Sarracenias with that of Their Parents 7 



growth of winter pitchers similar to 6". Drummondii, and these 

 are nearly as highly colored, but they decay much sooner than 

 those of the parent species and thus resemble more those of 

 the female parent, 5. flava. Further, the large stature of the 

 plant, nearly two feet high, the purple color of the flowers, 

 and, indeed, everything connected with it, shows that it holds 

 an exactly intermediate rank between the parents." Shortly 

 afterwards Messrs. Veitch and Sons were awarded a prize for a 

 hybrid between 5. flava (female) and S. purpurea (male), and 

 named in honor of the gardener whose product it was, 5. Stevensii. 

 A hybrid of the same parentage, but of natural origin, was 

 exhibited under the name S. Williamsii, in honor of the man 

 who discovered it among a mass of 5. flava shipped to him from 

 the Southern States (22). Other artificial hybrids were shortly 

 afterwards exhibited and are noted above by Masters. 



The most recent review of the genus is that of Macfarlane 

 in "Pflanzenreich" (23). All of the species and hybrids noted 

 above are given, but a new species is here added, 5. Sledgei (17). 

 Macfarlane reviewed and fully described the supposed species 

 6". Catesbaei (24) in order to eliminate the confusion which had 

 arisen through ascribing to it forms such as S. rubra, S. flava, 

 etc., because of Elliot's meager description, and the misplacing 

 of his type specimen. The plants used as type specimens by 

 Macfarlane were first obtained through Dr. Sledge, of Mobile, 

 who sent them north, where they were grown in the Sarracenia 

 House at the University of Pennsylvania Botanical Garden. 

 The pitchers and flowers were typical, Macfarlane found, of 

 plants cultivated abroad under the names S. flava, var. cristata, 

 S. flava, var. picta, or 5. flava, var. Catesbaei. A visit to the 

 region established the fact that these plants grew in pure stands 

 and were indigenous to the locality, so they were used as type 

 forms on which the description of the supposed species S. Cates- 

 baei was based. Later the type of Elliot for the above species 

 was found in the Charleston Museum, and proved to be a 

 specimen of the natural hybrid between 5. flava and S. purpurea. 

 A new name was therefore applied to the genus described by 

 Macfarlane, 5. Sledgei. In regard to the new species he writes: 

 "So far as accurate records show, 5. Sledgei seems to be con- 

 fined to the Gulf region between the Alabama River and Eastern 

 Texas, over which area it may at times be extremely abundant. 



