully referred by Oliver to U. affinis, it is perhaps rather U. coerulea, as the 

 lower calyx-lobe is much oftener toothed in this species. 



VAE. conferta ; spur bent nearly at its base, so that it is pendent almost at right 

 angles to the axis of the flower. U. conferta, Wight Ic. t. 1575. Mts. of the S. 

 Deccan Peninsula, Wight. 



VAE. squamosa ; scape with numerous scales (bracts to suppressed pedicels), flowers 

 few subterminal, corolla rather larger than U. coerulea type. U. squainosa, Wight Ic. 

 t. 1579. Nilgherry Mts., Gardner; Sispara, Wight. The examples are not in 

 fruit. 



VAE. Smithiana ; scapes 1 foot sometimes twining, lower lip of corolla nearly \ in., 

 spur | in. U. Smithiana, Wight Ic. t. 1577. Utricularia sp. n. 27, Oliver in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 190. Malabar or Coorg ; Wight. This is referred by Oliver (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 180) to U. coerulea, possibly correctly. Wight's Ic. t. 1577 however 

 shows the seeds reticulate not scrobiculate, i. e. the outer cells of the testa are sub- 

 hexagonal not oblong or elongate. If this is so, U. Smithiana is more nearly allied 

 to U. affinis, and is probably a distinct species. The figure can hardly be trusted on 

 such a point, and none of Wight's examples exhibits fruit. 



10. U. reticulata, Smith Exot. Sot. t. 119 ; glabrous, flowers pedicel- 

 late often numerous, calyx-lobes acute, in fruit ^ in. decurrent on the pedicel, 

 lower lip of corolla \ in. blue, spur 5 in. narrowly conic nearly straight, seeds 

 obovoid scrobiculate. Wall. Cat. 1493 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 19 ; Wight III. 

 ii. t. 143; Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 180; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 135. U. uliginosa, Wight Ic. t. 1574, right-hand plant only. U. gramini- 

 folia, Grah. Cat. PI. Bombay, 165, not of Spreng. U. oryzetorum, Miq. in 

 PI. Hohenack. n. 574. Rheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 70. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards, and CEYLON; frequent. 



Scapes usually elongate, 10-24 in., slender, twining, flower-bearing for half their 

 length; small suberect, few-flowered forms (Wight lo. t. 1574, right-hand plant) are 

 slenderer than U. uliginosa, Vahl. Pedicels |- in. ; bracteoles filiform. Lower tip 

 of corolla broadly ovate, scarcely emarginate ; upper | in. Seeds somewhat rhomboid, 

 hilum prominent ; cells of the testa oblong, oblique to the long axis of the seed. 



VAR. uliginosa (Vahl Enum. i. 203) ; glabrous, flowers pedicelled often numerous, 

 calyx-lobes acute, in fruit \-% in. decurrent on the pedicel, lower lip of corolla \ in. 

 blue, spur - in. conic nearly straight, seeds oboroid scrobiculate. A. DC. Prodr. 



