POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Actaca. 367 



^. A. baccis rubris, ^ rubra. 



In sh^dv rockv woods, in rich ves;efnble mould: Canada 

 to VirtJinia ; pi i'lripaliy on the mountains. 1/. April, 

 May. V V. P^lowe.s while ; berries white or red j 

 known h\ the name of Red and IVli'ite Cohosh, and 

 considered bv the natives as a valuable mfdicne. ji. 

 spicnta differs not onh 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, 



taio, aht \entraii arcuatim elatiore, appendice erecia 

 subreniformi-cordata mutica sessili. Mick.Ji. avier. 1. 

 p. 3iO. JFitld. sp. pL 2. p. 1150, 



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

 t.yo. Piuk. afr.alth. t. 3/6 f 6 



Iti cedar sw amps and sphagnous marslies : Canada to 

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

 large. This singular and handsome plant is, with 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- variolarls. 



pendicem fornicatim incurvatam brevem desinente, 

 a la ventrali lintari-lanceolata. Mich. Ji. amer. 1. 

 p. 310. 



S. minor. Waltfb. car. 153. 



S. adunca. Suiith eiot. h t. 1. t. 53. 



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

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

 transpa:ent spots on the back of tlie 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, aia ventrali subnuUa. appendice erecta basi 



coarctata imn parte lateribus retrodexis, mucrone su- 



buiato. Mich.Ji. amer. I. p. 310. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 



p. 1150. 

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



t. Qg. Ptuk. amalth. t ojQ.f. 5. 

 In open swamps : Virginia to Florida. "2/ . June, July. , 



V V. Flowers yellow. This is the tallest growing 



sorti tl^^ leaves are often two feet long. 



