DuRING THE SUMMER OF IQOI 393: 
cending in S. flava, deflexed — though horizontal when pressed — 
in S. nor), pubescent and reticulated with reddish veins beneath. 
The dimensions of the pressed leaf are: length of tube, 34 cm. ; 
diameter at throat, 5 cm.; length of hood, 6 cm.; wing, 5 mm. 
wide at the middle. This specimen (no. 855) is now in the U. S. 
National Herbarium. 
Where I collected it both of the supposed parents (as well as .S. 
rubra, which, however, could have had nothing to do with it) were 
growing in the immediate vicinity. 
It is a curious fact that although there are numerous hybrid 
Sarracenias in cultivation,* with almost every possible combination 
of parentage, apparently none has yet been artificially produced 
between these two yellow-flowered species. 
SARRACENIA CATESBAEI Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 11. 1821 
S. flava Catesbaei Mohr, Bull. Torrey Club, 24: 23. 1897. 
There seems to be considerable mystery still surrounding this. 
plant, and the following notes may serve to throw some light on 
the subject. Elliott described the species from specimens collected 
by Dr. James Macbride in Chesterfield district (now county), in South 
Carolina (near the edge of the coastal plain), but states that these 
specimens are exactly similar to one of the figures on Plate 69 of 
the second volume of Catesby’s ‘‘ Natural History of Carolina.” 
This, however, should perhaps not be taken too literally, for the 
figure referred to is a poor one and does not accurately represent 
any known species ; but it most resembles the plant which is now 
usually accepted as S. Catesbaei. Croom, in his monograph of the 
genus,t states that he has seen Elliott’s specimen and was unable 
to distinguish it from S. fava. Most subsequent authors seem to 
have accepted this view until Dr. Mohr revived Catesdaez as a va- 
riety in 1897, assigning the name to specimens collected on Look- 
out Mountain, in DeKalb County, Alabama. In his Plant Life of 
Alabama it is restored to specific rank. ¢ 
Last summer, on July 8, I collected in a boggy place southeast 
of Americus some specimens (no. 1021), which seem to represent 
* See Nicholson, Dict. Gard., and Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. 
t Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 4: 104. 1836. 
{ Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 6: 531. Igor. 
