494 SARRACENIACEAE 



3. Sarracenia rubra Walt. Leaves erect, tubular or trumpet-shaped, 1-3 dm. long, or 

 sometimes slightly longer, narrowly winged, hardly expanded at the throat, the slenderest 

 in the genus, slightly paler above, and, like the ovate acute or acuminate finally erect hood, 

 faintly reticulated with purple : scapes erect, longer than the leaves : flowers 3-5 cm. 

 broad : sepals ovate, 2-2.5 cm. long, obtuse : petals 3—4 cm. long, reddish purple, with 

 obovate blades : style-disk 3-3.5 cm. broad, the lobes notched at the apex : capsules about 

 1.5 cm. in diameter. 



In swamps, away from the coast, North Carolina to Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 



4. Sarracenia Drummondii Croom. Leaves erect, elongated, narrowly trumpet- 

 shaped, 4-12 dm. long, slightly winged, the upper part gradually expanding, white, retic- 

 ulated with purple, like the erect ovate or suborbicular hood, whose margins are undulate 

 above and recurved below, the edges of the trumpet revolute : scapes erect, scarcely longer 

 than the leaves : flowers 7-10 cm. broad : sepals ovate, 5-6 cm. long, obtuse : petals fiddle- 

 shaped, 5-7 cm. long, purple : style-disk 5-6 cm. broad, the lobes 2-cleft : capsule 2.5-3.5 

 cm. in diameter. 



In sandy bogs, southwestern Georgia and Florida. Spring. 



5. Sarracenia flava L. Leaves erect, elongated, trumpet-shaped, 5-9 dm. tall, grad- 

 ually expanding above, the edges revolute, the upper part of the trumpet as well as the 

 suborbicular apiculate hood which is 8-12 cm. broad, often bright yellow, more or less re- 

 ticulated with reddish or purple veins : scape about as long as the leaves : flowers 10-12 

 cm. broad : sepals widest at the middle, 4-5 cm. long, rounded at the broad apex : petals 

 yellow, much thinner than the sepals, 7-10 cm. long ; blades obovate, obtuse, abruptly nar- 

 rowed to the oblong claw, scarcely widened at the base : style-disk 7-9 cm. broad, the 

 lobes 2-cleft at the apex : capsule about 2 cm. in diameter. 



In pine-land swamps, and in meadows near the mountains, Virginia to Florida. Spring 

 Watches. Trumpets. 



6. Sarracenia Catesbael EU. Leaves erect, rather slender, narrowly trumpet- 

 shaped, 2-5 dm. long, slightly expanding above ; hood ovate, with relatively straight 

 inconspicuous veins, these much less branched than tho.'^e of <S'. flara : scapes about as tall 

 as the leaves : sepals widest near the base, tapering to the narrow but blunt apex, resemb- 

 ling the petals in texture : petals greenish yellow, 5-6 cm. long, fiddle-shaped ; blades 

 rhombic-ovate, the abruptly widened basal portion nearly 2 cm. long, rhombic-obovate : 

 capsule similar to those of C. flava, but with longer processes. 



In swamps, South Carolina to Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 



7 Sarracenia minor Walt. Leaves erect, 2-4 dm. long, narrowly trumpet-shaped, 

 gradually expanding from the base, variegated at and near the top with green and pur- 

 ple veins and white or yellowish scar-like blotches ; hood ovate, arching, incurved over 

 the orifice of the trumpet : scapes erect, shorter than the leaves or slightly longer : flow- 

 ers 4-6 cm. broad : sepals ovate, about 2.5 cm. long, obtuse : petals narrowly fiddle-shaped, 

 about 4 cm. long, rounded at the apex: style-disk 2.5-3 cm. broad, the lobes notched: 

 capsule 1.5 cm. broad. \_S. variolaris Michx.] 



In pine-land swamps and low woods. North Carolina to Florida and Alabama. Spring. 



Order 14. EOSALES. 

 Herbs, shrubs or trees, rarely wholly aquatic plants, or vines. Leaves with 

 simple or compound blades. Flowers mostly perfect. Calyx and corolla present 

 and sometimes irregular, or the latter occasionally, or both rarely wanting. 

 Sepals distinct or partially united, commonly confluent with the hypanthium. 

 Androecium of several mostly epigynous or perigynous stamens. Gynoecium 

 of 1 or several distinct or united carpels. Fruit various. 

 Aquatic alga-like fleshy herbs, with spathe-like involucres : perianth usually wanting. 



Fam. 1. PODOSTEMACEAB. 



Terrestrial or swamp plants, without spathe-like involucres : perianth 

 present. 

 A. Endosperm present, usually copious and fleshy : stipules mostly 

 wanting. 

 a. Herbs. 



* Carpels as many as the sepals: stamens as many as the sepals 

 or twice as many. 

 Plants succulent : carpels distinct or united at the base, open- 

 ing lengthwise. Fam. 2. Sedackae. 

 Plants not succulent : carpels united to the middle, circum- 



scissile. Fam. 3. Penthoraceae. 



