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5. P. marit'ima, L., var. juneoi'des, Gr., with very 

 narrow and slender spike, and linear fleshy loaves, is found 

 on the sea-coast and Lower St. Lawrence. 



0. P. eriop'Oda, Torr. Usually a mass of yellowish wool 

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

 stout short petioles. Pod never more than ^^seeded. — Atl. 

 sea-ooast and N.W. 



7. P. Patagon'ica, Jacci., var. gnaphalioides. Gray. 

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

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



Order LVIII. LENTIBULARIACE.a;. (Bladdbrwort 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 Prim ulaceae. Chiefly represented by 

 the two following genera : — 



s. s;tkiciii.a'kia, l. Bladdekwokt. 



1. U. VUlgra'riS, L. (Greater Bladdbrwort.) Immersed 

 loaves crowded, finely dissected into capillary divisions, 

 furnished with small air-bladdeis. Flowers yellow, several 

 in a raceme on a naked scape. Corolla closed; the spur 

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

 waters. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

 spur closely pressed to th^ broad lower lip. — Shallow waters. 



3. U. eornu'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 awl-shaped. 



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

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



