SARRACENIACEAE. 



Vol. II, 



I. Sarracenia purpurea L. I'itcher-plant. Side- 

 saddle Flower. Fig. 2123. 



Sarrccenia fur[iurca L. Sp. I'l. 510. 1753. 



Sarracenia l^urpurca helcrophylla (Eaton) Torr. Fl. N. Y. 

 I : 41. 1843. 



Sarracenia heterophylla Eaton, Man, Ed. 3, 447. 1822. 



Glabrous, except the inner side of the lamina and 

 inner surface of the pitchers, which are densely clothed 

 with stiff reflexed hairs. Leaves tufted, ascending, 

 curved, 4'-i2' long, purple-veined, or sometimes green 

 or yellowish all over, much mflated, narrowed into a 

 petiole below, broadly winged, persistent; scapes l-2'' 

 high, slender, bearing a single nodding, deep purple or 

 occasionally yellow, nearly globose flower 2' in diameter 

 or more; petals obovate, narrowed in the middle, in- 

 curved over the yellowish style. 



In peat bogs, Labrador to the Canadian Rocky-Mountains, 

 Florida, Kentucky and Iowa. May-June. The hollow leaves 

 are commonly more or less completely filled with water con- 

 taining drowned insects. Young plants often bear several 

 smaller flat obliquely ovate leaves. Huntsman's-cup. In- 

 dian cup or pitcher. Adam's- or forefathers'-cup or -pitcher. 

 Whippoorwill's-boots or -shoes. Skunk-cabbage. Watches. 

 Foxglove. Small-pox plant. Fly-trap. Meadow- or fever-cup. 



2. Sarracenia fiava L. Trumpets. Trum- 

 pet-leaf. W'atcr-cup. Fig. 2124. 



Sarracenia flava L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. 



Glabrous throughout, or the leaves minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves trumpet-shaped, l-3 long, 

 l'-2' wide at the orifice, narrowly winged, promi- 

 nently ribbed, green, the lid 1-4' wide, obtuse or 

 acuminate, erect, contracted at the base; scape 

 l-2 high, slender; flower 2'-^' broad, yellow; 

 petals narrow, oblanceolate or obovate, sometimes 

 3' long, drooping, slightly contracted at the middle. 



In bogs, Virginia and North Carolina to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana. Yellow trumpets. Watches. Bis- 

 cuits. April. 



Family 42. DROSERACEAE S. F. Gray. Xat. Arr. Brit. PL 2: 664. 1821. 



Sundew Family. 

 Perennial or biennial glandular-pubescent herbs, exuding a copious viscid secre- 

 tion, mostly with basal leaves circinate in the bud. and fugacious perfect flowers, 

 racemose in our species. Calyx persistent, 4-5-parted or'^the sepals distinct and 

 imbricated. Petals 5, hypogynous, convolute, marcescent, distinct or slightlv united 

 at the base. Stamens 4-20, hypogynous or perigynous ; filaments subulate or 

 filiform; anthers usually versatile. Disk none. Ovary free, or its base adnate 

 to the calyx, globose or ovoid, 1-3-celled ; styles 1-5, simple, 2-cleft or multifid ; 

 ovules numerous. Capsule 1-5-celled. locuHcidally dehiscent. Seeds several or 

 numerous ; anatropous ; endosperm fleshy ; embryo straight, cvlindric. 



Four genera and about 90 species, of wide geographic distribution. 



