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Utricularia. ] LENTIBULARIACE&. 779 
A stout herb, parasitic on Kohl Rabi and other 
Brassicas. 
1471. OroBancHE rnpica Ham.; F. I. iii. 27 oF. By Live 828; 
D. O. 280. 
In all the western and northern provinces 
A herb, parasitic on Nicotiana, Papaver, ewincabs and 
the Brassicas. Hind. Sarso-banda, Bhatrea ghas; 
Santal. Turi sim. - 
Order XCIY, LENTIBULARIACEA. 
Herbs, aquatic or palustrine. oe radical, rosulate, or, when 
submerged, capillary -multifid, sometimes obsolete. Flowers 
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smaller, entire or emar ate; lower 3-5- 
adnate to base of corolla, alternate with lobes of lower lip; fila- 
ments wide-curved; anther-cells ovate, transversely confluent ; 
dehiscence longitudinal. Carpels 2, connate in a superior, globose, 
1-celled ovary ; ovules very many, on a free, basal placenta; style 
short; stigma unequally 2-lobed. Frwit a globose, 2-4-valved, 
or irregularly rupturing capsule. Seeds very many, minute; 
albumen 0. 
671. Utricularia Linn. 
Herbs, floating or palustrine, or on wet rocks; leaves in floating 
species multifid, with capillary segments, in erect or twining 
species entire, igi! igen minute bladders. Flowers in 
simple or branched s, racemes few- or many-flowered ; 
bracts and 2 beanie distin ct. Sepals connate in 2-parti 
calyx; lobes entire or subentire, often accrescent. Petals 5, con- 
nate in a 2-lipped corolla; upper lip entire or —— lower 
larger, 3~-6-lobed; tube with a straight or curved spur. Stamens 
2, adnate to base of corolla, alternate with lobes of hawee lip ; 
filaments broad ; anthers ovate, 2-celled or almost 1-celled. Car- 
pels connate in a globose, 1-celled ovary; ovules many, on a 
central placenta ; style short; stigma unequally 2-lobed. Frwit a 
globose, re regularly 2-4.valved or irregularly opening capsule. Seeds 
many, small; albumen 0 
