382 Linnaan Society. 



sequalibusi, coroUae azuveae calycem aeqnantis labio infen'ore majore 

 margine externe revoluto : palato convexo intus barbato : calcare conico 

 albido labium asquante in lobo calycis inftniore nidulante; labio supe- 

 riore rotundato 4-cvenato, capsula cordata compressa lobis calycinis 

 valde acutis arete obtecta, seminibus rugoso-striatis. 

 Hab. in Bengalia, prope Bardvvan, uliginosis, Januario. 

 An U. reticulata, DC, no. 90. p. 19? differt tantuin (seciis descriptio- 

 nem) pedicellis bracteis brevioribus, labii supei*ioris mavgine non revoluta. 

 Planta 2 — 10 pollicaris, stricta. Semina oblonga, testa laxiuscula rugoso- 

 striata, inter nervulos prominulos minutius striata. Labium inferius 2 lin. 

 long. Calycis lobi per anthesin 2, in fructu 4 lin. longi. Staminum fila- 

 nienta arcuata; antheris approximatis medio consti'ictis. Stigma sessile 

 infundibuliforme. Folia nulla? 



Utuicularia rosea, radicibus fibrosis, scapo filiformi subesquamato de- 

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

 medio fixa utrinque acuta lateralibus ovatis acutis pedicello nitido sub- 

 sequalibus, lobis calycinis rotundatis suborbiculatis corollfi brevioribu.s, 

 corollae rosese labio inferiore 3-lobo (lobo medio breviore) crenulato 

 intus fornicato palato iuteo intus papilloso : calcare obtuso labium 

 aequante ; labio superiore rotundato, filamentis arcuatis apice valde 

 dilatatis; antheris ovatis medio paulo constrictis, capsula subglobosa 

 calycem vix auctum subaequante uno latere valvula sursum basi recur- 

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

 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 aequante nee minore, nee longiore ut in U. racemosd, 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 aphyllo purpurascente 2- (an pluri-?) floro ad axillam 

 squania ovata obtusa basifixa bracteato, pedicellis teretibus superiore 

 bracteolato, lobis calycinis obovatis cucullatis obtusis corollEi dimidio 

 brevioribus nee in fructu auctis, corollae lutese labio superiore subereeto 

 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- 

 pressiuscula subglobosa stylo apiculata, placenta globos^a alveolata, se- 

 minibus paucis late alatis ala irregulariter dentata reticulatim venosa ; 

 tests, irregulariter rugosa; nucula globosa; radicula et plumula distinct^ 

 ceterum pingui. 

 Hab. in Bengalia, Bardwan, uliginosis, Januario. 



Ab U. d'lantha quacum maxime affinis differt pedicellis teretibus nee mar- 

 ginatis, calcare ascendente labio longiore nee descendente, lobis calycinis 

 in fructu non aucfis antherisque non constrictis. An semina U. dianthce 

 alata? 



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

 globosa spongiosd, 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 



