Terrestrial. Rhizoids few, filiform, basally thickened, with numerous, often geminate, papillose branches c. 0.5 mm long. Stolons capillary, branched. Foliar organs often not present or conspicuous at anthesis, on the stolons, narrowly linear, 1.5-2.5 cm long, c. 0.3 mm wide, 1-nerved, apex acute. Traps few on the stolons and foliar organs, obliquely ovoid, 0.5-1 mm long, stalked, stalk 2-3 times as long as trap, mouth lateral, upper lip with 2 long densely hairy setiform appendages. Inflorescence erect, up to 25 cm long; peduncle filiform, glabrous or basally glandular, 0.5-0.8 mm thick; flowers 2-10, rather distant; scales few, similar to the bracts; bracts medifixed, narrowly elliptic, 1.5-2 mm long, apex acute, base acute or obliquely truncate; bracteoles absent; pedicels filiform, slightly dorsiventrally flattened, minutely papillose, distinctively curved, erect at base and apex, spreading in the middle part, up to 6 mm long in fruit. Calyx lobes unequal, upper transversely elliptic, apex rounded, up to 1.5 mm long in fruit, lower obovate-oblong, apex rounded or obscurely crenulate, up to 2 mm long in fruit. Corolla violet, pink or white, 4.5-6 mm long, upper lip broadly ovate, about twice as long as upper calyx lobe, apex rounded; lower lip larger, quadrate, bilobed to half its length, lobes ovate-oblong, curved upwards, palate raised, spur narrowly cylindrical from a conical base, apex obtuse, somewhat longer than lower lip. Filaments linear, strongly curved, flattened and apically dilated, c. 0.6 mm long, anthers c. 0.3 mm long, thecae confluent. Ovary globose, style short, stigma lower lip orbicular, upper lip obsolete. Capsule globose, c. 2 mm long, membranous, dehiscing by a longitudinal ventral marginally thickened slit, the thickened area before dehiscence apically acute, broader and emarginate at the base. Seeds numerous, globose or slightly angular, c. 0.25 mm long, testa thin, coarsely reticulate, reticulation ± isodiametric.
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Perennials or annuals, subaquatic or terrestrial. Rhizoids and stolons capillary, branched. Traps on stolons and leaves, long stalked, obliquely ovoid, 0.5-1 mm, covered externally with clavate glands, mouth lateral; appendages 2, dorsal, branched, setiform. Leaves numerous, from peduncle base and stolon nodes, long petiolate, to 5 cm including petiole; leaf blade narrowly oblong in outline, pinnately divided; segments alternate, capillary, terete, glabrous. Inflorescences erect, 5-25 cm, 2-10-flowered; peduncle terete, 0.5-0.8 mm thick; scales few, similar to bracts; bracts basisolute, elliptic, 1.5-2 mm, base obliquely truncate, margin erosely denticulate, apex acute. Pedicel ascending, 2-6 mm, filiform, slightly dorsiventrally flattened, minutely papillose; bracteoles absent. Calyx lower lobe obovate-oblong, 1.3-2 mm, apex rounded; upper lobe transversely elliptic, 1.1-1.5 mm, apex rounded. Corolla violet, with a yellow spot at base of lower lip, 4.5-6 mm; lower lip subquadrate, longer than upper lip, 2-lobed to ca. 1/2 its length, lobes ovate-oblong; spur narrowly cylindric from a conic base, somewhat longer than corolla lower lip, apex obtuse; palate with a slightly raised, rounded marginal rim; upper lip broadly ovate, ca. 2 × as long as upper calyx lobe, apex rounded. Filaments ca. 0.6 mm, strongly curved; anther thecae confluent. Ovary globose; style short; stigma lower lip semicircular and margin papillose, upper lip obsolete. Capsule globose, 2-3 mm, dehiscing by an ovate-oblong ventral pore. Seeds globose, 0.2-0.3 mm in diam.; seed coat with prominent nearly isodiametric coarse reticulations. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
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