Sarhacenia. SARRACENIACE^. 



1. SARRACENIA. Linn. ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 10 ; Croom, in ami. hjc. 

 New- York, 4.^. 98. 



Character same as of the Order. 



1. S. purpnrea {\umn.) : leaves short, ascending, arcuate; tube inflated, 

 gibbous, with a very broad wing; lamina erect, cordate, hairy within ; 

 ilower purple.— j5of. mag. t. 849; Michx.! Ji. 1. f>. 310; Ell. sk. 2. p. 9; 

 Hook. ft. Bor.-Am.. 1. p. 33; De la Pylaie, in ami. Linn. soc. Par.Q.p. 

 388. t. 13 ; Croom .' I. c. p. 98. S. heterophylla, Eaton, man. hot. 



Hudson's Bay to Florida ! common in the northern States. May- June. — 

 Tube usually half-filled with water and dead insects. Stipules ovate, mu- 

 cronale. Petals inflected over the stigma. 



2. <S. rubra. ( Wait.) : leaves elongated and slender, erect ; tube slightly 

 dilated upwards, with a narrow linear wing ; lamina erect, mucronate, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; flower reddish-purple. — Walt. Car. p. 152 ; Ell. sk. 2. 

 p. 10 ; Hook, e.vot.f. t. 13. f in hot. mag. t. 3515; Croom ! I. c. p. 99. 



N. Carolina! to Georgia! May. — Leaves 10-15 inches long; the throat 

 open. Flowers smaller than in S. purpurea : petals obovate. 



3. S. Drummondii (Croom) : leaves very long, erect; tube dilated above, 

 with a very narrow wing; the upper portion, as well as the orbicular erect 

 lamina, whitish and strongly reticulated with purple veins ; flower purple. — 

 Croom ! I. c. p. 100. t. 6. 



Florida near Apalachicola, Drummondl &. Dr. Chapman! and on the 

 Apalachicola river near Ocheesee, Dr. Chapman ! April. — Leaves 20-30 

 inches long, trumpet-shaped, broad at the mouth. Lamina clothed with 

 strong hairs within. Flower large. 



4. S. p.nttacina. (Michx.) : leaves short, reclined, marked with white 

 spots; tube inflated, with a very broad semi-obovate wing; lamina ventri- 

 cose, recurved so as nearlv to close the tube ; flower purple. — Michx. ! ji. 1. 

 ;). 311; Pursh.fl. 2. p. 368 (excl. syn. Walt.) ; Croom! I. c. p. 101. S.cal- 

 ceolata, Nutt. ! in trans. Am. phil. soc. (2. ser.) 4. p. 49. t. 1. S. pulcheUa, 

 Croom, in Sill. jour. 25. p. 75. 



Georgia ! Florida ! and Louisiana ! March-April. — Leaves 3-4 inches 

 long : tube narrow ; orifice small. 



5. S. variolaris (Michx.) : leaves elongated, nearly erect ; tube sHghtly 

 inflated above, spotted on the back, with a linear-lanceolate wing; lamina 

 incurved and fornicate; flower yellow. — Mich.v.! JI. 1. p. 310; Bot. mag. t. 

 1710 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 12 ; Croom ! I. c. p. 102. S. minor, Walt.l S. adunca. 

 Smith, e.Tot. bot. t. 53. 



Pine-barren ponds, S.Carolina! Georgia! and Florida! March-April. 

 — Leaves 12-18 inches long, with white diaphanous spots. Flowers the 

 size of S. purpurea: petals inflected over the stigma. 



6. S. fava (Linn.) : leaves erect, very long; tube trumpet-shaped with 

 an expanded throat ; wing almost none ; lamina erect, much contracted at 

 the base, the sides reflexed ; floM^er yellow. — Walt. Car. p. 153 ; Michx. ! JI. 

 1. p. 310 ; Bot. mas: t. 780; Ell. sk. 2. p. 10; Croom., I. c. p. 103 ; Audub. 

 birds of Amer. t. 300. S.Catesbffii, Ell. I. c. (Catesb. Car. t. 69,) 



Virginia to Florida ! and Louisiana! in wet pine-woods. April. — Leaves 

 1-3 feet long: lamina reniform, mucronate, minutely pubescent within, more 

 or less marked with purple veins. Flowers verv large : petals obovate-spatu- 

 late, undulate : stigma 2 inches broad. Odor of the ilower disagreeable. — 

 S. Catesbsei of Elliott is this species with the purple veins more than usually 



