Malacca, Griffith. This species seems to me to
approach L . laxa, from which however it appears
distinct. I am indebted to the late Mr. Griffith for the
specimen figured which consists of two pieces, one
with erect, the other with drooping inflorescence.
I have taken the last on the supposition that it is
the normal form.
1565. Congea tomentosa (Roxb.), see table
1479—2.
1566. Congea velutina (R. W.), see 1479—3.
1597. Utriculakia stellaris (Lin. fil.), stems
floating, utriculiferous; leaves filiform, verticelled:
scape furnished at the base of the raceme, with a
whorl of ovate floats or bladders, setiferous at the
point: scales wanting below the floats: bracts
membranaceous, ob ovate, embracing the base of
the pedicel, no bracteoles: lobes of the calyx ovate
obtuse, shorter than the corolla, entire: spur short,
obtuse: capsule globose, about the length of the
calyx: seed flattened, bound with a membranous
wing. Flowers yellow.
In standing sweet water in the Tanjore district,.
and also in the Circars. So far as I have observed,
it seems rare on the western coast.
1568. Utricularia fasciculata (Roxb.), stem
and leaves as in U. stellaris except that it wants the
floats on the raceme: scape furnished with a few
scales: bracts ovate, without bracteoles-: calyx ovate
obtuse, much shorter than the corolla: spur conical
blunt, shorter than the lip: lips entire, lower one
bullate near the base: fructiferous pedicel thickened,
drooping: capsule globose, about the length of
the enlarged spreading lobes of the calyx: seed
5-angled, bound with a narrow wing. Flowers
yellow.
In sweet standing water in Malabar, apparently
not unfrequent The raised pallate or bullate portion
of the lower lip, is tinged with a reddish, or
deep orange, colour.
1569. Utricularia diantha (Rasm. and Sch.),
floating or terrestrial: leaves capillary utriculiferous
when floating, linear subulate when growing in
marshy ground: scape filiform, erect, usually 2-
flowered: bracts ovate, bracteoles none ; calyx obo-
vate obtuse, not enlarging with the fruit: spur
longer than the lower lip : lips entire, about equal,
lower one bullate near the b a se : capsule spherical,
about twice the length of the calyx lobes: seed
compressed,, orbicular, bound with a broad wing.
In standing sweet water in Malabar along with
the preceding. The flowers of the two species,
except as regards size, are much the same, and they
are in other respects nearly allied species.
1570. Utricularia punctata (Wall. DC.), “leaves
submerged, capillaceo-many-cleft, the extreme divisions
filiform, curved, sparingly utriculiferous: scape
erect, 4-5-flowered : scales and bracts oblong, auri-
cled at the base, obtuse at both ends: pedicels as
long as the flowers, much longer than the bracts,
lobes of the calyx broad, oval, obtuse: corolla.”
Seed flattened, orbicular, bound with a toothed
margin.
Mergui, Griffith.
The specimens from which the accompanying
drawing was made are all imperfect as regards
flowers, but the plants are in other respects perfect,
and seem pretty well to correspond with DC.’s character
o f the species. He doubts whether his plant
belongs to his section “Lentibularia,” a point which
I will not attempt to determine because I do not
think the section one of much value even as an
artificial division. For myself I feel quite satisfied
that this and the three preceding species form, with
perhaps many others, a most distinct and peculiar
group, distinguished by habit, calyx, corolla, capsule,
and s e ed ; in all of which respects they are very
different from the following species. De Candolle
describes the bracts and scales of his plant as “auri-
cled” at the base and obtuse at botn ends. In my
specimen they are attached by the base, whence
there seems reason to suspect that I have misnamed
my plant in applying his name. He further describes
his plant as having 4 -5 flowers; one of my specimens
has the marks of 17 flowers, and all have
more than six. These considerations, and especially
the free base of the bracts and scales, lead
me to suspect we have different plants before us,
but yet they are both from the same station and
very like in every thing except the insertion of the
bracts, which circumstances added to the remark
“Bracleas £ lin. long supra inferiorem partem non
tamen medio ad fix* solitariae,” induced me to
adopt his name.
1571-1. Utricularia arcuata (R. W.), erect,
bifid, branches about equal al scales very minute:
bracts subulate, small: calyx lobes equal, broad
ovate, obtuse, much shorter than the corolla and
spur, scarcely enlarging in fruit: spur long, slender,
curved upwards under the broad sub orbicular under
lip of the corolla; capsule ovate: seed oval, rounded
at the ends, longitudinally reticulate. Flowers blue.
Belgaum, Law. I know nothing of this species
beyond what I learn from the specimen, for which
I am indebted to Mr. Law of Bombay.
1571- 2. Utricularia reticulata (Smith), stems
twining : scales remote : bracts and bracteoles ovate,
acuminate, acute, much shorter than the pedicels:
pedicels about the length of the flower, at first
ascending, afterwards cernuous; winged towards
the apex: calyx lobes equal, ovate acute, enlarging
with the capsule, the lower one about the length
of the spur: spur conical acute, descending: upper
lip of the corolla large, sub orbicular, or tending to
obovate; under large, spreading, palate galeate:
capsule ovate, compressed, inclosed within the enlarged
calyx lobes: seed oval, obtuse at both ends,
longitudinally reticulate. Flowers blue.
Malabar, flowering March, April and May. Frequent
in rice fields where in large masses its numerous
conspicuous blue flowers render it a very ornamental
object
1572- 1. Utricularia Wallichiana (R. W., U.
capillacea, Wall., non Willd.), filiform, slightly twining
: bracts broad, ovate, acute; bracteoles subulate
: flowers longish pedicelled, yellow : calyx lobes
ovate, acute: spur tapering pointed, longer than the
calyx: lips entire, upper one obovate, suborbicular;
lower one broad, emarginate: capsule lenticular:
seed oval, obtuse at both ends, slightly longitudinally
reticulate. Flowers yellow.
A low plant 3 -4 inches high, growing among
grass in marshy grounds. My specimens are from
Courtallum, Serra Mallay, and Neilgherries. From
the last the drawing was made.