SCEOPHULAEIACE^. 635 



Oedee LENTIBULACE^. 



, UTRICULARIA, L. 



U. longeciliata, A.DC. Scape 3-7-flowered (6' high), the pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx ; upper lip of the small (5" long) yellow corolla obo- 

 vate, the lower one nearly entire, with reilexed margin, as long as the horn- 

 shaped spur ; leaves numerous, linear ; scales and bracts long-ciliate-dentate. 

 — Miami, South Florida (Garber). 



PIWGUICULA, Tourn. 



v. Ploridensis, n. sp. Leaves short (Y long), obovate-oblong; scape 

 filiform; calyx-lobes oblong-linear, acutish, downy; corolla (4" -5" long) 

 violet-purple, deeply 5-cleft, the broad lobes notched or entire, the tube 

 short ; spur depending, subulate, acute, as long as the tube of the corolla. — 

 Low ground along the Homosassee River, Florida {Mr. Benj. Miller). — 

 Scape 4' -6' high. 



Oedee SCROPHULABIACE^. 

 HERPESTIS, Gaert. 



H. repens, Cham. & Schlect. Smooth, or the summit of the creeping 

 stems pubescent ; leaves oval, clasping ; pedicels about as long as the flower ; 

 outer sepals oval or slightly cordate, reticulate-veiny, nearly as long as 

 the white corolla. (H. micrantha. Ell.) — Banlts of the Ogeechee River, 

 Georgia (Elliott). 



H. rotundifolia, Pursh. Stem smoothish, creeping; leaves round- 

 obovate, clasping (i'-i' long); peduncle longer than the flower; exterior 

 sepal ovate. — Nashville, Tennessee (Dr. ttaltinger). 



HYDRANTHELIUM, H.B.K. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla short-funnel-shaped, 3-cleft. Stamens 3, inserted 

 on tlie throat of the corolla. Style 2-lobed. Capsule many-seeded. — 

 Aquatic herbs, with the habit of Callitriche. Leaves opposite. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered. 



H. Egense, Poepp. Floating; stem filiform, branching; lower leaves 

 small (2" or 3" long), distant, oblong, the upper ones crowded, obovate; 

 calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate. — New Orleans (Dr. Hale). Introduced? 



MICRANTHEMUM, Miehx 



M. Nuttallii, Gray, stem erect or creeping (r-2' long) ; leaves obo- 

 vate ; pedicels equalling or longer than the flowers, upper lip of the corolla 

 obsolete. — Wet banks, Florida, and northward. 



