tUtricidaria.] xciv. lentibularie.e (stapf). 483 



2 lin. long in fruit ; lower ovate-elliptic, acute, somewhat shorter than 

 the upper, both scarious in fruit, about 7 -nerved. Corolla about 3 lin. 

 long (from the tip of the upper lip to the end of the spur), pale 

 purplish (?) ; upper lip oblong, obtuse, scarcely exceeding the upper 

 sepal, slightly over 1 lin. long; lower lip orbicular-cuneate, over 1J lin. 

 long ; palate erect, with 2 short distinct gibbosities and a minute tuft of 

 hairs in front of the mouth ; spur conic-subulate, straight or slightly 

 curved, slender, up to 2 -J lin. long. Anthers over | lin. long; filaments 

 'linear. Style obscure ; upper stigmatic lip quite obscure ; lower quadrate- 

 rotundate. Capsule broad-ellipsoid, 1-1^ lin. long. Seeds ovoid to 

 ellipsoid, i lin. long, smooth ; cells of testa distinctly elongate. 

 Nile Land. Bongo: Gir, Schweinfurth, 2514 ! 



15. U. tortilis, Welw. ex Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 150. A 

 •delicate, terrestrial annual. Rhizoids filiform, much branched, minutely 

 glandular-verrucose. Leaves unknown, decayed at the time of fiowering. 

 Pitchers on the rhizoids, ovoid-globose, inverted, ^ lin. long; upper lip 

 ■divided to the base into 2 narrow horn-shaped tentacles, curved over 

 the small oritice ; lower lip 0. Scape subcapillary, twining, o in. high ; 

 scales veiy few and very minute. Flowers usually 1, subterminal or up 

 to 4 ; bracts ovate, |- lin. long ; bracteoles oblong, much smaller than 

 the bracts; pedicel filiform, about 1-li lin. long. Sepals subequal, 

 ovate-elliptic to elliptic, obtuse or acutely acuminate, -h lin. long. 

 Corolla yellowish, 2-J--3 lin. long (from the tip of the upper lip to the 

 •end of the spur) ; upper lip subquadrate, entire, not or scarcely exceed- 

 ing the upper sepal, with purple longitudinal streaks ; lower lip subor- 

 bicular, entire, slightly over 1 lin. long, palate slightly gibbous, deep 

 yellow, edge of mouth ciliolate, cilia joining in a small beard in front; 

 spur obliquely conic with a broad base, li lin. long. Anthers |- lin. 

 long ; pollen with about 4 slits and very minute pores ; filaments h lin. 

 long, more or less winged. Stigma subsessile ; upper lip indistinct ; 

 lower very broad and short. Capsule and seeds unknown. — Kam. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 104 excl. var. 



Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Moro de Lopollo, in bogs among short 

 gr.iss and sedges, associated with mucilaginous Algse, 5500 ft., Welmitscli, 258 ! 



16. U. micropetala, Smith in Rees, Cyclop, xxxvii. no. 58. An 

 annual, delicate terrestrial herb. Rhizoids capillary. Leaves mostly 

 •decayed at the time of flowering, scattered on the rhizoids, very narrow 

 linear, obtuse, very gradually attenuated into the petiole, with it 2^ 

 lin. long, £ lin. broad (only one leaf seen). Pitchers unknown. Scape 

 filiform to capillary, erect or subflexuous, simple, up to 4 in. high ; 

 scales few, very minute. Flowers 2-3, remote ; bracts ovate, acute, 

 1- lin. long ; bracteoles subulate, shorter than the bracts ; pedicels 

 slender, with 2 narrow gradually widening wings near the tip, about 2 

 lin. long. Sepals ovate, somewhat unequal, closely nerved ; upper 

 larger, 1^-2 lin. long, acuminate ; lower acute. Corolla 5 lin. long 

 {from the tip of the upper lip to the end of the spur), yellow ; upper 

 lip ovate, entire, 1 lin. long ; lower lip subquadrate, undulate, 1 lin. 



