Plant with very slender stolons bearing ∞ short-stalked bladders ± 3-4 mm. diam. Lvs few, deciduous, radical, (5)-10-20-30 mm. long, narrow, linear to lanceolate or spathulate, slightly fleshy. Scape very slender, erect, ± 7-25 cm. long, (1)-3-4-fld; bracts small, opp., or in whorls of 3, broad-ovate. Fls subsessile; upper calyx-lobe suborbicular, rounded at apex, or very slightly retuse; lower smaller, 2- to obscurely 3-toothed. Corolla pale purple with yellow eye, rarely whitish; upper lip truncate to very slightly retuse, oblong-cuneate; lower about semicircular, broad, entire; palate with 3 broad grooved ridges; spur short, thick, obtuse. Capsule globose-obovoid, 4-5 mm. diam.

"A very small slender erect herb. Roots rather short, flat, white, semi-transparent, hair-like, with small scattered globular hyaline bladders . . . Leaves few (2-3), basal, linear-spathulate, obtuse, 1-nerved, entire, 6-8 lines long . . . Scape 2-31/2 inches high, simple, filiform; flowers 1 . . . rarely 2 . . . bracts at top of scape 5, ovate-acuminate, sepals large, inflated, sub-orbicular . . . corolla purple, strongly veined, 3-4 lines diameter, upper lip small, cuneate, retuse, the lower one somewhat circular in outline (i.e., presenting the broad segment of a circle), entire.

"Scape simple, erect, filiform, 11/2 in.-2 in. high; 1-flowered (one specimen 2-flowered) . . . 4 simple bracteoles sublinear obtuse . . . Leaves 2 (or 3) at base, narrow linear-spathulate, obtuse, 1/2 in.-1 in. long . . . Calyx sepals unequal, cut to base, suborbicular . . . margins undulate . . . Corolla yellowish (?) with purple veins 3 lines diameter, upper lip sub-ovate obtuse; the lower lip sub-3-lobed . . . spur ascending transversely obtuse; anthers large, suborbicular, purple; style short, stout; stigma linear, brown. Capsule globose, 1/10 in. diameter . . .

Terrestrial herb; stolons very slender, bearing numerous short-stalked bladders ± 3-4 mm diam. Lvs few, deciduous, radical, (5)-10-20-30 mm long, narrow, linear to lanceolate or spathulate, entire. Scape very slender, ± 7-25 cm long, erect, (1)-3-4-flowered; bracts c. 1 mm long, broad-ovate. Fls subsessile. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long; upper lobe suborbicular; lower smaller, 2- or obscurely 3-toothed. Corolla pale purple with yellow eye, rarely whitish; upper lip truncate to emarginate, oblong-cuneate; lower lip c. 10 mm diam., ± semi-circular, broad, entire to 3-lobed; spur short, thick, obtuse. Capsule 4-5 mm diam., globose or nearly so.