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mancnt braBeas. Spur blue! fli -white, the length of the 

 lower lip, which is fomewhat tiic lartjeit. 



49. U. juiicea. Riifliy Bladdeiwort. Vahl n. 21. — 

 Stalk ftraifrht, racemofe, with niimitc diilant fcales. Spur 



awl-(hapecl, the length of the upper lip Native of Cayenne, 



and Porto Rico. Roots fibrous, very fhort, and nearly 

 fimple. StalL a foot high, crcft, llraight, quite fimplc, 

 round, fmooth. Scales ovate, acute. Floiuers from five to 

 eight, on very fliort partial Jlalhs, with a minute dry hraHea 

 at the bafe of each. Vahl. 



50. U. angulofa. Angular Bladderwort. Poirct n. 23. 

 — " Stalk thread-fliaped, angular, with minute diitant fcales. 

 Flowers fomewhat racemofe, nearly feffilo. Spur awl-fhaped, 

 fcarcely fo long as the upper lip." — Native of wet fitua- 

 tions in Cayenne. Very nearly related to U. juncea. Roots 

 compofed of (liort and flender fibres, without leaves. Stalk 

 fimple, fliff and ftraight, ten or twelve inches high, quite 

 fmooth, compreiTed and angular, yellowifh ; cylindrical, and 

 of a brighter yellow, fometimes blueidi or purplidi at the 

 bafe. Scales fhort, oval, pointed, fcarcely difcerniblc. 

 Floiuers from four to fix, or more, in a ftraight terminal 



/pike rather than clujler, witli a fmall braclea to each. Ca- 

 lyx-leaves fhort and obtufe. Corolla niiddle-fized, deep 

 yellow. Spur ftraight, acute. Capfule fmooth, the fize of 

 a pepper-corn, crowned with the Jlyle. Poiret. 



51. U. recurva. Recurved Bladderwort. Loureir. 

 Cochinch. 26. Vahl n. 15. — Stalk (lender. Flowers 

 fpiked. Spur conical, recurved, about the length of the 

 lip. — Found ill the river Hon Mo, not far from the royal 

 city, in Cochinchina. — Root fhort, without bladders. Leaves 

 none. Stalk four inches high, fimple, ereft. Flowers yel- 

 low, in a fimple oblong fpike. Calyx large, round, com- 

 preffed. Capfule lenticular. Loureiro. It can only have 

 been from fome accidental error, that Vahl placed this fpe- 

 cies in the former fe6Hon, all his information concerning the 

 plant being derived, likeour's, from Loureiro, who is fuf- 

 ticiently clear as to its having no leaves. See n. 43. 



52. \J.pufilla. Little Cayenne Bladderwort. Vahl n. 23. 

 — " Stalk capillary, fubdivided ; zigzag in the upper part. 

 Flowers racemofe, remote." — Found in Cayenne, by Ri<li- 

 ard, and Von Rohr. Root very fiiort, fubdivided. Stalk 

 a finger's length, eitlier quite fimple, or divided towards the 

 top, with a minute ovale Icale. Partial Jlalks from live to 

 eight, half the length of the nail, occupying nearly tlie upper 

 half of the main llalk, and each having at its bafe an ex- 

 tremely minute braflea. Capfule very fmall. Vahl. We 

 have fpecimens from Sierra I>eone, gathered by Smeathman, 

 and others by Afzelius, which fo ftrikingly anfwer to every 

 tittle of this defcription, that we cannot but confider this 

 as one of the very few fpccies of its genus found in Guinea 

 as well as in South America. 



^^. U. pubefcens. Dowiiy-llalked Bladderwort. — Stalk 

 capillary, downy, about two-dowered. Spur obtufe, the 

 length of the upper lip ; half the length of the lower, which 



Is divided Gatiiered at Sierra Leone, by Dr. Af/.elius. 



The rod is a tuft of fmall fibres, without leaves or bladders. 

 Stalk t' ree or four inches high, ercft, fimple, flender, round, 

 or lliglitly angular, perhaps from drying, clothed all over 

 with fine prominent pubefcence, not vifible to the naked eye, 

 butv as far as we can perceive, quite deftitute of fcales. 

 Flowers two, one below tiie otIiL'r, (mailer than U. minor, 

 each with a broad, obtufe, membranous brallca. Lower 

 lip broad, defiexed, two-hibed. 



54. U. ntvea. Snowy Bladderwort. Vahl n. 26. — 

 " Stalk about four-flowered, with clofe-preffed fcalen, fepa- 

 ratc at the bafe. Spur conical, obtufe. Capfules drooping, 

 globofe." — Gathered by Kocnig, in moill dewy places 



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in Ceylon. Stalk (lender, from four to feven inches high, 

 generally bearing four, rarely but tlirce, large ^\m.c flowers, 

 on fhort partial ftalks. Vahl. 



55. L^. humilis. Humble BLidderwort. Vahl n. 27. 



Stalk angular, with fe\if flowers. Spur conical, acute, 

 fliortcr than the upper lip. Calyx-leaves rour.difh. Cap- 

 fule keeled — Native of the Eaft Indies. Roots very fhort, 

 fcarcely branched. Stalk hardly above an inch and a half high, 

 often bearing a folitary^o'iyiT, fometimes two, three or four. 

 Scales two or three, remote, ovate as well as the bracieas. 

 Vahl. 



56. V.crenata. Crenate-lipped Bladderwort. Vahl n. 28. 

 (" U. aphylla; Fl. Peruv. v. i. 20. t. 31. f. ^.")— Stalk 

 about three-flowered. Roots furnifhed -n ith bladders. Brac- 



teas fheathing. Spur awl-fhapcd. Lips crenate Native of 



moift or inundated ground at Lima. Annual. Root of feveral 

 long fibres, bearing a few bladders, the fize of muftard-feed. 

 Stalk thrcad-fhaped, from four to fix inches high, fmooth, 

 naked, terminating in from two to four diftant partial Jlalks, 

 each an inch long, fpreading, furniftied at its bafe with a 

 fiieathing, abrupt, membranous, entire ^raflffl. Corolla ycWow ; 

 its upper lip with three or five notches ; lower with three. 

 — Our fpecimen, from the late abbe Cavanilles, though defti- 

 tute of any evident leaves, or leaflets, yet having bladders at- 

 tached to a long fimple fibre, feems to indicate the pro- 

 priety of ranging this fpecies in the preceding fection. We 

 fubmit, neverthelefs, to the dccifion of Vahl, and the authors 

 of the Flora Pedemontana ; more efpecially as the opinion of 

 Mr. Brown, founded on fuch wide -extended obfervatiou as 

 few botanifts have hadin their power, feems in favourof there 

 being no Utricularia deftitute of leaves at every period of its 

 growth. This being the cafe, the whole genus muft require 

 to be diftributcd afrefh. The next fpccies ftands in the 

 fame predicament. 



57. U. tenuis. Briftle-ftalkcd Bladderwort. Cavan. Ic. 

 v. 5. 24. t. 440. f. 2. Vahl n. 29. — Stalk finglc-flowered. 

 Roots furnifhed willi bladders. Bradteas oppofite. Spur 

 awl-fliaped, twice the length of the fliorleft lip. — Gathered 

 by Lonis Nee, in moift places, near the town of Coquimbo, 

 in Chili, flowering in April. A fmall annual fpecies, whofe 

 roots, confiiling of feveral zigzag fibres, about an inch long, 

 are copioufly furninied with fmall, alternate, feffile bladders. 

 (See our remarks on the laft.) 'V\w flalk is briftle-fhaped, 

 an inch and a half or two inches high, quite naked, except 

 two or three oppofite braaeas near the top, which mark the 

 bafe of the fiilitary partial Jlalk. Flower folitary, yellow. 

 Calyx ovate, bluntifh, permanent. Lips of the corolla very 

 unequal, undivided, nearly oval<-, the larger ereft, accompa- 

 nied by a prominent palate bordered with red ; fmaller de- 

 flexed, as well as the neSary bthind it. Theflower therefore 

 feems to be reverfed. The capfule is globular. 



58. U. micropetala. Small-lipped Bladderwort. — Stalk 

 about two-flowered. Partial ftalks club-flinped. Braftcas 

 oppofite. Spur conical, dependent, thrice as long as the 

 lips — Gathered by Dr. Afzelius at Sierra Leone. A very 

 diftinft and remarkable fpecies. The root is fmall and 

 fibrous, without leaves or bladders. Stall three inches high, 

 bearing a few diftant, ovate, white-edged fcales. Flowers in 

 our fpecimen two, one above the other, yellow, on ftalks of 

 unequal length fwelliug upwards, and having two oppofite, 

 ovate, pointed braileas at t!ie bafe of each. Calyx-leaves 

 ovate, pointed ; the lower one cmarginatc. Lips of the 

 corolla about the length of the calyx, nearly equal, undivided ; 

 the lower of a deeper yi.-!low, with a i)ioniinent palate, not 

 clofing the mouth. S/uir remarkably large in proportion, 

 making the chief part of tiic flower, (tout, pointed. Capfule 

 elliptical. 



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