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pedicel recurved, stout and 5-8 mm. long in fruit, provided with a minute 

 lato-ovate to suborbiculate bract at the base. 



Nom. Jap. Fusa-tanuhimo (nov.). 



Sab. Prov. Echigo (K. Abe ! Sept. 12, 1903; T. Kurihara ! Oct. 4, 

 1903, Aug. 11, 1904.) 



This species is remarkable by having a cleistogamous flower at the base 

 of each peduncle. It is figured by Yokusai Iinuma in his " Somoku-Dzuse- 

 tsu," I. no. 42. 



Utricularia (Lentibularia) pilosa Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XI. 

 (1897) p. 70. 



Utricularia vulgaris var. pilosa Makino 1. c. IX (1895) p. 111. 



The spur and the under surface of the lower lip of corolla covered 

 with pilose hairs. Spur nearly as long as the lower lip of corolla, obtuse 

 at the apex. Pedicels turned downwards in fruit. 



Norn. Jap. No-tanuhimo. 



Hob. Japan (T. Makino \). 



This species is allied to U. vulgaris Linn., but smaller in every respects ; 

 it also very closely resembles U. neglecta Lehm. 



