A dwarf, delicate, terrestrial herb. Stolons finely filiform, up to more than 1 in. long, creeping among moss, bearing leaves and bladders, sometimes forming minute tubercles. Leaves scattered along the stolons and usually in small rosettes at the base of the scapes; blades more or less orbicular, rarely over 1 lin. in diam.; petiole as long as or shorter than the blade. Bladders only from the stolons, obliquely ovoid, up to 1/2 lin. long, stalk and mouth lateral, approximate, mouth with 2 fimbriate oblong antennæ. Scape finely filiform, 1–6 in. long, straight or flexuous, with very few or no peltate ovate-lanceolate scales, few- to 10-flowered; bracts about 3/4 lin. long, like the scales, attached much below the middle; bracteoles 2, oblong-lanceolate, somewhat shorter than the bracts; pedicels capillary, 2–2 1/2 lin. long. Sepals very unequal, more or less orbicular; upper at length up to 1 1/2 lin. long and adnate to the capsule; lower 1/2 lin. long, reflexed. Corolla rose-coloured with a yellow palate, 2 1/2–3 lin. long; upper lip suborbicular, emarginate, rather broader than long, 1 lin. high; lower lip semi-orbicular, 5-lobed, 2 1/2–3 lin. long, spreading; palate slightly gibbous, papillose; spur subulate, up to 2 1/2 lin. long, deflexed. Filaments filiform, 1/4 lin. long; anthers oblong, 1/4 lin. long; pollen subglobose, with 4 (always?) minute pores. Stigma subsessile; upper lip scarcely any; lower rotundate. Capsule subglobose, opening laterally near the base with a wide slit; pericarp very thin, transparent. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 1/7– 1/8 lin. long, elegantly glochidiate; embryo with two obscure-swellings at the top.
