61. primulacejE. 265 



obconical capsule, may be expected in the north of Scotland.]— 

 Bogs in the western parts of the country. P. VI. — IX. 



2. Utricularia Linn. Bladderwort. 



1. U. vulgaris (L.); spur conical deflexed at tip, roundish 

 3-lobed upper cor.-lip about equalling the bilohed palate, anth. 

 cohering, 1. pinnate-multifid, bladders upon the leaves.- — E. B. 

 253. — FI. bright yellow, rather large. Ped. scarcely 3 times as 

 long as the bract, patent with fruit. Scape 4 — 6 in. high. St. 

 floating in the water. — [t7. neglecta (Lem.); spur adpressed 

 more slender, ovate-oblong blunt or emarginate upper cor.-lip 

 nearly 3 times as lon,g as the subrotund palate, anth. free, ped. 

 4 — 5 times as long as the bract erect with fr., I. more distant, 

 bladders on both stem and leaves ; is apparently a native of the 

 Fen country.] P. VI. — ^VIII. Greater Bladderwort. 



2. U. intermedia (Hayne); spur conical adpressed, upper lip 

 twice as long as the inflated palate, 1. 3-parted, segments hnear 

 dichotomous, bladders separate from the leaves. — ^.B. 2489. — 

 Fl. paler with a much longer upper Up than in No. 1. Bladders 

 on leafless shoots. Increasing by buds at the end of the shoots 

 and seldom flowering.— Ditches and pits, rare. P. VIII. 



3. U. minor (L.) ; spur very short obtuse, upper lip equalling 

 the palate, lower lip ovate with i-eflexed sides, 1. dichotomously 

 multifid, bladders upon the leaves. — E. B. 254. — Scarcely any 

 spur. Fl. small. Sep. subrotund, acuminate. Plant much 

 smaller than either of the others. \_U. Bremii {lieer) ; a rather 

 stronger plant with an " orbicular flat lower lip and subrotund 

 subreniform minutely apiculate sep. ; " is probably a native.] — 

 Ditches and pits. P. VI. — VIII. Smaller Bladderwort. 



Order LXI. PRIMULACE^. 



Cal. 4 — 7-cleft, permanent, inferior. Cor. regular, 4 — 7-fid. 

 Stam. upon the cor., opposite to its segments. Ovary free, 1- 

 celled, with a free central placenta. Style 1. Stigma capitate. 

 Fr. a capsule. Seeds peltate ; embryo transverse in fleshy albu- 

 men. — For fig. of genera see G. F. G. Gam. i. 



1. Primula. Cal. tubular, 6-fid. Cor. salvershaped, tube 

 cylindrical up to the insertion of the stamens. Stam. 6, in- 

 serted and included in the tube of the cor. Caps, many- 

 seeded, 5-valved with 10 teeth. 



2. HoTTONlA. Cal. 5-parted, divided almost to its base. 

 Valves of caps, remaining connected at the top. Seeds with 

 the hilum close to one end. Otherwise hke Primula. 



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