128 ENGLISH BOTANl'. 



in a recent state, but M. de Brebisson states that the palate is striated 

 with numerous anastomosino- brioht red streaks. 



SPECIES III.— UTRICUL ARIA MINOR. Linn. 



Plate MCXXVI. 



Eekli. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXXVI. Fig. 1. 

 Bniot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 7. 



Leaves spreading in all directions, ovate in outline, two or three times 

 dichotomously multifid,with the ultimate segments capillaiy, not bristly 

 even when young, furnished with minute ovoid bladders. Pedicels 

 twice or thrice as long as the calyx, spreading and slightly recurved 

 after flowering. Corolla with the upper lip about as long as the de- 

 pressed palate ; under lip with a flat spreading margin which projects 

 greatly beyond the palate ; spur reduced to a small tubercle, scarcely 

 longer than broad. Anthers not coherent. 



In ponds and ditches. Rather rare, but generally distributed 

 throughout the three kingdoms. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



A very much smaller plant than U. neglecta; the stems rarely more 

 than 6 inches long, and the leaves |^ to \ inch long. Flowering stems 

 capillary, 2 to 6 inches long, bearing a raceme of 3 to 10 flowers. 

 Corolla about |- inch long, very pale }'ellow, with the palate incon- 

 spicuous, forming a ring like a horseshoe, with the margins of the 

 lower lip extending greatly beyond it. Plant greenish-olive ; young 

 leaves without tufts of hair. 



Lesser Bladderwort. 



Frencli, Utriculairo naine. German, Kleiner Wasserhelm. 



SPECIES nr.-UTRICULARIA INTERMEDIA. Hayve. 

 Plate MCXXVn. 

 Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab, MDCCCXXIX. Fig. 4. 



Leaves distichous, roundish in outline, two or three times dichoto- 

 mously multifid, with the ultimate segments linear, flattish, the margins 

 l)ristly, destitute of badders, which are borne upon separate leafless 

 branches. Corolla witli the upper lip twice as long as the projecting 

 palate; under lip with a flat spreading margin, which projects greatly 

 beyond the palate ; spur conical, acute, bent forwards, and adpressed to 

 the under lip, of which it is nearly the length. Anthers not coherent. 



In ponds and ditches. Rare, but widely distributed, extending 

 from Devon and Dorset to Siitherland, though it is difficult to give 



