20 SARUACENIACK.t, (riTCII l.It-ri.ANT lA.Mll.V.) 



sinus i\iul ol)tiiso loln's. (N. reiiiforinis, Walt.) — I'onds and ^till wiitcr, Florida 

 and northward. May-June. — Flowcis white, 2'- 4' wiilc, rra;;iunt, Lxjmnding 

 in tlie morning. lVtiole.s and j)eduncle.s oeeasionaliy villous. 



2. NUPHAR, Smith. Yellow Watlk Lii.v 



Sepals 5-6, ohovate, yellow. Petals 10-20, stanien-likc, liypogynons. Sta- 

 mens numerous, at length reeurved, persistent. Ovary eyiindrical, many-eelled. 

 Stigma se.ssile, eireular. Berry ol)long. Seeds smooth, without ai'ils. — Leaves 

 eordatc or sagittate, floating or crcet. Flowers yellow, ereeL 



1 N. advena, Ait. (Bonnets. Si'ATTeii dock ) Leaves thiekisli, 

 rordate, smooth or downy beneath, often cniersed and erect, on stout [x'tiolcs ; 

 sepals f>, the outer ones rounded ; jietals numerous, tliiek and fle.^hy, truneatc. — 

 In still water, common, flowering through the summer. 



2. N. sagittsefolia, Pursh. Leaves thin, floating, on slender petioles, ob- 

 long, sagittate, smooth ; lobes at the base expanding ; sepals 6 ; petals trans- 

 formed into stamens. — In still water near the coast, Georgia to North Carolina; 

 rare. June- August. — Leaves 1° long, 2' wide. 



OuDEU 9. SARRACENIACE.T:. (Pit( iii-.u-Plant Family.) 



Perennial marsh herbs, with liollow pitcher or InnnjM't-shapeil leaves, 

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

 flowers. Sepals !), colored, persistent. Petals 5, inibricati'd in the bud, 

 deciduous, rarely wanting. Stamens numerous : anthers adnate, iutroi'sc. 

 Ovary 5-cclIed, many-ovuled. Placentse central. Stylo single, 5-cleft, or 

 \unbrella-sha))e(l. Capsule 5-cclled, many-seeded. Embryo minute at the 

 base of fleshy albumen. 



L SARRACENIA, L. Tru.mi-kt-leaf. Sinii-SADDLE Flowlu. 



Calyx 3-I)racted. Petals ohovate, droo))ing or incurved. Style mnbrclla- 

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

 mas beneath. Capsule globose, rough, loculicidally 5-valvcd. — Scajic braetless, 

 1 -flowered. Flowers large, purjjle or yellow. Leaves 1 -winged, hairy within, 

 and usually containing water and dead insects. 



* Flowers pur])le. 

 1- S. pui'purea, L. (IIuxtsman's Ci:p.) Leaves short, spnading, the 

 tube inflated, contracted at the throat, broadly winged ; lamina reniform, erect, 

 hairy within, often purple-veined — Mos.sy swamps, Florida and northward. 

 April and May. — Leaves 4' -6' long. Scapes 1° high. 



2. S. Psittacina, Michx. (PARRO-rnEAKEn Pitcher-Plant.) Leaves 

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

 rctictdated with purjile veins ; lamina globose, inflated, incurvcd-beakcd, almost 

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

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



