Perennial herbs, freely suspended or more commonly affixed; stolons fas- ciculate from the peduncle base, filiform, terete, to 20 cm long, ca. 1 mm thick, often mat-forming. Photosynthetic organs numerous, alternate on the stolons, to 2 cm long, sparsely dichotomously dissected into 2-6 capillary segments. Traps lateral on the segments, obliquely ovoid, 1-1.5 mm long, short stalked, the mouth lateral with the marginal simple setae, the upper lip with 2 usually long, + branched setiform appendages. Inflorescences erect, emergent, variable in length but mostly 5-10 cm long, 2-6-flowered; peduncle terete, usually less than 1 mm thick; bracts basifixed, broadly ovate, obtuse, ca. 1 mm long, the sterile scales on the peduncle 1 or 2, remote from lowermost flower; pedicels erect at anthesis, spreading in fruit, 5-15 mm long. Flowers with the calyx lobes similar, + ovate, 2-3 mm long; corolla yellow with orange or brownish marks on the palate, vari- able in size but mostly 10-15 mm long, the upper lip broadly ovate or + orbicular, obscurely 3-crenate, the lower lip usually slightly smaller, + orbicular, entire, the palate spurred, prominent, the spur + subulate from a conical base, straight or + curved, the apex obtuse or minutely bifid, about as long as the lower lip. Capsules globose, 2-4 mm in diam. dehiscing into 2 lateral valves; seeds lenticular, ca. 1 mm wide with a pronounced hilum and an irregular corky wing. This species occurs in Central and South America and in tropical Africa. herbs This species occurs in Central and South America and in tropical Africa. Perennial herbs, freely suspended or more commonly affixed; stolons fas- ciculate from the peduncle base, filiform, terete, to 20 cm long, ca. 1 mm thick, often mat-forming. Photosynthetic organs numerous, alternate on the stolons, to 2 cm long, sparsely dichotomously dissected into 2-6 capillary segments. Traps lateral on the segments, obliquely ovoid, 1-1.5 mm long, short stalked, the mouth lateral with the marginal simple setae, the upper lip with 2 usually long, + branched setiform appendages. Inflorescences erect, emergent, variable in length but mostly 5-10 cm long, 2-6-flowered; peduncle terete, usually less than 1 mm thick; bracts basifixed, broadly ovate, obtuse, ca. 1 mm long, the sterile scales on the peduncle 1 or 2, remote from lowermost flower; pedicels erect at anthesis, spreading in fruit, 5-15 mm long. Flowers with the calyx lobes similar, + ovate, 2-3 mm long; corolla yellow with orange or brownish marks on the palate, vari- able in size but mostly 10-15 mm long, the upper lip broadly ovate or + orbicular, obscurely 3-crenate, the lower lip usually slightly smaller, + orbicular, entire, the palate spurred, prominent, the spur + subulate from a conical base, straight or + curved, the apex obtuse or minutely bifid, about as long as the lower lip. Capsules globose, 2-4 mm in diam. dehiscing into 2 lateral valves; seeds lenticular, ca. 1 mm wide with a pronounced hilum and an irregular corky wing.General Information
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