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tlio exact (listril)ii(i(iii, fliis spocios linving been confounded with 

 K. minor. 



Eii^daml, Scutlaiid, Iivlaiid. Perennial. Summer, Autunui. 



With this |»l:uit I am very imperfectly aeipiiiinted, havinjj seen veiy 

 few British specimens, and none of these in (lower. The barren stems 

 of those I have are 2 to l inches lon"^, witii the leaves distichous; the 

 bliidder-bearin;:; stems are shorter and dotitutc of leaves; the segments 

 of the leaves are all in one i)lanc, so that the steins have not the shape 

 of a fox's tail, as in U. vulgaris and U. neglecta, or of a slender bottle- 

 brush as in U. minor; the segments arc also broader and Hatter. I'lad- 

 dcrs about the size of those of U. vulgaris. The scape in the foreign 

 Rpeciinens I have seen is 4 to 6 inches high, bearing 2 to 5 flowers. 

 Corolla about ,^ inch long; the lower lip witii the borders not retlexed, 

 and the colour is said to be pale yellow, with purple stripes on the 

 palate. The leaves apjwar to always of a bright green. 



Intermediate Bladder Wort. 

 French, Utriculaire iiifenncdiare. German, Miltlcivr Wnx.^erhelm. 



ORDER LVI— PRIMULACE^. 



Annual or perennial herbs, very rarely undershrubs. Leaves often 

 all radical, or, when there is a stem, opposite or verticillate or alternate, 

 usually undivided, without stipules. Flowers perfect, regular or nearly 

 so, variously disposed, generally showy. Calyx free from the ovary, or 

 rarely partially adherent, usually persistent, 5-cleft or 5-partite, rarely 

 4", (:-, or 7-cleft. Corolla deciduous or marcesccnt (very rarely absent), 

 hypogynous, rotate or salvershapcd or funnelshaped, with the segments 

 of the limb as many as the divisions of the calyx. Fertile stamens as 

 many as the segments of the corolla (i.e. commonly five), and opposite 

 to them, sometimes with abortive stamens, represented Iiy iilaments or 

 scales between the fertile ones. Ovary free, verj- rarely with the base 

 adhering to the calyx, 1 -celled, with a free central globo.sc placenta; 

 style terminal, simple ; stigma imdivided ; ovules usually numerous. 

 Fruit a cai)sule, opening by as many valves as there are lobes in the 

 calyx, or twice as many, on account of each valve being cleft, more 

 rarely splitting horizontally, and with the lid foiling off. Seeds 

 munerous, rarely definite ; albumen dense, fleshy or horny. 



GENUS /.— H O T T O N I A. Lhw. 



Calyx 5-partite, free from the ovary. Corolla deciduous, salver- 

 shaped; tube short; limb nearly flat, 5-lobed, the segments with 

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