Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 18:43:08 +0100 From: David Surry <dsurry@easynet.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3058$foo@default> Subject: U.ochroleuca/stygia
In his monograph Taylor mentions staining Utricularia traps to make the
quadrifid glans clearer and after initial experimentation with U.gibba I
can see why this may be necessary, does anybody know which stains are best
to use.
In 'A Flora of Cumbria' Halliday gives an alternative means of
distinguishing U.stygia and ochroleuca. The former is described as
'characterised by having 2-9 teeth on the ultimate leaf segments, each
often with several bristles', while the later as having 'longer and
narrower leaf segments, with 0-5 teeth and fewer bristles'. How reliable
are these characteristics for identification?
David Surry
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