Order 10.— SARRACENIACEjE. 221 



globular in form, erect, on a thick, rigid stalk. Three outer sepals yellow 

 inside, and the three inner entirely yellow, as well as the petals and stamens. 

 Jn. Jl. (Nympluea Mx.) 



2 W. Kalmiana Ait. Floating lvs. with base lobes approximate, submersed lvs. 

 membranous, renijorm-cordale, the lobes divaricate, margin waved, apex retuse-j 

 Bep. 5; stig. 8 — 12-rayed, erenate. — A smaller species, with small yellow fls., 

 growing in similar situations with the last, Northern States. Dr. Robbing, from 

 whose MSS. the above is quoted, thinks it wholly distinct from N. lutea, (Smith) 

 or any other species. Petiole slender, subterete. Upper lvs. 2 — 3' long U— 2£' 

 wide ; lower lvs. 3—4' diam. Jl. (Nuphar lutea jl Kalmiana Torr &, Ur.) 



3 N. sagittsefolia Ph. Lvs. elongated, sagittate-cordate, obtuse; sep. G; pet. 0; 

 anth. snbsessilo. — In slow waters, N. Car. to Ga. (Savannah). Rhizome erect. 

 Lvs. large, 10 to 15' loug. Fls. a3 largo as in No. 2. Outer sep. green; inner, 

 yellow and p;;taloid. 



VICTORIA regia is also a member of this Order,— a gigantic Water Lily, 

 native of the rivers of Brazil and Guiana, and successfully cultivated here. Ita 

 earliest leaves are linear, then hastate, next sagittate ; its late ones become ovato 

 with a deep slit at base. Thence they gradually become circular and centrally 

 peltate, exhibiting by a distinct lino the union of the baso lobes. When full grown 

 they are 4 — 6f diam. (or 8 — 12f in their native rivers), with upturned edges and 

 prominent veins beneath. Tho expanded flowers with numerou3 petals and sepals 

 are If in diameter. 



Order X. SARRACENIACEyE. Water Pitcher. 



Herbs aquatic, in bogs, with fibrous roots, perennial, and with the leaves all radi- 

 cal, urn-shaped, or trumpet-shaped, and large flowers on scapes. Floral envelops 

 4 — 10, imbricated, the outer greenish, sepaloid. Stamens GO, hypogyuous. Carpels 

 united into a several-celled capsule. (Figs. 174, 175, 176.) 



A curious order, chiefly remarkable for tho leaves which are of that class called ascldia (§303). 

 It embraces at present S'ffenera andGorS species; tho lleliamphora of Guiana, tno Darlingtunia 

 of California and 



SARRACENIA, Tourn.' Pitcher Plant. (Named in honor of Br. 



Sarrazcn of Quebec.) Calyx of 5 colored sepals, with 3 sm a L c bracts at 

 base, persistent; corolla of 5, incurved, deciduous petals; stigmas 5, 

 united into a large, peltate, persistent membrane covering the ovary 

 and stamens ; capsule 5-celled ; seeds very numerous, albuminous. — 

 Lvs. holding water, with a wing on the front side and a hood (lamina) 

 at top. Scapes 1-iiowered, fl. large, nodding. 



Lamina inflected over tho throat of the tube ITos. 1, 2. 



Lamina erect or nearly so, throat open.* 



* Leaves ventricous. never spotted with white No. 3. 



* Leaves trumpet-shaped, very tall, often mottled and spotted above No. -1. 



1 S. psittacina Mx. Lvs. slwri, reclined, with a broad semi-ovate wing: fls. deep 

 purple. — Bogs, Ga., Fla. to Ln. Lvs. 3' to 5' long when the plant is in (lower, 

 6 — 10' when in fruit, slightly mottled with white on the back. The tube i3 

 small and nearly closed by tho hooded lamina, which gives to the whole leaf 

 the semblance of a parrot, whence the specific name. Scape If high. Fl. 

 rather smaller than that of S. purpurea. March. 



2 S. variolaris Mx. Lvs. elongated, nearly erect, mottled with whito en tho 

 back, the wing lance-linear; fls. yellow. — Bogs in pine barrens, S. Car., Ga. 

 (Feay and Pond) and Fla. Lvs 12' to 18' high, remarkable for their white dia- 

 phanous spots near the top. Tube somewhat ventricous above, nearly enclosed 

 by the strongly indexed hood; wing 6" to 12" wide. Scapes shorter than lva. 

 Fls. aloout tho size of tho last. Mar., Apr. 



