ACANTHUS FAMILY 13 
5. Utricularia fibrésa Walt. Fibrous Bladderwort. Fig. 4967. 
Utricularia fibrosa Walt. Fl. Car. 64. 1788. 
Stems creeping in shallow w oie slender, radiating from base of the scape. Leaves dimorphic, 
those associated with the flowering scapes s 2-forked se nag bladders, the others 3-forked, 
about 15 mm. long and crowded, sd bearing bladders; scapes 1.5-4 dm . long, with 2-6 pedicellate 
renee rs; corolla yellow, upper and lower lips su bequal, the pie: e conspicuous, the spur equaling 
or slightly vince bis the lower lip; capsule globose, the seeds winged and the body rough-tuber- 
culat 
“ig shallow fresh water, Tra ion and Sonoran Zones; Mendocino County, California, and the gal auaniaai 
Valley; also eastern pay pitas "United States. Type locality : southeastern United States. June—Aug 
Family 141. ACANTHACEAE. 
ACANTHUS FAMILY. 
Herbs, or some tropical genera shrubs or small trees, w a bey Arias ei tis ex- 
stipulate leaves and regular or slightly irregular flowers. Calyx 4—5-parted or 4—5- 
cleft, the sepals or lobes imbricated in the bud, equal or ian "Corolla Aa im 
5-lobed and slightly irregular or distinctly 2-lipped, the lobes convolute in the bud. 
Perfect stamens 4 and didynamous, or only 2; anthers usually 2-celled, the sacs longi- 
tudinally dehiscent. Ovary superior, 2-celled; ovules 2-10 in each cell, anatropous 
or amphitropous; style simple, filiform ; stigmas 1 or 2. Capsule 2-celled, loculicidally 
gib! 
4966. Utricularia intermedia 
