320 UTRICULARIA NEGLECTA. (Cuar. XVII. 
Utricularia neglecta.—The general appearance of a branch 
(about twice enlarged), with the pinnatifid leaves bearing 
bladders, is represented in the following sketch (fig. 17). 
The leaves continually bifurcate, so that a full-grown one 
terminates in from twenty to thirty points. Each point is 
tipped by a short, straight bristle ; and slight notches on the 
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Fig. 17. 
(Utricularia neglecta.) 
Branch with the divided leaves bearing bladders; about twice enlarged. 
sides of the leaves bear similar bristles. On both surfaces 
there are many small papille, crowned with two hemi- 
spherical cells in close contact. The plants float near the 
surface of the water, and are quite destitute of roots, even 
during the earliest period of growth.* They commonly 
* T infer that this is the case from from the ‘ Videnskabelige Meddelel- 
a drawing of a seedling given by Dr. ser,’ Copenhagen, 1874, Nos. 3-7, pp. 
Warming in his paper, “Bidrag til 33-58. (Cf. Kamienski, ‘ Bot. Zeit.’ 
Kundskaben om Lentibulariacer,” 1877, p. 765.] 
