494 PINGUICULACEiE GESNERACE^K. 



ORDER CCV.— PINGUICULACE^, (LENTIBULACE^,) Lindl. Nat. 



Syst. p. 286. 



Watery or marshy herbs, referred to two genera. Of these, Spreng. 

 syst. enumerates 24 for N. Holland, 15 for S. America, Mexico, and the 

 W. Indies ; 1 5 for N. America ; 11 for Europe ; and 2 for Egypt. In S. 

 Africa have been found 6 species ; {Harvey,) and in the E. Indies, according 

 to Spreng. syst. and Wall. Cat., 22 of Utricularia. A few species of these 

 have been discovered in Nepal ; all the rest are tropical. Properties of no 

 importance. 



Utricularia, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 26. No. 86; — R. Br.pr.p. 430.) 

 1. reticulata, 8m. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 49. — U. coerulea, Hb. Madr. not L.) 

 ^^t«T ^tf^ Neel-jhanjee. © r^ Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. small, pale blue, and fr. R. S. 

 2.nivea, Vahl. {Spre?ig. syst. 1, p. 49 ; — Roxb- fl. ind. ed. Carey, \,p. 

 144.) wf^ ^tfe Sada-jhanjee. © /^ Bengal, (Serampore.) Ceylon, 

 &c. Fl. very small, white, with a yellowish palate, and fr. R. and 

 C.S. 



/3. coerulea. Fl. pale blue. (Serampore.) 

 3. stellaris, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 52 ; — Roxb. Corom. 2, t. 180; /. ind. 

 1, p. 143 ; ed. Carey, l,p. 143 ,—J. Qrah. Cat. B.pl. p. 185.) ?^ 

 :^C\f^ Buro-jhanjee. © Lower Egypt. Coromandel. Bombay. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Fl. smallish, yellow, and fr. R. S. 

 A.fasciculata, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 143 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 143 ;— Spreng. 

 syst. 1, p. 52.) © Coromandel. Tavoy. Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. 

 Kemaon. Fl. smaUish, yellow, C. S. ; fr. March. 

 5. diantha, Schult. (U. Roxburghii, Spreng. syst. 1, p. 52 — U. biflora, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 143 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 144.) c^t^ ^tf^ Choto- 

 jhanjee. © Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Nepal. Fl. small, yellow, with 

 an orange- streaked scale, and fr. R. S. 



ORDER CCVI.— GESNERACEtE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 286. 



Herbs or undershrubs, by Lindl., (excluding Sinningia and Picria,) refer- 

 red to 19 genera. They are all natives of the tropical parts of S. America 

 and the W. Indies. 



" Generally beautiful herbaceous plants, bearing flowers, the prevailing 

 colour of which is bright red, and having tuberous roots. The succulent 

 fruits are mucilaginous, sweetish and eatable. A dye is obtained from the 

 calyxes and fruit of some of them for staining cotton, straw work, and do- 

 racstic utensUn." {Lindl.) 



