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UTRICULA'RIA* *. 
Linncan Class and Order. Dia'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Lentibula'ri.e, Rich. — Lindl. Syn. p. 186. ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 226. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 432. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 529. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 1 96. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. (4th ed.) p. 415. — Lysimachi.e, sect. 3. Juss. Gen. PI. pp.95 
and 97. — Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 95. — Syrixgales; subord. Primu- 
I-os.e ; sect. Menthinas ; type, Utriculariace.e ; Burn. Outl. of 
Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, & 976. — Corydales, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 2, small, egg-shaped, 
equal, permanent sepals. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, ringent ; 
upper lip blunt, upright ; lower larger, with a prominent, heart- 
shaped palate ; spur (fig. 3.) single or double. Stamens (fig. 4.) 2, 
short, with small, cohering anthers. Germen (fig. 5.) globose. 
Style hair-like, the length of the calyx. Stigma 2-lipped. Capsule 
(figs. 6 & 7.) globose, of 1 cell. Seeds (figs. 8 & 9.) numerous, 
small, on a large, globular, central receptacle. 
The calyx of 2 sepals ; the inferior, monopetalous, personate, 
spurred corolla; and the 1-celled capsule; will distinguish this 
from oiher genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
UTRICULA'RIA VULGA'RIS. Common Bladder-wort. Hood- 
ed Milfoil. 
Spec. Char. Spur conical. Scape straight. Cluster some- 
what corymbose ; upper lip of the corolla as long as the projecting 
palate. Leaves pinnato-multifid. 
Engl. Bot. t. 253. — FI. Dan. t. 138. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 26, — Huds. FI. Angl. 
(2nd cd.) p. 8. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. i. p. 112. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 28 ; Engl. 
FI. v. i. p. 30. — With. (7th edit.) v. ii. p. 23. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 316. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 186. — Hooker’s British FI. p. 9. — Macr. Man. British Botany, 
p. 188. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 77. — Sibtliorp’s Fl. Oxon. p. 7. — Abbot’s Fl. 
J5edf. p. 5. — Annals of Botany, v. i. p. 138. ; and v. ii. p. 391.— Danes’ Welsh 
Bot. p. 4. — Purt. Midi. Fl. v. i. p. 55. — Kolb. Fl. Cant. (3rd edit.) p. 12. — Hook. 
Fl. Scot. p. 8. — Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 5. — Fl. Devon, pp. 4 & 142. — Johnston’s Fl. of 
Berw. v. i. p. 8. — Winch’s Fl. of Northumb. and Durli. p. 2. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s 
Plants of S. Kent, p. 2. — Walker’s Fl. of Oxf. p. 7. — Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. p. 
977, with a figure. — Perry’s PI. Varv. Selects!, p. 3. — Mur. North. Fl. p. 18. — 
Dick. Fl. Abred. p. 20. — Irv. Lond. Fl. p. 131. — Mack. Catal. PI. Irel. p. 9. ; Fl. 
Hibern. p. 197. — Lentibularia, Ray’s Syn. p. *286. 
Localities — In deep pools, and watery ditches ; frequent. — Oxfordshire; 
Ditch near the Canal, opposite the first draw-bridge beyoDd Heyfield’s Hut: 
W. B. Otmoor: Dr. Sibtiiorp. Between Bainton and Burford: Rev. W. S. 
RuFFonn. — Berks ; In a ditch on the north side of the road just beyond Botley 
Bridge ; ditches near the towing-path between Oxford and Iffley ; also by the 
sides of the Devil’s Back-bone going to South Hinksey ; and in the pools on the 
south side of the Abingdon road, opposite the Paper-mill, just before you come to 
the road leading to Kennington ; Sept. 1839 : W.B. — Beds. Ditch in Bromham 
Parish : Rev. C. Abbot. — Cambridgesh. Paper-mills ; Teversham Moor ; 
Triplow Heath ; Ely, &c. : Rev. R. Relhan. — Cheshire ; Ponds in Mobberly : 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Front view of Corolla. — Fig. 3. The Spur (reversed) — 
Fig. 4. Stamens. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. Capsule. — Fig. 7. 
Vertical section of ditto, showing the Receptacle or Placenta. — Figs. 8 & 9. Seeds. — 
Fig. 10. A separate Leaf. — Fig. 11. One of the Bladders. — Figs. 5, 7, 9, and 11. 
a little magnified. 
* From utriculus, a little bladder. 
f See folio 50, note f. 
