478 xciv. lentibularie^e (stapf). [Utricularid, 



The varieties hryoides and nematosctipa; admitted by Hiern, represent hardly- 

 more than states differing in the colour of the corolla and in size, and come entirely 

 under the description which Welwitsch gave of his No. 253. 



7. U. linarioid.es, Wehv. ex Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 151. 

 A slender terrestrial herb; rhizoids filiform, very much branched. 

 Leaves obovate-spathulate, attenuated into the long slender erect 

 (though weak) petiole, usually decayed at the time of flowering ; green 

 blade over 1 lin. long, \-\ lin. broad ; petiole about \-\ in. long. Pitchers 

 unknown. Scape stoutly filiform, 8-16 in. long, erect, straight or 

 flexuous, simple or very sparingly branched, with distant lanceolate 

 basifixed small scales, up to 6-flowered. Flowers distant by less than 

 their own length ; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, not quite a line 

 long, subequal, pedicels shorter than the bracts. Sepals equal, orbicular, 

 concave, about 1 lin. in diam., thin, yellow. Corolla (!-7jr lin. long 

 (from the tip of the upper lip to the end of the spur), intensely purple 

 with a yellow palate ; upper lip broadly ovate to subquadrate, slightly 

 emarginate, 2 lin. long ; lower lip very broad, semiorbicular, slightly- 

 wavy, 3iy-ii7 lin. long, palate with 2 low smooth ridges ; spur slender, 

 acute, usually more or less descending, about 4 lin. long. Anthers 

 tt lin. long. Stigma subsessile ; upper lip ovate-lanceolate, shorter 

 than the very broad depressed-orbicular lower lip. Capsule and seeds 

 unknown. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 787. U. linearioides, 

 Ivam. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 94 (excl. of the Madagascar specimens). 



Lower Guinea. Angola : in spongy places by streams throughout the- 

 Lopollo Country, 5000-5200 ft., Wehvitsch, 266 ! 



8. U. Weiwitschii, Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 152. An 

 annual, very slender, terrestrial herb. Rhizoids capillary, more or 

 less branched. Leaves usually decayed at the time of flowering, loosely 

 rosulate at the base of the scape and scattered on the rhizoids, elongate- 

 spathulate, very narrow, very gradually passing into the long petiole, 

 with it up to over 2 in. long, ^ lin. broad. Pitchers ovoid, narrowed 

 at the mouth, \ lin. long; upper lip ovate, with 4-5 short rigid hairs; 

 lower lip a naked rim. Scape filiform, more or less flexuous, ^ to more 

 than 1 ft. high, simple or sparingly branched, with few lanceolate scales,. 

 1 lin. long. Flowers distant, 5-1 (i ; bracts and bracteoles subequal,. 

 lanceolate, acuminate, § lin. long ; pedicel not or scarcely exceeding 

 the bracts. Sepals equal, orbicular, very concave, 1 lin. long. Corolla 

 2A-3A lin. long (from the tip of the upper lip to the end of the spur),, 

 purple or blue with a deep yellow palate ; upper lip broadly ovate, 

 entire or nearly so, about 1|- lin. high ; lower lip semiorbicular, broader 

 than long, wavy ; palate broad, smooth, ridges broad and low ; spur 

 rather slender, conic, straight or curved upwards, usually descending, 

 2-3 lin. long, densely and minutely papillose. Anthers about 1|- lin. 

 long. Pistil bottle-shaped with a very short stout neck ; stigma sub- 

 sessile ; upper lip small, broadly triangular ; lower lip truncate, broad 

 and short. Capsule globose, 1 lin. in diam. Seeds angular-globose, 



