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Var. grandiflora : larger-flowered and very handsome/ with 

 broader lobes to the corolla. Bogs of south-western Ireland. 



(196) Utricularia. BLADDERWORT. 



U. vulgaris : aquatic ; root-like, floating branches, |-1 foot 

 long or more ; leaves numerous, capillary, much divided, more 

 or less interspersed with little green vesicles; flower-stems 

 6-8 inches high, bearing a few rather large yellow flowers, the 

 corolla with a short, conical, more or less curved spur, and a 

 broad convex palate. Deep pools and water-channels. Fl. 

 June, July. 



U. minor differs chiefly in the small size of its parts, the 

 floating branches being very slender, the leaves small, fine, 

 with few forked lobes and few bladders, and the flowers half 

 the size, pale yellow, with a very short spur. 



(197) Ilex. HOLLY. . 



I. Aquifolium : shrub or small tree, much branched, ever- 

 green ; leaves shortly stalked, ovate, shining, entire, waved, 

 bordered with strong prickly teeth; flowers white, in dense 

 clusters in the axils of the leaves ; berries bright red or yellow. 

 Hedges and woods. Fl. June. 



(198) Fraxinus. ASH. 



P. excelsior: tree; leaves opposite, deciduous, pinnate, 

 with 4-8 pairs of ovate-lanceolate toothed leaflets; flowers 

 (before the leaves) like clusters of stamens issuing from buds 

 of the last year's shoots ; clusters surrounded by a few small 

 woolly scales, and in reality consisting of a number of pedi- 

 cels arranged in a short raceme, each pedicel bearing a pair of 



