BIGNONIACEAB. 395 



3. STOMOISIA Eaf. Fl. TeUur. i: 108. 1838. 



Terrestrial herbs, with short root-like branches from the base of the scape, 

 the delicate and evanescent leaves and minute, bladders rarely seen. Mowers 

 racemose, often subscapose, or solitary at the summits of the slender scapes, 

 each pedicel with a bract and a pair of bractlets at its base. Calyx 2-parted, 

 the lobes thin and veiny. CoroUa strongly 2-lipped, the upper lip with a dis- 

 tinct claw, the lower consisting chiefly of the helmet-shaped, laterally com- 

 pressed palate. [Greek, hairy mouth.] About 50 species, of wide distribu- 

 tion, the following typical. 



1. Stomoisia comuta (Miehx.) Eaf. Fl. TeUur. 4: 108. 1838. 



Utriaularia comuta Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 12. 1803. 



Stem and leaves inconspicuous, rarely seen. Scapes stiffly erect, 1-4 dm. 

 high, 2-5-flowered, the flowers approximate; pedicels usually shorter than the 

 bracts; corolla yellow, the lower lip 12-15 mm. long; spur subulate, pendent, 

 about 12 mm. long. 



In a large sink-hole, near Deep Creek, Andres : — eastern North America ; Cuba. 

 Horned Bladdekwobt. 



4. PINGUICULA L. Sp. PI. 17. 1753. 



Terrestrial herbs, with fibrous roots, and the entire leaves in a basal 

 rosette. Flowers solitary at the summits of the naked scapes. Calyx 5-lobed, 

 more or less 2-lipped. Corolla more or less 2-lipped, the spreading limb 

 sometimes almost equally 5-lobed. Capsule 2-valved. [Latin, pinguis, fat, 

 the leaves of some species being greasy to the touch.] About 30 species, of 

 wide distribution. Type species: Finguicula vulgaris L. 



1. Pinguicula pumila Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 11. 1803. 



Leaves eUiptie-obovate, 1-3 cm. long, rounded at the apex, narrowed at 

 the base but scarcely petioled, faintly veined. Scapes very slender, erect, 

 0.5-2 dm. high; calyx-lobes 2-3 mm. long, oblong, obtuse; coroUa pale violet 

 or white, somewhat 2-lipped but the 5 lobes subequal, 1-2 cm. broad; spur 

 subulate, about 3 mm. long, longer than the sac-like base of the eoroUa; 

 capsule subglobose, a little longer than the calyx-lobes. 



Savannas, Andres : — southeastern United States. IjOW Bdtteewoet. 



Family 12. BIGNONIACEAE Pers. 



Teumpet-chebper Tamilt. 



Trees, shrubs or woody vines, a few species herbaceous, with oppo- 

 site (rarely alternate) leaves, and mostly large and showy, clustered, 

 more or less irregular flowers. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous. Corolla 

 gamopetalous, 5-lobed, somewhat 2-lipped, at least in the bud. Anther- 

 bearing stamens 2 or 4, inserted on the tube of the corolla and alternate 

 with its lobes; anthers 2-eelled, the sacs longitudinally dehiscent. Disk 

 annular or cup-like. Ovary mostly 2-celled; plancentaB parietal, or on 

 the partition-wall of the ovary; ovules numerous, horizontal, anatropous; 

 style slender; stigma terminal, 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds flat. 



