SARRACENIACE.E PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY 



Sarracenia purpurea, L. 



Dull dark red or green Pitcher-plant, Forefather's 

 with variations Side-saddle Pitcher, 



Flower, Foxglove, 



May-June Huntsman-cup, Small-pox-plant, 



Eve's-cup, Adam's-cup, 



Indian Pitcher, Forefather's-cup, 



Indian-cup, Whippoorwill's- 

 Fly-trap, boots, 



Meadow-cup, Whippoorwill's- 

 Fever-cup, shoes, 



Adam's Pitcher Watches. 



Sarracenia: named for Dr. Michel Sarrasin, a physician at 

 the Court of Quebec in the 18th Century, who sent 

 our northern species to Europe. 



Purpurea: Latin for red or purple. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: sphagnum bogs. 



THE PLANT: the flower stem erect, one foot to two feet 

 high, practically without hairs throughout. 



THE LEAVES: tufted; somewhat erect; "pitcher-shaped"; 

 four inches to twelve inches long; purple veined or some- 

 times green, especially when the plant grows in more 

 open places; on the inner surface, densely clothed with 

 stiff hairs at the mouth, but smooth below; narrowed into 

 a petiole. 



THE FLOWERS: single, drooping on slender stems; five 

 dull pink petals narrowed in the middle, not curved over 

 the yellowish style; five madder-purple sepals with three 

 coloured, persistent bractlets at the base; stamens numer- 

 ous; five-celled ovary, crowned with a short green style, 



