VIRGINIA WILLOW FAMILY 91 



Sarracenia flava. Flowers yellow, 3-4 in. across. Leaves 

 1-3 ft. tall, sometimes yellow and crimson, wing narrow, hood 

 nearly erect, roundish, flaring from a narrowed base. Bogs 

 and wet pinelands. Fla. to Va. 



Sarracenia psittacina. Flowers purple or maroon, 1-2 in. 

 across. Leaves 2-6 in. long, recumbent, spotted with white 

 above, wing broad, hood curved over opening. Wet pineland. 

 Semi-aquatic. Fla. and Ga. 



Sarracenia Dnunmondii. Flowers purple, 2-4 in. across. 

 Leaves 1-3 ft. tall, marked with purple and white above, 

 hood roundish, erect, margin undulate. Bogs and swamps. 

 Fla. and Ga. 



Sarracenia purpurea. Flowers maroon or purple, 1-2 in. 

 across. Leaves 3-10 in. long, hood erect. Bogs. Fla. and 

 northward. 



SAXIFRAGE FAMILY (Saxifragaceae) 



Decumaria {Decurrmria harhara) 



Shrub, climbing high by aerial rootlets. Flowers white, small, 

 slightly fragrant, in terminal panicles. Petals 7-10, stamens 

 many. Fruit a ribbed capsule. Leaves opposite, entire or 

 slightly toothed, shining above, usually oval or broadest near 

 base, 2-4 in. long. In low woods. Blooming in spring. Fla. 

 to La. and Va. 



VIRGINIA WILLOW FAMILY (Iteaceae) 



Shrub. Leaves alternate. Flowers small, white, in racemes. 

 Sepals, petals, and stamens 5 each. Fruit a capsule. 



Virginia Willow. Washington Plume (Genus I tea) 



Around many Florida lakes, and by many streams, is 

 a swampy border of dense vegetation in which sweet bay, 

 fetterbush, loblolly bay, and other attractive shrubs and 

 trees bloom. Against this mass of green that rims the 



