312 LENTIBULARINEJS. [Utricularia. 



pitted or with capitate or glochidiate hairs. — Distrib. "Widely dispersed ; 

 species 150. — Etym. utriculus, from the bladder-like pitchers. 



1. U. vulga'ris, L. ; leaves spreading pinnately multifid, pitchers at 

 the bases of and upon the leaf- segments, upper corolla-lip exceeding the 

 palate or not, spur conic. 



Pools and ditches, N. to Shetland, not common ; ascends to 1,500 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Aug. — Stems 6-18 in., 

 leafy. Leaves f-1 in., broadly ovate ; segments very slender, obtuse, re- 

 motely toothed with tufts of cilia at the sinus ; pitchers ^-J in., shortly 

 stalked. Scape 4-8 in., 2-8-fld. ; pedicels 2-3 times as long as the calyx, 

 reflexed after flowering. Corolla g-£ in., yellow, upper lip broad short, 

 palate prominent ; spur appressed to the under lip, honeyed. Anthers 

 cohering. Stigma irritable. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, Siberia, N. 

 America. 



U. vulga'ris proper ; stem and scapes stout, upper corolla-lip about equalling 

 the palate, spur obtuse. 



Sub-sp. U. neglec'ta, Lehm. ; stem and scapes slender, leaves smaller more 

 remote, upper corolla-lip exceeding the palate, spur conic ascending acute. — 

 Pools, rare, Essex, Gloster, Surrey, Kent, Hants ; fl. June- Aug. — Stems 

 capillary, 6-8 in. Leaves rather remote, nearly orbicular, segments subu- 

 late, quite entire, ciliate here and there ; pitchers very shortly stalked. 

 Scape very slender ; pedicels many times longer than the corolla, ascending 

 in fruit. Corolla pale yellow. Anthers conniving. — Disteib. W. Europe. 



2. U. interme'dia, LTayne ; leaves distichous dichotomously multifid, 

 pitchers on leafless branches, upper corolla-lip far exceeding the palate, 

 spur conic acute. 



Pools and ditches, rare, Dorset, Hants, Norfolk, "Westmoreland to Suther- 

 land ; Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. — Stems slender, 4-8 in. Leaves close-set, 

 £-| in. broad, orbicular ; segments subulate, distantly ciliate ; pitchers §-£ 

 in. long, on slender stalks. Scape rather stout, 3-4-fld. ; pedicels equalling 

 or much exceeding the calyx. Corolla % in., pale yellow ; upper lip twice 

 as long as the prominent palate ; lower broad, flat ; spur appressed to the 

 under lip. Anthers free. —Distrib. Europe N. of the Alps, N. Asia, 

 N. America. 



3. U. mi'nor, L. ; leaves dichotomously multifid, pitchers on the leaf- 

 axils, spur minute obtuse. 



Pools and ditches, from Orkney southd. ; Ireland ; fl. June-Sept. — Stems 

 capillary, 3-10 in. Leaves lax, §-^ in. broad, orbicular ; segments subulate, 

 quite entire ; pitchers T J 2 in., on slender stalks. Scapes 2-6 in., 2-6-fld. ; 

 pedicels 2-3 times as long as the calyx, decurved in fruit. Corolla % in., 

 pale yellow ; upper lip as long as the inconspicuous curved palate, lower 

 lip broadly ovate. Anthers free. — Distrib. Europe (excl. Spain, Greece, 

 Turkey), N. Africa, N. and "W. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 



Flowerless specimens of U. Brem'ii, Heer, have been found in Nairn and 

 Moray. It differs from U. mi'nor in its more robust habit and orbicular lip. 



