58 SARRACENIACEiE. Sarracenia. 



1. p. 32; Bongard. veg. Sitcha, I. c. p. 124. Nymphsea lutea, Linn.;. 

 Michx.! fl. 1. p. 311. 



p. Kalmiana: stigma 8-14-raye(l, somewhat crenate. — N. Kalmiana, 

 Pursh, I. c. ; Hook. I. c. Nympha;a lutea 0. Kalmiana, Michx.! jl. 1. 

 7>. 311. N. Kalmiana, Hot. mag. t. 1243. 



Subarctic America, Dr. Richardsoii. Sitcha, Bongard. p. Northern 

 States ! and Canada ! — Leaves floating, fl. is usually a much smaller plant, 

 but is sometimes nearly as large as the succeeding species : the sinus of the 

 leaf is commonly open. 



2. A^. advp.na (Ait.) : sepals mostly six, the outer ones smallest ; stigma 

 slightly umbilicate and repand, 12-25-rayed ; leaves cordate with the lobes 

 diverging ; petioles semi-terete. — Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 369 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 8 ; 

 Hook. I. c. Nympha;a advena, Michx. ! fi. 1. j). 311; Willd. hort. Berol. 1. 

 t. 37. N. lutea, Walt. Car. p. 154. 



fl. tomenlosa : leaves canescently tomentose beneath. — N. tomentosa, 

 Nutt. herb. ! 



Canada to Georgia ! and Arkansas ; west to Oregon ! /?. near Philadelphia ! 

 — Leaves floating in deep water, erect and emersed in shallow. Sepals 

 roughish, the outer ones green. — Perhaps not specifically distinct from the 

 preceding. 



3. A^. sagittcefolia (Pursh) : sepals 6 ; petals none ; anthers subsessile ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, sagittate, obtuse. — Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 370 ; Ell. sk. 2. 

 p. 9 ; DC. syst. 2. p. 62; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 13. Nymphsea sagittsefolia, Walt. 

 Car. p. 154. N. longifolia, Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 312. 



N. Carolina! to Georgia ! — Rhizoma erect. (Z>C) Leaves membranace- 

 ous, often a foot long. Outer sepals green ; the inner petaloid, narrowed at 

 the base. Flowers the size of N. lutea. 



Order XL SARRACENIACE^. De la Pylaie. 



Sepals 5, persistent, with a small S-leaved involucre on the outside ; 

 aestivation imbricated. Petals 5, hypogynous, unguiculafe, concave. 

 Stamens indefinite, hypogynous : anthers oblong, adnate, introrse. 

 Ovary 5-celled, with the placentas in the axis : style single : stigma 

 persistent, petaloid, peltate, with 5 angles. Capsule 5-celIed, 5.valved ; 

 dehiscence loculicidal : placentae projecting into the cells, many- 

 seeded. Seeds anatropous, minute. Embryo minute, cylindrical, 

 placed near the hilum : albumen copious. — Herbaceous perennial 

 plants, living in bogs. Roots fibrous. Leaves (purplish or yellowish- 

 green) radical, with the petiole tubular or pitcher-shaped ; the lamina 

 small, rounded, and usually inflected over (he orifice of the petiole. 

 Scape l-flowered : flower large, nodding, yellow or purple. 



Of the six species known, five are confined to the Southern States east of the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains, and the sixth is found as far north as Newfoundland. 



