382 Linnmiu Socii'li/. 



jEqualibus, corolljE azurese calyccni ueqiiaiitis laliio iiiferiore niajore 

 margine extenie levoluto : palato convexo intus baibato : calcare conico 

 albido labium oequante in lobo calycis inferiore nidiilantc ; labio supe- 

 riore rotundato 4-crenato, capsul^ cordata compressa lobis calyciiiis 

 valde acutis arete obtecta, seminibiis rugoso-striatis. 

 Ilab. in Bengalia, prope Bardwiin, iiliginosis, Januario. 

 An U. reticulata, DC, no. 90. p. 19? dift'ert tantuin (secus descriptio- 

 nem) pedicellis bracteis brevioribus, labii superioris margine nan revolut^. 

 Pianta 2 — 10 pollicaris, stricta. Semina oblonga, test^ laxiuscuI4 rugoso- 

 striata, inter nervulos proniinulos niinutius striata. Labium inferius 2 lin. 

 long. C'alycis lobi per anthesin 2, in fiuctu 4 lin. longi. Staminum fila- 

 menta areuata; antberis approximatis medio constrictis. Stigma sessile 

 infundibuliforme. Folia nulla? 



Utiucularia rosea, radicibus fibrosis, scapo filiformi subesquamato de- 

 mum subvolubili apice raccmosim 3 — 10 floro, bracteis ternis exteriore 

 medio fix^ utrinque acuta lateralibus ovatis acutis pedicello nitido sub- 

 aequalibus, lobis calycinis rotundatis suborbiculatis corolla brevioribus, 

 corollye rosese labio inforiore 3-lobo (lobo medio breviore) crenulato 

 intus fornicato palato luteo intus papilloso : calcare obtuso labium 

 sequante ; labio superiore rotundato, filamentis arcuatis apice valde 

 dilatatis ; antberis ovatis medio paulo constrictis, capsula subglobosa 

 calycem vix auctum subaequante uno latere valvula sursum basi recur- 

 vata dehiscente, placenta centrali globosa foveolata, seminibus (phiri- 

 mis abortivis) ovatis punctis prominulis subechinatis rugoso-striatis. 

 Hab. in Bengalia, prope Bardwan, uliginosis. 



An U. nivea, DC, no. 98, at floribus roseo-purpurascentibus, capsula ca- 

 lycem aeqiiante nee minore, nee longiore ut in U. racernosd, squamis quo- 

 que minimis, an potius omnes in unam speciem reducendae ? Scapi calyces- 

 que rubescentes, 



Utricularia pterosperma, radicibus fibrosis parce utriculiferis, utriculis 

 1-setosis, scapo apbyllo purpurascente 2- (an pluri-?) floro ad axillam 

 squama ovata obtusa basifixa bracteato, pedicellis teretibus superiore 

 bracteolato, lobis calycinis obovatis cucullatis obtusis corolla dimidio 

 brevioribus nee in fructu auctis, corollee luteae labio superiore suberecto 

 concavo integro ; inferiore integro marginibus revolutis : palato niagno 

 aurantio-striato utrinque glabro faucem obtegente : calcare sursum cur- 

 vato conico acutiusculo labio sublongiore, staminum filamentis eras- 

 sis arcuatis supra antheram 1-locularem nee constrictam productis, 

 polline orbiculari rugosulo, stigmate bilamellato, capsula latere com- 

 pressiuseula subglobosa stylo apiculata, placenta globos-a alveolatfi., se- 

 minibus paucis late alatis ala irregulariter dentata reticulatim venosa ; 

 testa irregulariter rugosa; nucula globosa; radieula et plumula distincta 

 ceterum pingui. 



Hab. in Bengalia, Bardwan, uliginosis, Januario. 



Ab U. diantha quacum maxime affinis differt pedicellis teretibus nee mar- 

 ginatis, calcare ascendente labio longiore nee descendente, lobis calycinis 

 in fructu non auctis antherisque non constrictis^ An semina U. diantha 

 alata 1 



Utricularia fasciculata, vide DC, no. 8. p. 18. no. 18, adde : — Placenta 

 globosa spongiosa, seminibus compressis marginatis rugosulis uno la- 

 tere foveolato altero prominulo. 



A further communication, from a letter written by Mr. Edge- 

 worth, dated Banda, 30th August, 1847, was made to the meeting, 

 respecting a remarkable effect produced by the leaves of Gymnema 



