SARRACENIACEJE. (AMERICAN PITCHER-PLANTS.) 25 
txi8 y 5-valved. Seeds anatropous, with a small embryo at the 
base of fleshy albumen. — Perennials, yellowish-green and pur- 
, the hollow leaves having a wing on one side, and a rounded 
iirching hood at the apex. (Named by Tournefort in honor of Dr. 
Sorraztn of Quebec, who first sent our Northern species, and a 
botanical account of it, to Europe.) 
I N. pm piirvit, L. (Sidesaddle-flower. Huntsman's 
ttr) Leaves pitcher-shaped, ascending, curved, broadly winged, 
lhc h, * Hl erect * °P cn » - heart-shaped ; flower deep purple ; the 
jK tnU arched over the (greenish-yellow) style, fiddle-shaped. — Var. 
hiterophtlla : flower all greenish-yellow — Peat-bogs, common 
northward : the pale variety at Northampton, Massachusetts, and W. 
oik, rare. June. —The curious leaves are usually half filled 
'VTw and , dr °' Vned inSCCt3: thc inner face of lhe clothed 
™ J*? 1 !"!" 8 downward. Flower globose, nodding on 
i h P * j Mgh : U 18 d,fficuIt to ^ ann y any resemblance between 
'** shl P* and a -dcsaddle, but i, is no, very unlike a pillion. 
Order 10. PVPAVErAce*:. (Poppp Family.) 
Herb., irith m.% or colored juice, regular Jtowers, fuga- 
,. 'P'" *' P ° l‘”' dr, "‘^l‘'jpogyoooe, having a l-celled pod 
f ' 8 hen the flower expands. Petals 4-12 spreading 
.tr “• i ccid r s ' s ““» 
,„J o, 1y , |w ' ' “ oni1 "-™ »' 'be bn*, of fle.hy 
civ albumen. - Jute, „o,c„ tic ot acrid ^ ’ 
wnhout PeJunc , es mostly ,.„ raer ;; s 
Synopsis. 
_ Pool ,* Pe,aIs morc or le8s crumpled in the bud 
1- PapaTcr ' * he Pr ° JCCting P Ucente . not valved. 
_ ‘ S " gma um,ed “ a rad ' ate crown : style none. 
f dges from tbe^thread-like placenta! " wh^ r'™ “ Para,i " g their 
2- Argemose. Stirmas (l '’ , , Temam “ 3 framework. 
, . 'caves pri^ir ^ P ' aCente d -6. Pod and 
SrrcopHoRm. Stigmas and placents 3-4 St l a- ■ 
“Dinar. P CM J bristly. * 4 St . vle distinct, col- 
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