Utricularia sandwithii P.Taylor
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.
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Family
Lentibulariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Herba terrestris; stolones et folia circa scapi basin rosulata; folia filiformia, sub anthesi haud numerosa, circiter 6 mm longa, lamina circiter 0.3 mm lata; utriculi non visi; inflorescentia erecta, usque 19 cm alta; flores 2-3, approximati; scapus filiformis, rigidus, rectus; squamae pernumerosae (praesertim ad basin scapi) infimae ovatae, basifixae, auriculatae, ceterae lanceolatae, peltatae, circiter 2 mm longae, marginibus profunde ciliato-dentatis; bracteolae bracteolaeque squamis superioribus similes, in pedicello simul insertae; pedicellus circiter 0.5 mm longus; calycis lobi subsimiles, superiore sublatiore, ± late ovati, circiter 4 mm longi, marginibus ciliato-dentatis, dentibus 0.5-1.0 mm longis; corolla lutea, circiter 12 mm longa; labium superius ± orbiculare integrum, circiter 7 mm longum; labium inferius ± orbiculare, margine sinuato, circiter 10 mm longum, palato leviter elevato, calcari e basi conica subulato sursum curvato labio inferiori subaequilongo; fructus et semina non visa.
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Discussion
British Guiana, Kaieteur savanna, alt 360 m, wet stony ground among Drosera. Stems and sepals dull brownish-red. Scales dull grey-white. Corolla very rich golden yellow; palate not noticeably darker; spur horizontal-arcuate under lower lip and not or scarcely exceeding it, 3 Sept. 1937, Sandwith 1311 (holotype K, isotype U).
This species is named for the collector, the late Noel Y. Sandwith, my good friend and respected colleague for nearly 20 years. He always showed a great interest in my studies of this genus and shortly before he died, on a visit to Brazil, made a special trip to Corcovado to collect Utricularia dusenii Sylven for me.