30 ARDEK 8. SARRAOENIACE^E 



2 N. odorata L. Lvs. orbicular, tttire. cleft at base to the insertion of the petiole 



fls. very fragrant, open from 6 A. M. to 3 P. M. upon the water's surface, white, vary- 

 ing to rose-color ; seeds oblong. June Aug. 



3 N. tubercsa Paine. Lvs. reniform-orbicular, cordate-cleft, If wide ; rhizome bear- 



ing tubers, which separate spontaneously ; fls. nearly scentless ; seeds globular. N. Y. 

 (Oneida Lake ; Sodus Bay (Hankenson), and westward. Aug. 



6. VICTORIA, Lindl. (Name in honor of Queen Victoria) Carp. 

 immersed in the cup-form torus, united. Sep. 4. Pet. oo, graduated into 

 stamens, as in Nymphsea. Lvs. spiny, floating, strongly veined. 

 V. REGIA is the only species, native of the rivers of Trop. Am. ; rarely cultivated. Tb 

 Ivs. are several feet in diam. Fls. like immense Water Lilies. 



ORDER VIII. SARRACEKEACE^J. WATER PITCHERS. 



Herbs, aquatic, in bogs, with fibrous roots, perennial, and with the leaves 

 all radical, urn-shaped, or trumpet-shaped, and large flowers on scapes. 

 Floral envelopes 4 10, imbricated, the outer greenish, sepaloid. Stamens 

 GO, hypogynous. Carpels united into a several-celled capsule. A curious 

 family, remarkable for its leaves, which are of that class called asddia 

 ( 322), holding water. Figs. 392, 393, 394. 



1. SARRACENIA, Tourn. PITCHER PLANT. (In honor of Dr. Sar- 

 razen, of Quebec.) Sep. 5, colored, persistent, subtended by 3 bractlets. 

 Pet. 5, incurved, deciduous. Stig. 5, united into a large peltate, persistent 

 membrane, covering the ovary and stamens. Caps. 5-celled, 5-valved. 

 Seeds veiy numerous. U Lvs. all radical, urn-shaped or trumpet-shaped, 

 with a wing on the front side and a hood (the lamina) at top. Fl. large, 

 nodding. 



Lamina inflected over the throat of the tube Nos. 1, 2 



Lamina erect or nearly so, the throat open. (*) 



* Leaf-tube pitcher-shaped, with a broad whig No. 3 



* Leaf-tube trumpet-shaped, with a narrow wing No. 4 



1 S. psittacina MX. Lvs. short, reclined, with a broad semi-ovate wing; fls. deep 



purple. Bogs, Fla. Ga. La. If. Tube nearly closed. The leaf resembles a parrot in 

 form, hence the specific name. March. 



2 S. variolaris MX. Lvs. elongated, suberect, mottled with white on the back ; fls. 



yellow. Bogs, S. Car. to Fla. Lvs. 12 IS', scape shorter. 



3 S. pnrpurea L. , Side-saddle Flower. Lvs. short, recumbent, inflated most near 



the middle ; lamina broad-cordate. Bogs : common. Scapes 14 SO*, each bearing 

 large handsome deep-purple flower, in June. 



/3. heterophf/Ua Torr. Fls. greenish yellow. No purple veins in the Ivs. Ms. 



y. alata. Fls. large, yellow. Lvs. slender, erect, wing but 6" broad. La. 1 2f. 



4 S. Gronevii Wood. Trumpet-leaf. Lvs. tall, erect, tube gradually enlarged to the 



open throat, wing narrowly Jinear, lamina roundish, contracted at base. Swampy 

 pine-woods, S. States. 2 3f. Fls. very large, 4 & broad. 



a. ilara. Foliage yellowish green, fls. yellow. Plant large. 



/3. rubra. Foliage with purple veins, fls. red-purple. Plant smaller. 



8. Drummondti. Lvs. mottled above, with purple veins and white diaphanous 

 interstices. Plant very large. Fla. 



