Distribution of Sarracenia Catesbaei, Ell. 431 



under cultivation, the following diagnostic description can 

 be given : 



Rhizome stout, elongated; leaves erect, 30 to 75 cm. 

 high, gradually expanding into a pitcher upward, veins 

 prominent, median Hap widest in the middle, tapered 

 below and above into a slight ridge; pitcher rim narrow, 

 sharply recurved, orifice ^>< to 3 cm. across; lid ovate- 

 cordate, nearly erect or arching, base of lid Hat or very 

 slightly recurved; inner surface traversed by radiating 

 purple veins, and sharply divisible into an attractive surface 

 over its upper two-thirds and conducting surface over its 

 lower third, attractive surface covered zvith fine, evident 

 down-directed hairs; base of lid and upper interior of tube 

 with longitudinal purple veins and oblique, intermediate, 

 reticulate veins. Flowers nearly equal to or slightly longer 

 than the spring leaves, decurved, from lemon-yellow to 

 nearly white, 5 to 6 cm. broad. Sepals ovate, narrowed 

 at base, 3.5 to 4.5 cm. long by 2.5 to 3.3 cm. broad, at first 

 greenish-yellow, becoming lemon or pale yellow during flow- 

 ering; petals fiddle-shaped with strongly recurved edges, at 

 the median constricted part 4.5 to 7.5 cm. long by 2 to 3.5 

 cm. at widest portion, rounded at the free end. Style pen- 

 tagonal-repand, 4 to 7 cm. across; style arms beyond stigmas 

 4 mm. Capsule i to 1.5 cm. across. Flowers lasting about 

 seventeen days. Odor delicate, agreeable. 



The annual duration of the leaves of this species stand in 

 the following relation to the other six species of the genus. 

 Those of .S. iiava spring up in April, and are largely withered 

 and brown in October ; those of 5. rubra last till the end of 

 November or into December, the autumn leaves of vS". Drum- 

 mondii last till February or March of the succeeding year ; 

 those of 5. Catesbaei remain green and fresh till the end of 

 April, when a new crop has been produced; those of S. 

 variolaris, psittacina and purpurea last still longer and in 

 the order indicated. 



Nothing has been learned as to the source or time of dis- 



