LENTJBULARJyE, ETC. 4! I 



greater the heat, the greater the number of insects 

 captured. 



Cultivation is not easy. It is especially important to 

 remember that after the seed ripens, the leaves wither 

 and disappear, leaving nothing but a globular bud which 

 may be blown about by the wind or washed away by rain. 

 This bud is a sort of aerial bulb or pseudo-bulb and care 

 must be taken to bury it in the ground, in order to 

 preserve it through the winter. Needless to say, the 

 situation must be very moist. 



In Lapland the leaves are used to curdle the milk of 

 the reindeer, which is poured fresh-drawn over them 

 through a cullender. After filtration, the milk is allowed 

 to stand for two days till it turns. The result is a thick 

 curd, firmer than that of milk treated in the ordinary 

 manner; the whey remains and the taste is more pleasant, 

 despite of a deficiency in cream. It has properties 

 similar to those of yeast, one or two spoonfuls serving to 

 curdle fresh milk and so on indefinitely. The process is 

 like that used by the Bedouins beyond the Jordan in 

 making their leben. 



P. vulgaris* (PI. LXXXIX). Viscid, with fleshy, 

 glossy, succulent leaves, marginally incurved, in broad 

 rosette close to the ground; leaves violet-blue. June- 

 July. Bogs. 



P. grandiflora* differs in a large corolla with spreading 

 oval lobes, as broad as long, and a broader, thicker spur. 

 Very high places, especially in chalk. Increased by basal 

 bulblets. 



P. J(euteri. Flowers large, beautiful pink with purple 

 spots and a bright pink spur. Commonest in the Jura. 



P. alpina* (PL LXXXIX). Leaves much incurved on 

 the margins, only slightly viscous, yellowish green, 

 occasionally brownish on the circumference; corolla 



