170 1'IXGUICULACEAE. 



Sepals 2, slightly united. Corolla 2-lipped: lower lip flat, spreading, with a 

 prominent 2-lobed palate. BLADDERWOBT. 



Scapes each with a whorl of conspicuous Inflated floats. 1. U. radiata. 



Scapes without conspicuous Inflated floats. 2. U. foUosa. 



1. U. radiata Small. Stems elongate : leaves dichotomously dissected, copiously 

 bladder-bearing: scapes erect. 6-12 cm. tall, bearing near the middle a single 

 whorl of 4-7 conspicuous inflated floats, which are more or less confluent at 

 the base and pinnately dissected near the tip: racemes 1-3-flowered: pedicels 

 8-20 mm. long, spreading or recurved in fruit: calyx becoming 2-3 mm. long: 

 corolla yellow, about 1.5 cm. broad, the upper lip concave, nearly entire, the 

 lower lip 3-lobed, about twice as long as the appressed conic emarginate ^]>ur. 

 Everglades. 



2. U. foliosa L. Stems 9-30 dm. long: leaves 3-10 cm. long; blades forked, 

 each fork pinnately 4-5-dissected into very fine or capillary segments, the 

 segments fewer when the bladders are more numerous: bladders 2 mm. long 

 or less: scapes erect, 1-3 dm. tall: racemes 10-20-floworo.l : pedicels 1-2 cm. 

 long, recurving at maturity: calyx becoming 4-5 mm. long: corolla yellow, 

 15-20 mm. broad, the upper lip erect, nearly entire, the lower lip spreading, 

 slightly 3-lobed; spur not appressed, slenderly conic, slightly curved, shorter 

 than the lower lip: capsules few-seeded. Everglades. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.} 



4. LECTICULA Barnh. Herbs. Stems radiating from the base of the 

 scape, usually submerged. Leaves alternate, usually 3-parted, the segments 

 linear. Scapes 1-flowered, the pedicel continuous with the scape: bract tubu- 

 lar, the free margin truncate, notched: bractlets none. Sepals 2, nearly -IN- 

 tinct. Corolla transverse at the summit of the scape, 2-lipped, the palate a 

 mere convexity. 



1. L. resupinata (B. D. Greene) Barnh. Stems short, root-like: loaves scat- 

 tered; blades simple or forked near the base, the segments slm.lcr, rapillary, 

 often bladder-bearing: scapes erect, 2-10 cm. tall: calyx 1." L' nun. I.MI-: 

 corolla violet-purple, 8-12 mm. long; spur conic, obtuse, distant from the Icmor 

 lip. Everglades. 



6. SETISCAPELLA Barnh. Terrestrial herbs, with short root-like 

 branches from the base of the scape. Leaves delicate, evanescent and rarely 

 seen: blades linear. Bladders minute, 2-horned. Scapes 1-many-floworo.l : 

 scales below the lowest pedicel scarious, peltate: bracts scarious, rx>ltnt<>: 

 bractlets none. Sepals 2, nearly distinct, scarious, ribbed. Corolla 2-lij'i-o.l. 

 the lower lip divergently 3-lobed, with a 2-lobed palate. 



1. 8. subulata (L.) Barnh. Scapes rooting in mud, filiform, l.ron/.c colored. 

 3-20 cm. tall: racemes l-12-flowercl : rachis iKvoming /i-/:ii; wli.-ii \\.-11- 

 developed: pedicels ascending, 210 mm. long, surpassing the bracts: calyx be- 

 coming 2 mm. long: corolla yellow, 6-12 mm. long, 4-6 mm. broa.l. tl>. 

 lip much larger than the upper one, equally 3-lobed; spur oblong, appressed, 

 nearly as long as the lower lip. Everglades and low pinelamR (Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) 



6. 8TOMOI8IA Raf. Terrestrial herbs. Stems delicate, root-like. Leaves 

 delicate, rarely seen: blades linear. Bladders minute, beaked but without 

 bristles. Scapes 1-many-flowered : scales below the lowest pe<li 1 

 hasally inserted: bracts each accompanied by a pair of bractlets. Sepal* 2. 

 slightly united. Corolla 2-lipped. the uj-jirr lip rlnwe.l. tin- haver consisting 

 chiefly of the helmet-shaped, laterally ,. date. 



Corolla less than 1 cm. broad: spur about mm. long. 1 H funr.n. 



Corolla mor than 1.5 cm. broad: spur about 12 mm. lonjt ,,, 



