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LENTIBULARIE.E 



monosymmetric, yellow ; calyx of 2 equal sepals ; corolla per- 

 sonate, spurred ; stamens 2, lateral. (Name from the Latin 

 uiriadus, a little hdaclder.) 



1. V. vulgaris ((,'onimon Bladderwort). — A remarkable sub- 

 merged, aquatic plant ; leaves pinnately divided, ciliate, and 

 bearing bladders i in. long ; floivers 4 — S, on a stout scape 

 6 — T2 in. high, in a loose raceme; bracts ovate, thick, about 



one-third the length of the pedicels ; corolla 

 bright yellow or orange, with nearly equal 

 lobes, and conical acute spur adpressed to, 

 and half as long as, the lower lip.- — Ditches 

 and pools ; frequent. — Fl, June — August. 

 Perennial. 



2. U. iiidjor (Overlooked Bladderwort). 

 —A more slender species with leaves pin- 

 nately divided and ciliate, bearing bladders 

 y\j in. long ; bracts^ lanceolate, not more 

 than a quarter as long as the slender, 

 nearly erect pedicels ; upper corolla-lip 2 

 or 3 times as long as the broad, flat, lower 

 one, lemon-yellow;, spur conical. — Pools; 

 rare. — Fl. June — September. Perennial. 



3. U. minor (Lesser Bladderwort). — A 

 small, slender species with repeatedly 

 forked, not ciliate leaves bearing bladders 

 -,\r in. long; and 2-Tr6-nowercd racemes of 

 small, pale yellow flowers, with ei]ual 

 corolla-lobes and a very short, blunt spur. — 

 Pools and ditches ; not common. — Fl. June 

 — September. Perennial. 



4. V . intermedia (Intermediate Filadder- 

 wort). — Leaves distichous, repeatedly 

 forked, ciliate ; bladders \ in. long, on 

 slender stalks, separate from the leaves ; 

 flowers 3 — 4 in a raceme, pale yellow ; 



upper corolla-lip twice as long as the lower ; spur conical, acute. — 

 Pools and ditches ; rare.-- Fl. July — September. Perennial. 



2. PiNoufcuLA (Buttcrwort). — Marsh plants with small roots; 

 a rosette of entire, involute, viscid, radidil leaves : and solitary 

 flowers on long, erect pedicels ; calv.x 2-lipped ; upf^ei-lip 3-cleft ; 

 lower 2-cleft ; corolla gaping, spurred. (Name from the Latin 

 pinguis, fat, from the greasy lea^■es.) 



I. P. vulgaris (('omnion Buttcrwort).;; — A singular and very 



PlN'GUieULA LUbITANIC.\ 

 (/'il/t' Bllttcizvort). 



