Lentibulariaceæ

Lentibulariaceæ, a natural order of exogenous plants, allied to Primulaceæ. It has also intimate relations with Scrophulariaceæ. It contains nearly 200 known species, all herbaceous, and all living in water or marshes. They abound chiefly in the tropics. A few species of Bladderwort (see INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS) and Butterwort (q.v.) are its only representatives in Britain.