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3. STOMOISIA Eaf. Fl. Telliir. 4: 108. 1838. 



Terrestrial herbs, with, short root-like branches from the base of the scape, 

 the delicate and evanescent leaves and minute bladders rarely seen. Flowers 

 racemose, often subscapose^ or solitary at the summits of the slender scapes, 

 each pedicel with a bract and a pair of bractlets at its base. Calyx 2-parted, 

 the lobes thin and veiny. Corolla strongly 2-lipped, the upper lip with a dis- 

 tinct claw, the lower consisting chiefly of the helmet-shaped, laterally com- 

 pressed palate. [Greek, hairy mouth.] About 50 species, of wdde distribu- 

 tion, the following typical. 



1. Stomoisia cornuta (Michx.) Eaf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838. 



Utricularia cornuta Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 12. 1803. 



Stem and leaves inconspicuous, rarely seen. Scapes stiffly erect, 1-4 dm. 

 high, 2-5-flowered, the flowers approximate; pedicels usually shorter than the 

 bracts; corolla yellow, the lower lip 12-15 mm. long; spur subulate, pendent, 

 about 12 mm. long. 



In a larg-e sink-hole, near Deep Creek, Andros : — eastern North America ; Cuba. 

 Horned Bladderwoet. 



4. PINGUICULA L. Sp. PI. 17. 1753. 



Terrestrial herbs, with fibrous roots, and the entire leaves in a basal 

 rosette. Flowers solitary at the summits of the naked scapes. Calyx 5-lobed, 

 more or less 2-lipped. Corolla more or less 2-lipped, the spreading limb 

 sometimes almost equally 5-lobed. Capsule 2-valved. [Latin, pinguis, fat, 

 the leaves of some species being greasy to the touch.] About 30 species, of 

 wide distribution. Type species: Pinguicula vulgaris L. 



1. Pinguicula pumila Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1: 11. 1803. 



Leaves elliptic-obovate, 1-3 cm. long, rounded at the apex, narrowed at 

 the base but scarcely petioled, faintly veined. Scapes very slender, erect, 

 0.5-2 dm, high; calyx-lobes 2-3 mm. long, oblong, obtuse; corolla pale violet 

 or white, somew^hat 2-lipped but the 5 lobes subequal, 1-2 cm. broad; spur 

 subulate, about 3 mm. long, longer than the sac-like base of the corolla; 

 capsule subglobose, a little longer than the calyx-lobes. 



Savannas, Andros : — southeastern United States. Low Butterwort. 



Family 12. BIGNONIACEAE Pers. 



Trumpet-creeper Family. 



Trees, shrubs or woody vines, a few species herbaceous, with oppo- 

 site (rarely alternate) leaves, and mostly large and show^y, clustered, 

 more or less irregular flowers. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous. Corolla 

 gamopetalous, 5-lobed, somewhat 2-lipped, at least in the bud. Anther- 

 bearing stamens 2 or 4, inserted on the tube of the corolla and alternate 

 with its lobes; anthers 2-celled, the sacs longitudinally dehiscent. Disk 

 annular or cup-like. Ovary mostly 2-celled; plancentae parietal, or on 

 the partition-wall of the ovary; ovules numerous, horizontal, anatropous; 

 style slender; stigma terminal, 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds flat, 



