OCCURRENCE OF NATURAL HYBRIDS IN GENUS SARRACENIA, 157 
former mainly to the circum-Gulf region. Only over a limited area north 
and south of Waycross, Ga., do the two meet. In the spring of 1904 I 
received from the southern edge of the region a very typical cross between 
the two which is now growing healthily. In size, form, colour, pattern and 
mode of growth, it is about midway between the parents, though the rich 
red intensity of colour suggests an approach to S. psittacina. Both of 
the parent species are closely synchronous in blooming. Harper has 
recently * described the same hybrid from four different localities in 
Georgia. 
The distribution of S. minor along the Southern Atlantic coastal 
plain largely limits its opportunities for crossing, to S. flava and S. 
purpurea. In 1903t Mr. Roland Harper recorded the finding of an 
evident cross between S. flava and S. minor. In April of the same year, 
the writer secured three large patches about four miles west of Summer- 
ville, 5.C., which have since been continuously watched under cultivation. 
In it the size, shape, and colour of the pitchers, as well as of the flowers, are 
fairly intermediate, but the typical white areole over the pitcher top and 
back of the minor parent are largely minimised in aspect, since the in- 
fluence of the flava parent gives a rather thick dense character to the 
pitchers of the progeny. Harper has recorded the finding of it again at 
Douglas, Coffee Co., Georgia,= so that it may be expected to occur 
occasionally where the two species grow together. A slight obstacle to 
frequent pollination in nature probably is that the climax of blooming 
in S. minor is ten to fourteen days later than that of S. flava. 
Sarracema Drummondw has proved an attractive species to the 
hybridiser, owing to the size and rich coloration of the leaves. In June 
of last year the writer visited the Bay Minette region in §8.W. Alabama. 
Here he found great abundance of S. psittacina and S. purpurea, also 
considerable quantities of S. flava and S. rubra. But over the flat or 
undulating swampy savannas the most striking feature was the 
luxuriant growth of S. Drwmmondi, which coloured hundreds of acres 
with its tall reddish-white pitchers. Interspersed among these here and 
there were patches of S. flava. Soon a remarkable-looking patch was 
descried, which on closer inspection consisted of the large and finely 
coloured pitchers of a hybrid between the last-mentioned parents. ‘The 
reticulated red veins and the white areolations over the pitcher top of the 
one parent were reproduced in reduced intensity, along with the crimson 
colour of the throat which is typical of the variety of S. flava most frequent 
in that region. Subsequent microscopic study revealed equally interest- 
ing details of morphological blending in the cells. Kxamples of this 
hybrid have since then flowered in our Sarracenia house, and while the 
blooms might be described as bizarre rather than beautiful, they exhibit 
like blending as do the pitchers. Three additional patches were observed. 
One small area examined was of particular interest. Here grew con- 
siderable quantities of the pale greenish-white variety of S. Drwmmondir 
which horticulturists have named var. alba. Among these was a hybrid 
patch which accurately reproduced the colour condition of the pale variety, 
though with diminished intensity. Growing plants and herbarium 
* Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. xxxiii. (1906), p. 236. + Ibid. vol. xxx. (1903), p. 332. 
t Ibid. vol. xxxi. (1904), p. 22. 
