Vor.. I1.] MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 159 
2. Reseda lutea L. Yellow Cut-leaved Mignonette. (Fig. 1799.) 
Reseda lutea I,. Sp. Pl. 449. 1753. 
Ascending or decumbent, pubescent with short 
scattered stiff hairs, or nearly glabrous. Leaves 
2/-4’ long, broadly ovate or oblong in outline, 
deeply lobed or divided, sometimes pinnatifid, their 
segments linear or oblong, obtuse, the margins un- 
dulate; flowers greenish-yellow, 2’/-3/’ broad, in 
narrow racemes; pedicels ascending, about 2’’ long 
in fruit; petals 6 or 5, all but the lowest irregularly 
cleft; sepals of the same number; capsule oblong, 
about 4’ long, 114’/-2’’ wide, with three or rarely 
4 short teeth. 
In waste places, Nantucket, Mass., to New Jersey and 
Michigan, andin ballast about the seaports. Adventive 
from Europe. Summer. Called also Crambling Rocket. 
Reseda odorata I,., the Mignonette of the gardens, has 
wedge-shaped entire or 3-lobed leaves, and very fragrant 
flowers with deeply cleft petals. 
3. Reseda alba Il, White Cut-leaved 
Mignonette. (Fig. 1800.) 
Reseda alba \,. Sp. Pl. 449. 1753. 
Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, 1°-3° 
high. Leaves often crowded, pinnate or deeply 
pinnatifid, the segments 9-12, linear, linear- 
oblong or lanceolate, obtusish, entire or un- 
dulate, 4’’-12’’ long; flowers nearly or quite 
white, 2’/-3/ broad, in dense spike-like ra- 
cemes; pedicels short; petals 6 or 5, all 3-cleft 
at the summit; sepals of the same number; 
capsule ovoid-oblong, usually 4-toothed, 5//— 
6’ long. 
In waste places, Buffalo, N. Y.; Youngstown, 
Ohio, in ballast about the eastern seaports and in 
British Columbia. Adventive from southern 
Europe. July—Aug. 
Family 35. SARRACENIACEAE La Pyl. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, 6: 379. 
1827. 
PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY. 
Marsh herbs, with basal tubular or pitcher-shaped leaves, and large scapose 
nodding flowers. Sepals 4 or 5, hypogynous, imbricated, persistent. Petals 5, 
imbricated, hypogynous, deciduous or none. Stamens ; anthers versatile. 
Ovary 1, 3-5-celled ; ovules ©, in many rows. Capsule 3-5-celled, loculicid- 
ally dehiscent; style terminal, peltate, lobed, or in one genus simple. Seeds 
small, the testa reticulated ; embryo small; endosperm fleshy. 
Three genera and about to species, all natives of America. Besides the following genus, Chr-ys- 
amphora of California and Heliamphora of Venezuela are the only known members of the family. 
1. SARRACENIA L, Sp. Pl. 510.1753. 
Leaves hollow, pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped, with a lateral wing and a terminal lid 
or lamina. Sepals 5, with 3 or 4 bracts at the base. Petals 5, ovate or oblong. Ovary 
5-celled. Style dilated at the apex into a peltate umbrella-like structure with 5 rays which 
terminate under its angles in hooked stigmas. Capsule 5-celled, granular, rugose. Seeds 
anatropous. [Named in honor of Dr. Jean Antoine Sarracin, a botanist of Quebec. ] 
About 8 species natives of eastern and southeastern North America. 
