An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . rple, the upper lip subrhom-boid, about 4 long and 6 broad, concave, thelower lip 4--6 long and broad, with a yellowspot at the base; spur conic, appressed to andshorter than the lower lip; capsule li in diam-eter ; seeds numerous, minute, tuberculate-spiny,especially toward each end. In ponds, Maine to Florida and Louisiana, nearthe coast, also Michigan and Indiana to Minneso
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . rple, the upper lip subrhom-boid, about 4 long and 6 broad, concave, thelower lip 4--6 long and broad, with a yellowspot at the base; spur conic, appressed to andshorter than the lower lip; capsule li in diam-eter ; seeds numerous, minute, tuberculate-spiny,especially toward each end. In ponds, Maine to Florida and Louisiana, nearthe coast, also Michigan and Indiana to or horned milfoil. July-Sept. 3. UTRICULARIA L. Sp. PI. i8. herbs, with horizontal submerged leafy stems. Leaves alternate, dissected, some-times root-like, 2-8-parted from the very base, and thus often appearing opposite or verti-cillate, the segments dichotomously or pinnately dissected, some or all of them with a pair of bristles and more or less other armature about the mouth. Inflores-cence racemose, the raceme sometimes reduced to a single flower; scales on the lower portionof the scape, when present, basally attached, sometimes replaced by a whorl of inflated. Genus 3. BLADDERWORT FAMILY. 227 floats; pedicels from the axils of basally inserted but sometimes auriculate bracts, withoutbractlets. Calyx 2-lobed, the lobes concave, herbaceous, usually spreading under the maturecapsule. Corolla strongly 2-lipped, the palate at the base of the lower lip, prominent, usually2-lobed. Anthers not lobed. Capsule few-many-seeded. Seeds more or less peltate, flat-topped, the margin variously winged or wingless. [Latin, utriculus, a little bag.] About 75 species, of world-wide distribution. Besides the following, 2 or 3 others occur inthe southeastern United States. Type species : Utricidaria vulgaris L. Scape without floats. Stems creeping on the bottom in shallow water; some or all of the leaves and palate conspicuous ; p
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