98 Observations on the genus Sarracenia; 



leaves of Sarracenia have a lateral slit, which prevents their 

 holding any considerable quantity of water. This, however, 

 is not the case ; and nothing is more common than to (ind the 

 tuhes in some species (especially in S. purpurea and S. jlava) 

 half or two-thirds filled with water. 



The genus Sarracenia is, as is well known, exclusively North 

 American, no species having been detected west of the Alle- 

 gany mountains. They are mostly found in the sphagnous 

 swamps, savannas, &c. of the southern Atlantic states, a single 

 species (jSL purpurea) being, however, common in the northern 

 states, extending even to Newfoundland and Hudson's Bay. 



Sarraceniaceje. DelaPylaic, in. Ami. Linn. Soc. Paris, 

 6, p. 388, t. 13 ; Hook, Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 33 ; Lindl. In- 

 trod. Nat. Syst. (ed. 2) p. 34. 



Sakracema, Linn, Qtn» ]>/. p. 886; Walter, Fl. Car. p. 

 152 ; M'trhr. Fl. Bar, Am. I. p. 310 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept* 

 II. p. 300 ; Nutt. Gen. N. Am. PI. II. p. 10 ; Elliott, Bot. S, 

 Car. and Georg. II. p.. 9. 



Sarracena, Tourn. Inst. Rei. Herb. 



(Character the same as of the order.) 



1. Sarracenia purpurea, Linn. 



S. foliis breviusculia assurgentibuSi tubo ventricoso gibbo, 

 fauce coarctata, ala latis-inia arcuata, lamina erecta subreni- 

 fonni — cordata inius pilosa, florc purpureo. 



Sarracenia purpurea, Linn. Sp. PL ;>, 729 ; Walter, Fl. Car. p. 

 V,2; Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. '.]\0. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. p. 367 ; 

 Elliott, Bot. S. Car. and Glut". II. p. 9. 



findu §ur le cot6 ; c'csl cc qoi a li< u dans lrn Sarracenia, soil q'on y considere le 

 tab* commc formi: par un petiole foliace ou par lc limbe dc la mrmc fcuillc ; ce 

 iwhr it Siirr.K i nil ru- prut contcnir que pcu on point dc liquulc a cause dc la 

 fi»»ur<? Ulerile." — Orgnnogmphir Vrgctalr, I p 818 



