— CALIFORNICA. 
gle series, and Darily concealed by the dilated summit of the 
oe stout: anthers oblong, with the cells very 
urn ned by the twisting | of the filament so that 
be | rie 2 aivtaiat 'g0 as to. exhibit a sort of margin 
. hich projects over the stamens : - the columnar style i is short, and five-cleft at the 
summit ; the narrow segments diverging, and stigmatose at the extremity, on the 
inside. Ovules very numerous, anatropous, covering the large placente, which 
project into the cells of the ovary. No fruit was found; but, on one of the 
specimens collected by Mr. Brackenridge, there was a small portion of ¢ a capsule, 
which was evidently five-celled. 
From Sarracenia, this genus differs in the calyx not being calyculate ; in the 
of the petals ; ; in the somewhat definite and uniserial stamens : ; in the dilated 
turbinate ovary ; ; and especially 1 in the absence of the large umbrella-shaped summit 
_of the style, which is so conspicuous in the former genus. The forked lamina of 
the leaf, and the bracteate scapes, are also characters not found in any 
_ Sarracenia. 
From Heliamphora, it is still more distinct. In that genus, the scapes are 
several-flowered, and the flowers are destitute both of calyculate bracts and petals; 
— the style i is entire and not dilated at the summit, and the ovary is three-celled. The 
é differ in their greatly dilated orifice, in | the very small lamina, and in 
y-winged pitchers. 
he ‘geopraphical siatesbution of Sarraceniacee is worthy of notice. This 
| order consists of but three genera, which are all exclusively natives of 
3 er The oldest or typical genus is confined to North America ; and, of the 
_ Six species, one only (Sarracenia purpurea) has an extensive range, being found 
from lat. 48°, north, to Southern Florida, but westward only as far as Ohio; the 
remaining species being confined to the Southern States. Heliamphora, a genus 
of a single species, is a native of British Guiana, and has not been found else- 
where. Darlingtonia is the only representative of the order west of the Rocky 
‘ins, and even there it seems to be extremely rare. _ 
Sarraceniacew, notwithstanding the discovery of Heliamphora, 
f ano’ ; to the same family, are nearly as obscure as 
i resemblance to Nymphacee and Papaveracee has been pointed out 
everal botanists; and Dr. Lindley, without hesitation, places it between the 
der and Pannsiculacess, A more remote affinity to Droseracee has also 
ted ; ond rae phoweters memes seen in ae stractare of the leaf of 
‘ The most recent épinion reapetting the alae of Siraccmnces | is rehiat of M. 
on,* who thinks these plants are very closely related to Pyrolacee. This 
anist points out some striking characters in which Sarracenia resembles 
. “* Hooker's London Journal of Botany, 5, p. 252. 
