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aequalibus, corollas azuveae calyccm aeqiiaiitis labio inferiore majove 
iTiargine externe revoluto : palato convexo intus barbato : calcare conico 
albido labium aequaiite in lobo calycis inferiore nidulante ; labio supe- 
riore rotundato 4-crenato, capsula cordata compressa lobis calycinis 
valde acutis arete obtecta, seminibus rugoso-striatis. 
Hab. in Bengalia, prope Bardwan, uliginosis, Januario. 
An U. reticulata, DC., no. 90. p. 19? differt tantinn (secus descriptio- 
nem) pedicellis bracteis brevioribus, labii superiovis margine non revoluta. 
Planta 2 — 10 pollicaris, stricta. Semina oblonga, testa laxiuscula rugoso- 
striata, inter nervulos prominulos minutius striata. Labium inferius 2 lin. 
long. Calycis lobi per antbesin 2, in fructu 4 lin. longi. Staminum fila- 
inenta arcuata; antheris approximate medio constrictis. Stigma sessile 
infundibuliforme. Folia nulla? 
Utkicularia rosea, radicibus fibrosis, scapo filiformi subesquamato de- 
mum subvolubili apice racemosim 3 — 10 floro, bracteis ternis exteriore 
medio fixa utrinque acuta lateralibus ovatis acutis pedicello nitido sub- 
aequalibus, lobis calycinis rotundatis suborbiculatis corolla brevioribus, 
corollae rosese labio inferiore 3-lobo (lobo medio brevioi'e) crenulato 
intus fornicato palato luteo intus papilloso ; calcare obtuso labium 
aequante ; labio superiore rotundato, filaraentis arcuatis apice valde 
dilatatis ; antheris ovatis medio paulo constrictis, capsula subglobosa 
calycem vix auctum subaequante uno latere valvula sursum basi recur- 
vata dehiscente, placenta central! globosa foveolata, seminibus (pluri- 
mis abortivis) ovatis punctis pvominnlis subechinatis rugoso-striatis. 
Hab. in Bengalia, prope Bardwan, uliginosis. 
An U. nivea, DC., no. 98, at floribus roseo-purpurascentibus, capsula ca- 
lycem aequante nec minore, nec longiore ut in tl. racemosd, squamis quo- 
que minimis, an potius omnes in unam speciem reducendae ? Scapi calyces- 
que rubescentes. 
Utricularia pterosprrma, radicibus fibrosis parce utriculiferis, utriculis 
1-setosis, scapo aph5'lIo purpurascente 2- (an pluri-?) floro ad axillam 
squania ovata obtusa basifixa bracteato, pedicellis teretibus superiore 
bracteolato, lobis calycinis obovatis cucullatis obtusis corolla dimidio 
brevioribus nec in frnctu auctis, corollae luteae labio superiore suberecto 
concavo integro ; inferiore integro marginibus revolutis ; palato magno 
aurantio-striato utrinque glabro faucem obtegente : calcare sursum cur- 
vato conico acutiusculo labio sublongiore, staminum filamentis cras- 
sis arcuatis supra antheram 1-locularem nec constrictam productis, 
polline orbiculari rugosulo, stigmate bilamellato, capsula latere com- 
pressiuscula subglobosa stylo apiculata, placenta globosa alveolata, se- 
minibus paucis late alatis ala irregulariter dentata reticulatim venosa ; 
testa irregulariter rugosa; nucula globosa; radicula et plumula distincta 
ceterurn pingui. 
Hab. in Bengalia, Bardwan, uliginosis, Januario. 
Ab U. diantha quacum maxime aftinis differt pedicellis teretibus nec mar- 
ginatis, calcare ascendente labio longiore nec descendente, lobis calycinis 
in fructu non auctis antherisque non constrictis. An semina U. dianthce 
alata? 
Utricularia fasciculaia, vide DC., no. 8. p. 18. no. 18, adde : — Placenta 
globosa spongiosa, seminibus compressis marginatis rugosulis uno la- 
tere foveolato altero prominulo. 
A further communication, from a letter written by Mr. Edge- 
worth, dated Banda, 30th August, 1847, was made to the meeting, 
respecting a remarkable effect j)roduced by the leaves of Gymnema 
