LENTIBULARIACEAE. VOL. III. 



i. Stomoisia cornuta (Michx.) Raf. Horned 

 Bladderwort. Fig. 3873. 



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

 Stomoisia cornuta Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838. 



Scape strict, brownish, ii'-i2' high, i-5-flowered, 

 the flowers usually approximate near the summit, the 

 scales several or numerous, rarely exceeding i" in 

 length, acute. Bracts l"-\" long, acute; bractlets the 

 same length, but narrower ; pedicels rarely exceeding 

 the bracts^; calyx yellowish, the upper lobe acumi- 

 nate^"-^" long, the lower acute, often much shorter; 

 corolla yellow, the lower lip 6"-8" long, with a 

 spreading margin around the galeate palate; spur 

 subulate, pendent, 3i"-6" long; capsule subglobose, 

 I -2 in diameter, closely invested by the calyx- 

 lobes and slightly beaked by the upper one. 



On wet borders of ponds, or in bogs, Newfoundland 

 to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. Also in the 

 Bahamas and Cuba. July-Aug. 



2. Stomoisia juncea (Vahl.) Barnhart. 

 Rush Bladderwort. Fig. 3874. 



Utricularia juncea Vahl, Enum. i : 202. 1804. 

 Utricularia personata LeConte; Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 

 i : 23. 1816. 



Scape strict, brownish, 4'-i6' high, i-12-flow- 

 ered, the flowers usually scattered along the 

 upper part, the scales several or numerous, \"-\" 

 long, acute. Bracts |"-i" long, acute; bractlets 

 the same length, but narrower; pedicels rarely 

 exceeding the bracts; calyx yellowish, the upper 

 lobe acuminate, 2 r '-2\" long, the lower acute, 

 much shorter; corolla yellow, the lower lip 4"~5" 

 long, with little or no spreading margin; spur 

 subulate, pendent, 2i"-4" long; capsule subglo- 

 bose, i"-ii" in diameter, closely invested by the 

 calyx-lobes and slightly beaked by the upper one. 



On wet borders of ponds, and in bogs, New York 

 to Florida to Mississippi, chiefly near the coast. 

 Also in the West Indies and South America. July- 

 Aug. 



2. Stomoisia virgatula Barnhart. Fairy- 

 wand Bladderwort. Fig. 3875. 



Utricularia simplex C. Wright, in SauvaJle, Anal. 



Acad. Habana 6: 315. 1870. Not R. Br. 1812. 

 U. virgatula Barnh. Bull. Torr. Club 34: 580. 



1908. 



Scape wiry, strict, brownish, i'-8' high, 1-6- 

 flowered, the scales several, minute, acute. 

 Bracts less than 4" long, acute; bracts the 

 same length, but narrower; pedicels shorter 

 than the bracts ; calyx purplish, the upper lobe 

 acuminate, 2" long, the lower acute, much 

 shorter ; corolla yellow, the upper lip barely 

 if at all exceeding the upper calyx-lobe, the 

 lower of about the same length, with a minute 

 tuft of hairs jn the throat; spur conic, pen- 

 dent, acute, i"-ii" long; capsule globose, i" 

 in diameter or less, closely invested by the 

 calyx-lobes and beaked by the upper one. 



On wet borders of ponds, New York, New Jer- 

 sey, Florida and Mississippi. Also in Cuba. 

 Rare and local. Sept. 



