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5. P. maPit'ima, L., var. juneol'des, Gr., with very 

 narrow and sleuder spike, and linear fleshy leaves, is found 

 on the sea-coast and Lower St. Lawrence. 



d. P. eriop'oda, Torr. Usually a mass of yellowish wool 

 at the base. Leaves thickish, oblanceolate to obovate, with 

 stout short petioles. Pod never more than 4-seeded. — Atl. 

 sea-coast and N.W. 



7. P. Patagon'iea, Jacq., var. gnaphalloides, Gray. 

 White with silky wool. Leaves oblong-linear to filiform. 

 Spike very dense, woolly. — Dry soil, N.W. 



Obder LVIII. LENTIBULARIACE^. (Bladdebwobt F.) 



Small aquatic or marsh herbs, with a 2-lipped calyx and 

 a personate corolla with a, spur or sac underneath. Sta- 

 mens 2. Ovary as in Primulaoese. Chiefly repre^-ented by 

 the two following genera : — 



I. VTKICIIIiA'RIA, L. Bladderwobt. 



1. U. VUlga'ris, L. (Greater Bladderwobt.) Immersed 

 leaves crowded, finely dissected into capillary divisions, 

 furnished with small air-bladders. Plowers yellow, several 

 is. a raceme on a naked scn,pe. Corolla closed ; the spur 

 conical and shorter than the lower lip. — Ponds and slow 

 waters. 



2. U. interme'dia, Hayne. Immersed leaves 4 or 5 times 

 forked, the divisions iinear-awl-shaped, minutely bristle- 

 toothed on the margin, not bladder-bearing, the bladders 

 being on leafless branches. Stem 3-6 inches long. Scape 

 very slender, 3-6 inches long, beariug few yellow flowers. 

 Upper lip of the corolla much longer than the palate ; the 

 spur closely pressed to the broad lower Up. — Shallow waters. 



3. U. eOFnu'ta, Michx., with an awl-shaped spur turned 

 downward and outward, and the lower lip of the corolla, 

 helmet-shaped, is not uncommon in the northern parts of 

 Ontario. Flowers yellow. Leaves i wl-shaped. 



4. U. clandesti'na, Nutt. stems and scapes slender. 

 Leaves hair-like, bearing small bladders. Corolla yellow : 



