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SARRACENIA RUBRA. Rep Sipe-SApDLE- 
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Class and Order. 
PotyanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Sarraceniez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx persistens pentaphyllus, involucratus; involucro 
triphyllo. Petala 5, decidua. Stigma magnum peltatum, 
5-angulare, persistens, stamina obtegens. Capsula 5-locu- 
laris, 5-valvis, polyspermis, valvis medio septiferis. eS 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sarracenia rubra ; foliis scapo brevioribus, tubo angusto 
superne sensim dilatato venoso, appendice ovato-acu- 
minata planiuscula erecta. 
Sarracenia rubra. Walt. Carol. p.152. Ait. Hort. Kew. 
og.2.0.3.9.291. Hook, Ex. Fl. v, lt. 18. (excl, 
the Syn. of S. psittacina). Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 308. 
This truly beautiful Sarracenta is, we believe, rarely seen 
in this country, though the plant has, perhaps, been not 
unfrequently imported ; for it is a species of difficult culti- 
vation, and shy of flowering. Many roots were sent by Mr. 
Drummonp from New Orleans, and from one of these, which 
flowered in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in 
March, 1836, our figure and description are taken. The 
species seems wholly confined to the southern United States. 
The S. psittacina is totally different from this, and ve 
little known to Botanists. Numerous plants of it have also 
been received from Mr. Drummonp, collected in Louis- 
iana; but I have not heard that it has flowered in any col- 
lection. 
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