Lentibulariaceae
Fls perfect, irregular, us. on bracted scapes; calyx 2-5-lobed, or of separate sepals; corolla gamopetalous, 2-lipped, often personate with palates of diverse form; lower lip saccate or spurred. Stamens 2, inserted at base of corolla, with sts 2 rud. ones; anthers 1-celled, dehiscing lengthwise. Ovary superior, 1-loculed; style short or obsolete; stigma subsessile, 2-lobed. Ovules ∞, on free-central placenta. Capsule dehiscence various; seeds minute, without endosperm. Aquatic to bog herbs with alt. or rosulate, multifid to entire or scalelike, often dimorphic lvs. Widely spread family with some 5 genera and about 300 spp.
