Distribution of Sarracema Catesbaei, Ell. 437 



tube in the form of a friar's cowl. This cowl expands itself 

 till the leaf is at full bigness, having its inside of a yellowish 

 green, veined with purple." 



Catesby's herbarium specimens are now deposited in the 

 herbarium of the Botanical Department of South Kensing- 

 ton Museum, and an inspection of these during the past 

 Spring proved that both accurately agreed with Catesby's 

 drawings and belong to the species ^. iiava. Elliott was 

 therefore mistaken in founding his species on any specimens 

 collected by Catesby. I have been unable as yet to learn 

 where Macbride's specimens, sent to Elliott, were deposited 

 and if they are still in existence. But in his monograph of 

 the genus, Croom says (page 104) : "Elliott's Sarracenia, 

 Catesbaei, is, as I have ascertained by the inspection of his 

 herbarium, scarcely even a variety of this species, and differs 

 from the ordinary form of the plant only by the more con- 

 spicuous veins and pubescence of the lamina. It agrees very 

 well with the figure in Catesby, which Elliott ref'ers to his 

 5. Catesbaei, while both Willdenow and Pursh quote the 

 same figure as belonging to 5". Mva/' 



Founding, therefore, on Elliott's description alone, a 

 species is indicated by "its throat which is straight and not 

 expanded, by its appendix of which the sides are not 

 reflected," and it is further distinguished by its "hairy 

 appendix." Elliott is in error, however, when he says "it 

 differs also from the ^. ^ava by its darkly colored purple 

 veins," for in this respect, varieties of 5. flava, S. Catesbaei 

 and S. rubra may perfectly agree. The next reference to the 

 plant is made in Nuttall's paper of 1830 on 5. calceolata, 

 where he associated in one generic subgroup "S. iiava and S. 

 Catesbyana, lately restored by Mr. Elliott. In these the 

 flowers are yellow." 



In the seventh edition of Eaton's "Manual of Botany" 

 (page 508), vS. Catesbaei is defined as having "leaves stiffly 

 erect, tube funnel-form, lateral wing linear, throat straight, 

 appendage erect, subreniform, reticulate with colored veins." 

 This description is evidently drawn from that of Elliott. 



