18 SARUACENIACE^. (iMTCIIKR-PLANT FAMILY.) 



2. N. flava, Lcitiicr. IJootstoc'k short, oMoiipj ; leaves broadly oval, 

 oftiii with wavy inart,niis, 3' -5' wide; flowers yellow, 3' -4' wide. — East 

 Florida. 



5. NUPHAR, Smith. Yellow Watek-Lilv. 



Sepals 5-6, obovate, yellow within. Petals short, stainen-like, hypogynous, 

 or none. Stamens at lenj^th recurved, persistent. Stifjina circular, sessile, 

 many-rayed. Seed without an aril. — Leaves and flowers floating or erect. 



1. N. advena, Ait. Leaves thicki.sh, cordate, or reniforni, downy be- 

 neath; .sepals concave; petals numerous, thick and fleshy. — IVmds and 

 rivers. ALay - Aug. 



2. M". sagittsefolia, Tursh. Leaves thin, floating, olilong, sagittate, 

 smooth ; petals none. — In still water, near the coast, Florida to N. Carolina. 

 Rare. 



Order 7. SARRACENIACE^S:. (Pitciier-Plaxt Family.) 



Perennial marsh lierbs, with hollow pitcher or trumpet-shaped 

 leaves, and a naked or bracted scape bearing few or solitary nodding 

 hypogjnious flowers. Sepals 5, colored, persistent. Petals 5, imbri- 

 cated in the bud, deciduous, rarely wanting. Stamens numerous : 

 anthers adnate, introrse. Ovary 5-celled, many-ovuled. Placentae 

 central. Style single, 5-cleft, or umbrella-shaped. Capsule 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. Embryo minute at the base of fleshy albumen. 



1. SAHRACENIA, L. Trumpet-leaf. Side-Saddle Flower. 



Calyx 3-bracted. Petals obovate, drooping or incurved. Style umbrella- 

 shaped, 5-augled ; the angles emarginate, and bearing the minute hooked 

 stigmas beneath. Capsule globose, papillose, loculicidally 5-valved. — Scape 

 1-flowered. Flowers large, purple or yellow Leave* 1-winged, hairy within, 

 expanded at the summit into a short hood, usually containing water and 

 dead insects ; the earlier ones more broadly winged, with smaller tube and 

 hood, or destitute of both. 



* Flowers purple. 



1. S. purpurea, L. (Huntsman's Cup.) Leaves short, spreading, the 

 tube inflated, contracted at the throat, broadly Avinged; hood reniforni, erect, 

 hairy within, often purple-veined. — Mossy swamps. April -May. — Leaves 

 4' -6' long. Scapes 1° high. 



2. S. Psittacina, Michx. (Parrot-beaked Pitcher-Plant.) Leaves 

 short, spreading ; tube slender, broadly winged, marked with white spots, and 

 reticulated with purple veins ; hood globose, inflated, incurved-beaked, almost 

 closing the orifice of the tube. — Pine barren swamps, Florida, Georgia, and 

 westward. April - May. — Leaves 2' - 4' long. Scapes 1° high. 



3. S. rubra, Walt. (Red-flowered Trumpet-leaf.) Leaves elon- 

 gated, erect, slender, narrowly winged, paler above, and reticulated with 

 purple veins ; hood ovate, erect, beak-pointed, contracted at the base, tomentose 

 within ; flowers reddish purple. (S. Sweetii, A. DC; hood not contracted.) 

 — Sandy swamps in the middle and upper districts, Georgia to N. Carolina 

 and westward. May. — Leaves l°-2° long, shorter than the scapes. 



