o 
3 mm. longi et 2 mm. lt., oblique ovoidei. Scapus 10—12 cm. 
Ig., basin versus in specim. meis spongioso-inflatus et 5—6 mm. 
crassus, pallide rubescens, apicem versus sensim attenuatus. 
Bracteæ tenuissime membranaceæ, 2—3 mm. longæ. Pedicellus 
ad i 1 /o cm. Ig. Lobi calycis virides tenues, superior apice sub- 
denticulatus, c. 4—5 mm. Ig. et latus v. latior, suborbicularis; 
inferior ovatus apice rotundatus. Corolla a summo labii super, 
ad apicem lab. infer. IVa —2 cm. lg. 5 purpurea, fauce lutea pur- 
pureo-maculata. Calcar 12—13 mm. Ig. Labium infer. c. l^/o 
cm. Ig.; lobi palati inQati c. 7 mm. Ig. Ovarium globosum gla- 
brum,j stigmate uno papilloso. 
Affinis U. palatinæ , cui imprimis formatione labii corollini 
inferioris similis. Cum descriptione /7. purpureæ Walt. et speci- 
minibus in herbario Haun. hujus speciei asservatis planta mea 
congruit, excepto solum scapo spongioso-inflato. 
5. V. hydrocarpa Vahl Enum. 1, p. 200, DC. Prodr. VIII, 
p.o; fluitans, foliis alternis capillaceo-multipartitis utriculos *sub- 
ovatos ore nudos gerentibus, inflorescentiis breviter stipitatis, 
4—5—floris, pedicellis primum erectis dein post anthesin accre- 
scentibus reflexis bracteam solitariam basifixam simplicem ovatam 
obtusam tenuem sub anthesi 3—4-plo superantibus, lobis caly- 
cinis subinæqualibus ovatis obtusis, post anthesin increscentibus 
et capsulam rostratam tegentibus, labio corollæ sordide purpureæ 
superiore oblongo obtuso v. subrepando, inferiore paullo majore 
suborbiculari-obovato, apice emarginato-repando, palato subcor- 
dato leviter elevato bilobo, calcare labo inferiori subæquilongo 
v. breviore haud adpresso conico subobtuso, seminibus turbinalo- 
discoideis peltatis reticulato-scrobiculatis (vide icon.)< 
Tab. nostra II., fig. 24. 
Folia in specim. meis ad 4 cm. longa. Utriculi vix 3 mm. 
Ig. et 2 mm. lt. Inflorescentia tota 5—6 cm. Ig., erecta, flore 
infimo interdum 3—4 mm. tantum supra basin sito. Pedicelli 
sub anthesi ad 1 cm. Ig., dein accrescentes et robustiores, 
