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Sarracenia Flava. Yellow Side-Saddle 



Flower, 



Oafs and Order, 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 5-petala. C'al. duplex 3-phyllus et 5-phyllus. Cap/. 5- 

 locularis, ftylo Itigrnate clypeato. 



Specific Characlcr and Synonyms, 



SARRACENIA flava ,- foliis ftri&is fcapo longioribus ; ap- 



pendice ovato-acuminato erecto. 

 SARRACENIA Java s foliis ftriBis. Sp. PL 729. Reichard 



a. 577. Hort. Kew. 2. 225. Mart. Mill. 



Dicr. 1. Hort, Cliff. 497. Gran. Virg. 164. 

 SARRACENIA flava foliis ereftis tubulatis, valva collo con- 



traBo, apice plana erefta. Walt. Carol. 153. 



Willi. Sp. PI. 2. 1150. 

 SARRACENIA flava s foliis ftriftis longiflimeinfundibulatis ; 



fauce patula ; ala ventrali fubnulla : appen- 



dice erefta, bafi coarflaia, ima parte lateri- 



bus retroflexis ; mucrone fubulato. Michaux 



Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 310. 

 SARRACENA foliis longioribus et anguftioribus. CateJb.Car. 



2. p. 69. /. 69. ? 

 COILOPHYLLUM virginianum, longiore folio ereclo, flore 



luteo. Mr:rif. [lift. 3. p. 533. 

 BUCANEPHYLLUM elatius virginianum. Pluh. Aim. 72. 



Amalth. 46. /. 152, /. 3. et t. 376. f. 5. 

 THURIS limpidi folium. Bmk. Hfl. 1. p. 307. Dalech. Hifl. 



1754. Lob. adv. 430. 



The lingular ftru&ure both of the flower and the leaves of 

 this plant has long made it an obje£t of curiofity, but the dif- 

 ficulty of cultivation continues to render it ftill a rarity in this 



country, 



