POtYANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Actsca. 367 



§. A. baccis rubris. rubra. 



In shady rocky woods, in rich vegetable mould : Canada 

 to Virginia; principally on the mountains. 11. April, 

 May. V. V. Flowers white ; berries white or red ; 

 known by the name of Red and White Cohosh, and 

 considered by the natives as a valuable medicine. A. 



■ spicnta ditiers not only in its foliage, but the petals are 

 the length of the stamina. 



436. SARRACENIA. Gen.pl.SS5. 



1. S, foliis brevibus, tubo ventricoso-gibbo, fauce coarc- purpurea, 



tato, ala ventrali arcuatim elatiore, appendice erecta 

 subreniformi-cordata mutica sessili. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. 

 p. 310. JVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 1 150. 



Icon. Bot. mag. S4g. Mill, ic 241. Catesb. car. 2. 

 t. 70. Pluk. amallh. t. 376. f. 6. 



la cedar swamps and sphagnous marshes : Canada to 

 Carolina. 1/. June, July. v. v. Flowers purple, 

 large. This singular and handsome plant is, wth all 

 the following, a very desirable object in the collection 

 of the admirers of nature ; they bear cultivation, in 

 pots filled half way with sphagnum, extremely well. • 



2. S. foliis elongatis, tubo superne dorso maculato, in ap- variolaris. 



pendicem fornicatim incurvatam brevem desinence, 

 ala ventrali lineari-lanceolata. Mich. Ji. amer. 1. 

 p, 310. 



S. minor, Walt.fi. car. 153. 



S. adunca. Smith exot. ht. \.t. 5Z. 



In open swamps, on sandy soil : North Carolina to Flo- 

 rida. 1/ . June, July. v. v. Flowers yellow. The 

 transparent spots on the back of the leaf distinguish 

 this species very easily from the following, with which 

 it has often been confounded. 



3. S. foliis strictis longissime infundibuliformibus, fauce fiava, 



patula, ala ventrali subnulla, appendice erecta basi 



coarctata ima parte lateribus retroflexis, mucrone su- 



bulato. Mich.fi. amer. \.p.3\0. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 



p. J 150. 

 Icon. Bot. mag. 780. Bot. rep. 381. Catesb. car. 2. 



t. 69. Pluk. amalth. t 376./. 5. 

 In open swamps : Virginia to Florida. "}/ . June, July. 



V. V. Flowers yellow. This is the tallest growing 



sort : the leaves are often two feet long. 



