SCROPIIULARIACE-E. 635 



Order LENTIBULACE^E. 



■ UTRICULARIA, L. 



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

 shorter than the calyx ; upper lip of the small (6" long) yellow corolla obo- 

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

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

 — Miami, South Florida [Garber). 



PINGUECULA, Tourn. 



P. Floridensis, 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. Milter). — 

 Scape &'-& high. 



Order SCROPHULARIACE.E. 

 HERPESTIS, Gasrt. 



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.) — Banks of the Ogeechee River, 

 Georgia {Elliott). 



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

 obovate, clasping [\'—\? long); peduncle longer than the flower; exterior 

 sepal ovate. — Nashville, Tennessee {Dr. Gattinger). 



HYDRANTHELIUM, H.B.K. 



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

 on the 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, brandling; lower leaves 

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

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



MICRANTHEMUM, Michx 



M. Nuttallii, Cray. Stem erect or creeping {V -2' long) ; leaves obo- 

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

 obsolete. — Wet banks, Florida, and northward. 



