I learn from Dr. Arnott that this is U. capillacea of
Wall. List, but it does not seem to be Willdenow’s
plant.
1572-2. Utricularia humilis (Vahl), scape
angled, furrowed, erect: scales few, sub-lanceolate:
bracts ovate acute: flowers short pedicelled: calyx
lobes broad ovate, blunt, becoming nearly orbicular
in fruit, about the length of the pedicel: spur nearly
twice the length of the calyx, tapering, acute: lips
entire, upper one sublinear, truncate, under sub-orbicular
: capsule lenticular, drooping: seed oblong,
ovate, nearly acute at one end, longitudinally reticulate.
Flowers yellow ?
Ceylon, Mysore, Malabar. I have specimens from
several localities but most abundant from Ceylon.
Vahl does not mention the colour of the flower,
and those of my specimens have faded so much'
as to leave me in doubt on that point. The species
is a very easily recognized one, but the draftsman
has not succeeded in conveying a good idea of it
though the figure is like the specimen. The broad
ovate and ultimately nearly orbicular calyx lobes
and pendulous fruit are very striking. My specimens
vary in height from 2 to about 8 inches.
1573. Utricularia uligenoides (R. W.), stem
simple or sparingly ramous, twining: scales few,
ovate, acute; bracts broad, ovate, acute; bracteoles
subulate, all much shorter than the p edicel: pedicels
4-7, secund, cemuous, filiform, about the length of
the flower: calyx ovate, lanceolate, acute or cuspidate,
about half the length of the spur: spur conical,
longer than the under lip : upper lip sublinear, orbicular
at the apex : capsule compressed, sub-orbicular:
seed globose sub-scrobiculato-reticulate. Flowers
blue.
Courtallum, in low wet ground twining on stalks
of grass. I am not quite certain whether this is
sufficiently distinct from IT. uligenosa. In habit it
is so, but in characters they very nearly approach.
1574. Utricularia uligenosa (Vahl), stem
erect, simple, slender, with few scales: leaves linear,
spathulate: scales oval, a cu te; bracts broad, ovate
with two smaller bracteoles: pedicels twice or thrice
the length of the bracts, cemuous: calyx lobes
slightly unequal, broad, ovate, acute, the lower one
shorter, about the length of the spur: spur conical
acute, about the length of the lower lip : lips entire ;
upper one broad, roundish above; the lower galeate,
very convex on the palate, hairy on the throat: capsule
ovate, compressed: seed globose, finely reticulate.
Flowers blue.
Neilgherries, in swampy ground, not unfrequent;
I have also met with it forming dense masses of
matted herbage floating'on the surface of streams,
but, in such situations, never in flower.
1575. Utricularia conferta (R. W.), cespi-
tose, stems ascending, filiform, simple or sometimes
sparingly ramous, intertwining: leaves linear-spath-
ulate: scales minute, ovate, pointed: bracts and
bracteoles like the scales, but larger: pedicels slender,
winged towards the apex, cemuous or drooping,
longer than the flowers: calyx lobes lanceolate,
acute: spur slender about the length of the under
lip, longer than the calyx: lips entire, linear, roundish
; under broad, galeate, reflexed on the margins:
capsule globose lenticular: seed globose, reticulate.
Flowers blue.
Courtallum, on rocks in mountain streams exposed
to the spray from dashing water. My specimens
were gathered in August and in April, and in full
flower at both seasons.
These three species are certainly very nearly
allied and might all perhaps be included under
Vahl’s brief character of U. uligenosa: “nectario
conico, calycibus corollum equantibus, capsulis com-
pressis, scapo anguloso subsimplici,” Vahl. While
at the same time none of them actually quadrate
with his definition. Had the lips of either of them
been divided I should have referred it to U. grami-
nifolia. The second is perhaps more justly referable
to Brown, U cyania, than to uligenosa.
1576. Utricularia Griffithii (R. W.), scape
ascending, lax, sometimes twining (5-6-flowered):
leaves linear, spathulate: scales few, minute : bracts
ovate, acute: calyx lobes .ovate acute, shorter than
the pedicels: spur conical acute, descending, longer
than the calyx, shorter than the lip : upper lip
entire, obtuse; under dilated, orbicular, emarginate :
capsule lenticular: seed lenticular, deeply foveolate.
Flowers blue.
Malacca, Griffith, apparently a rather tall growing
species, frequenting shallow water. Roots long and
matted, scapes from 8 to 12 inches high, having a
lax diffuse appearance not shown in the figure.
The seed are remarkable, the testa apparently
thick, and deeply foveolate, the foveas translucent
on the margin, giving, when pretty highly magnified,
the wing-like appearance shown in the plate.
1577. Utricularia Smithiana (R. W.), scape
ascending, somewhat voluble, terete: leaves few.
spathulate : scales remote, minute, ovate, pointed:
bracts broad cordate; bracteoles narrow lanceolate:
calyx lobes slightly unequal, the posterior one
broader, obtuse, the anterior acute, shorter than the
lax filiform pedicel: spur conical, about the length
of the lower lip, longer than the c a ly x : lips entire,
lower one galeate: capsule lenticular, enclosed
within the enlarged lobes of the calyx: seed globose
scrobiculate.
Malabar or Coorg, the exact station uncertain.
This species is nearly allied to U. reticulata, but is
certainly distinct. It attains the height of from 12
to 18 inches, the latter ones twine.
1578-1. Utricularia brachypoda (R. W.), erect,
simple ; scape angled, 2-4-flowered : scales scattered,
minute: bracts and bracteoles broad ovate, minute:
pedicels shorter than the flowers, ascending: calyx
lobes broad ovate, about half the length of the spur,
the posterior one blunt pointed: upper lip emarginate,
lower large, flat, pubescent on the throat, about
the length of the spur: capsule lenticular: seed
globose, scrobiculato-minute. Flowers blue ?
Q,uilon, in marshy ground. A small but very distinct
species.
1578-2. Utricularia pedicellata (R. W.), leafless
? scapes slender, erect, ramous, angled: scales
longish lanceolate: bracts minute, ovate, a cu te ;
bracteoles subulate: pedicels longer than the flowers,
filiform: calyx lobes ovate, acute, about the
length of the spur: spur conical, shorter than the lip :
lips entire, under one galeate, margins reflexed : capsule
lenticular: seed globose, scrobiculate. Flowers
blue.
Courtallum, flowering February.