120 



(2) U. FtExuosA. fFahl.) 



Merit. Vahl. En. PI. I. p. 199. — Oliver in Jour. Proc. LinOk. 

 Soc. IIT. p. 175. 



Syn. Uw fascionlata, Roash. — U. iu^qualis, Benjamin in Lin-^ 

 fuea XX. p. 304. 



Enyrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1568. 



Sfec. Char. Vesicles floating : Jiere and there famished with, 

 c^apillary multisect leaflets not unfrequently arranged in a verticil 

 at the base of the scape : pedicels at first erect, fructiferous, more- 

 often deflexed : lobes of the calyx fructiferous, accrescent, diverg-- 

 iog, often more or less unequal : spur short curved or stretched 

 out, sliu;htly obtuse, lower lip of the corolla broad-ovate, palate 

 very prominent marked with as orange spot : seeds peltate, usually. 

 2-6-angled : flowers yellow. 



Assam and SUhet. Malabar. Bengal. Travancore. Chitta-. 

 gong. Flowering in the rainy season. 



(3) U, DiANTHA. (Roem. ^ Sch.J 



Ident. Roem. & Sch. Syst. Veg. I. p. 169. (not Dec.) — Olivet- 

 in Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc. III. p. 176. 



5yn. U. biflora, Boxb. fior. Ind. I. p. 43.— -U. Roxbarghii,. 

 Spreng. — U. elegans, Wall. — U. pt«rosperma, Edgew. Proc. Linn. 

 Soe. 1. p. 352. 



Etigrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1 5<J£). 



Spec Char. Floating or terrestrial ; axis demersed, somewhat 

 branched, segments leafy, capillaceous, utriculiferous : scape slender,, 

 naked or furnished with 1-2 minute. scales, 1-2 (rarely 3)-flowered,. 

 in the single-flowered scapes opposite the bract is occasionally an 

 apparently abortive axis or flower bud : bract small, stem-clasping : 

 pedicels erect : calyx-lobes slightly unequal, much shorter than the 

 mature capsule : lower lip of the corolla entire embracing the base 

 of the spur, and often shorter than it : capsule subglobose, stigma 

 niinute, sessile : seeds peltate, winged, 5-6-angled : flowers yellow 

 with an orange-streaked scale. 



North-West Provinces. Khasia mountains. Bengal. Goru-. 

 mandel. Quilon. Flowering in the rainy season. 



(4) U. ALBO-Ci£RDLEA. (Dal^.J 



Ident. Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. VIII. p. 279. — Oliver in 

 Joum. Proc. Linn. Soc. III. p. 177. 



Spec Char. Fragrant : roots sparingly branched, bladders. 



•few : scape terete, "erect, firm or slender, furnished with few .small 



ovate scales, 1-2-flowered, sometimes elongated and 4-floweredi 



