Sarracenias with that of Their Parents 19 



of its exhibitor, Dr. David Moore (21), it was also widely known 

 as S. Mandaiana, which name was applied to the natural hy- 

 brid. 



Both parents are strong and beautiful types, and as one 

 might expect, as already noted in Dr. Moore's paper, quoted 

 above, the hybrid is also a striking form. It is intermediate 

 in appearance between the parents where the parental char- 

 acteristics are capable of blending; but exhibits an apparent 

 marked divergence toward one parent where a single char- 

 acteristic can be inherited. This is particularly noteworthy 

 in the pale areas on the lid and tube of 5. Drummondii. 



S. Drummondii (PI. I, fig. 4) is, like 5. flava (PI. I, fig. 2), 

 tall, strong, erect, with pitchers ranging from 30-90 cm. high. 

 Average specimens usually measure 60-70 cm. 5. flava, it will 

 be recalled, is about of the same height. S. Moorei (PI. II, 

 fig. 5) is about 65-70 cm. high. 



In both parents and hybrid the pitchers are slender below, 

 increasing gradually in width to the flaring rim. The pitchers 

 of 5. flava seem on the whole to be more robust than those of 

 S. Drummondii, and the hybrid seems to resemble S. flava, 

 or to be even stronger. 



The wing is narrow in these three forms. In 5. flava it con- 

 tinues undiminished up to the rim, while in S. Drummondii 

 it narrows down to a mere ridge, some distance below the rim. 

 5. Moorei has the wing narrowing down to a mere ridge, but 

 closer to the rim than in 5. Drummondii. 



The lids in these types form an interesting series. That of 

 S. flava is ovate-cordate, with a strong median process, and a 

 straight margin. 5. Drummondii has an orbicular lid with a 

 blunt apex, and a wavy margin. In 5. Moorei the lid is nearly 

 intermediate between ovate and orbicular, with a slightly wavy 

 margin, and a tip process not so pronounced as in 5. flava. 



In color relation the hybrid is remarkably intermediate. 

 The typical 5. flava is pale green, excepting for the red throat 

 marking. (Variations: purplish-veined lid, or with an entirely 

 purple pitcher.) The pitchers in S. Drummondii are green 

 below with white areolations over the lid and upper tube; the 

 areas between the areolations are marked with red veinings. 

 Ruddy forms of this occur. Not uncommonly there is a pale 

 form with green pitcher below, while, above, the areolations 



