54 DESCRIPTION OF UTRICULARIA NIVEA. 
annual, 1 to 4 in. high while in flower, leafless or rarely furnished at 
base with rage pA ponte Pg leaves ; flowers shortly 
racemose, very small, on a very short petiole hidden within 3 brae- 
teoles, the fourth teacale bent downwards and partially adnate to 
the naked scape; sepals a line long, concave-orbicular, the upper 
erect, the lower ent downwards ; corolla about 2 lin. long, the upper 
minute, notched, the lower lip concave, rotundate, indistinctly 3- 
lobed, uniformly whit e or yellow on the palate; spur twice as long 
as the lower lip, conically-saccate, blunt ; capsule globular, nearly a 
line in diameter, crowned by the capitate short style, chartaceous, 
mbran: 
ceous sepals; seeds very minute, pale-brown.—The species grows 
chiefly on short-grassed pastures (where also chiefly Cyperacee: grow) 
and in shallow water on sandy soil, all over Bengal; also in Tenas- 
ay 1, June—Sept 
As in the case with U. racemosa, so I find here only a very few 
seeds in each capsule, and sometimes none at all. 
classification of Utricularias as adopted by en perp and 
Oliver appears to me = not quite in accordance w I 
subjoin here my own views with regard to Indian sels wttd is is lel 
bable that the subgenus i ii., Oligocista, as defined here, may — to 
be capa as a simple secti on into the first subgenus, Lentibular 
Suzernvus I.—Lentibularia, Gesn. sealieeAdtite Gat rei 
herbs. ‘ehele variously cut into ceapillifo ents, rarely simple 
and filiform. Capsule free, supported (but not Tie ) by the we 
larged, fleshy, membranaceous, not winged sepals.—Examples : U. ste 
aries fe Slexuosa, &c., with yellow, U. punctata with blue (not tte 
0) 
Supe ernus II.—Oligocista, DC. p.p. Erect Media annuals, 
Leaves radical, narrow, disappearing before flowering-time. Cap- 
sule free, not enclosed in the concave, thick, m oii bonalahouee enlarged, 
not winged, almost equally long sepals. Style and stigma persistent. 
Bracteoles 4, 3 of them erect, the fourth bent downwards and adnaj te to 
the scape. —Examples : U. racemosa and U. nivea 
satygealen IIl.—Bivalvaria. Erect terrestrial annuals. Leaves 
radical, entire, Barrow, usually disappearing aris flowering-time. 
Caps sule Hag enclosed in a central cavity o of re 2 nearly equal, 
valvately-complanate, ohitienote uriously-winged sepals.— 
Examples: U. Grifithii (of which U. lilacina, Gut, is a synonym); 
U. bifida, &e. - (§ 11.4 of Oliver). 
Suscenvs IV.—Phyllaria, Erect terrestrial, often rock-loving, 
tender annuals, sending out short stolons. Leaves often broad and 
pe eal or on the stolons, persistent ng flowering-time. 
Capsule halfways adnate to the upper enlarged, chartaceous, winged, 
and often net-veined sepal, the lower sepal m Ww 
Lower lip of corolla large and explanate. Probably a distinct genus. 
—Examples: U. orbiculata, furceilata, &c. 
