SARRACENIACEJE. 



31 SARRACENIA. 



discoid, with prominent rays ; pericarp many-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



From the Arabic name which ia navfar. Sep. oblong, concave, colored, 

 much larger than the pet. which are furrowed at the back. Fil. numerous, 

 linear. Anth. linear, 2-celled. Stig. circular, convex, with many radiating 

 clefts. 



1. N. ADVE'NA. Mt. Nymphasa advena. Mx. 

 Calyx G-leaved ; fetals numerous ; margin of the stigma crenate ; lohcs of 



the leaves divaricate. Very common in ditches, sluggish streams and muddy 

 lakes, often covering the entire surface with its leaves. A well-looking and 

 very curious plant, but from its filthy habits it has been called, with some jus- 

 tice, the frog lily. The stem (rhizoma) is large, creeping extensively. Leaves 

 laro-e. dark green, shining above, and, when floating, pale and slnny beneath. 

 Pefioies half-round. Flowers rather large and globular in form, erect on a 

 thick, rio-id stalk. Its most conspicuous partis the calyx, of which the 3 outer 

 sepals are yellow inside, and the 3 inner entirely yellow, as well as the petals 

 and stamens. June, July. Per. Ydloic Pond Lily. 



2. N. KaLMIA'NA. Jiit. Nymphffia Kalmiana. Mx. 

 Leaves cordate ; lobes approximate ; calyx 5-leaved ; stigmas gashed, 8—12 



rayed. A smaller species with small yellow flowers, growing in similar situa- 

 tions with the last. The leaf is smaller, with a roundish petiole. July. Per. 



Kalvls Pond Lily, 



ORDER XI. SARRACENIACE^. 



C«/.— Sepals 5, persistent, with a,3-leaved involucel at base. Estivation imbricate. 



Cor. — Petals 5, unquiculate, hypog-ynous, concave. 



.5«a.— Numerous, hvpogynous. .ji««A. oblong, adnate, introrse. 



Om— 5-celled, placense central. ■! Sty. single. Stig. dilated, peltate, 5 -an|;led. 



i?r.— Capsular, S-celled, 5-valved; crowned with the broad, persi-stant stigma. 



Sds. — Numerous, minute. 



An order consisting of two genera, one inhabiting the bogs of N. America, the other in 

 Guiana. In habit they are herbaceous, with fibrous roots and radical leaves, liaving hollow, 

 urn-shaped petioles [ascidia, 244] with an articulated lamina. 



SARRACE'NIA. 

 Calyx of 5 sepals, with 3 small bracts at base; petals 5, 

 deciduous ; stigma very large, peltate, persistent, covering 

 the ovary and stamens; capsule 5 celled, 5-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



Named for Dr. Sarrazen of Quebec, who first sent this genus to Tourefort 

 from Canada. The genus embraces six species, of which one only is native of 



the N. Stales. 



S. purpu'rea. 



Leaves radical, decumbent, inflated, contracted at the mouth, winged on the 

 inside, much shorter than the scape, with the broad, cordate, erect lamina 

 articulated to the mouth. The Sarracenia, or Pitcher plant, as it is sometimes 

 called, is certainly one of the most curious of all plants. It grows in wet 

 meadows and on muddy shores, often in great abundance, where it is conspic- 

 uous for its tall, nodding, dark purple flowers. The leaves are large, composed 

 of a hollow, pitcher-form petiole, swelling in the middle, with a winged, wavy 



