LXXXVIII. LENTIBULARIEzE. 
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Utricularia.] 
13. U. limosa (found in mud), R. Br. Prod. 432 ; Bcntli. FI. Austr. iv. 531. 
Scapes filiform, simple or branched, 6 to lOin. high. Leaves none at the time 
of flowering. Flowers (blue ?) in a long loose raceme, all alternate. Bracts 
narrow, much produced below their insertion, acute at both ends. Pedicels 
filiform, 1 to 2 lines long. Calyx-segments orbicular, obtuse, about | line long 
when in flower, slightly enlarged afterwards. Corolla scarcely above 2 lines 
long, the upper lip short, ovate, entire; lower lip much larger, broad, deeply 
2-lobed ; spur descending, shorter than the lower lip. Capsule small. — A. DC. 
Prod. viii. 24. 
Ilab.: Endeavour River, Banks and Solandcr. 
Very near U. biloba, but very much more slender, the flowers much smaller, the pedicels 
longer, and the spur shorter. — Bcnth. 
14. U. Baueri (after F. Bauer), R. Br. ? Prod. 431 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
iv. 531. Scapes slender but rather long, simple or slightly branched, more rigid 
than in V. biloba, bearing usually several scales below the inflorescences, which, 
like the bracts are all alternate, narrow, produced below their insertion, 
acuminate and very acute at both ends. Flowers (blue ?) almost sessile in short 
terminal spikes, with rarely the lower flower at some distance below the spike. 
Calyx-segments obtuse, small. Corolla : upper lip short, narrow-ovate, erect, 
entire; lower lip much larger (about 3 lines across), broader than long, 
apparently quite entire with the sides reflexed ; spur straight, horizontal, 
considerably longer than the lower lip.— A. DC. Prod. viii. 15. 
Hab.: Endeavour River, Banks ; Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown. 
U. Baueri was described by Brown from a drawing made by Bauer of a plant of which no 
specimen was preserved ; but in his notes he says he believes it to be the same as one of which 
he had a specimen before him, which there is now no certain means of identifying. The 
character, however, agrees well with the specimens described above, which are named by 
Solander in the Banksian herbarium 17. juncea, and with one in Brown’s own herbarium 
labelled U. obscura, neither of which names are taken up by Brown. — Benth. 
Order LXXXIX. OROBANCHACEjE. 
Flowers irregular. Sepals 4 or 5, united in a variously split calyx. Corolla 
tubular or campanulate, usually curved or oblique ; the limb more or less 
2-lipped ; the upper lip erect or spreading, emarginate or 2-lobed ; the lower lip 
spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in pairs, inserted in the tube. Anthers 2-celled, 
the cells usually but not always pointed or awned, opening longitudinally. Ovary 
superior, 1-celled, with 2 (very rarely 3) double or bifid placentas, or 4 distinct 
placentas, more or less protruding from the sides into the cavity, but not united 
into the axis. Ovules several, usually very numerous. Style simple, with a 
capitate or 2-lobed stigma. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds small, with a minute 
embryo and abundant albumen. — Leafless herbs, not green, parasites on roots. 
Stems usually thick, the leaves replaced by alternate scales or bracts of the 
colour of the rest of the plant. Flowers solitary in the axils of the bracts, 
usually forming terminal spikes or racemes. 
An Order not very numerous in species, but widely distributed over nearly tbe whole globe, 
except the extreme north and south, and much more abundant in the northern than in the 
southern hemisphere. The only Australian genus is the principal one of the Order, though 
almost limited to the northern hemisphere. — Bentli. 
