434 Macfarlane on Sarracenia Catesbaet. 
mens collected by L. F. Ward, near Florence, were in bloom 
on April 17th. The next species to flower is S. fava, which 
is a week to ten days later at corresponding localities; suc- 
ceeding it is S. variolaris, still later S. psittacina and pur- 
purea, while S. rubra and S. Drummondu bloom from three 
weeks to a month later than does S. Catesbaet. 
Though other diagnostic points were wanting, the odor of 
blooms of S. Catesbaei and S. flava suggest decided differ- 
ences. As has been observed by Torrey those of the latter 
are heavy, disagreeable and suggestive of a compound of 
Catnip and Turkey Rhubarb; this, moreover, is specially 
strong in an April evening from 7 till 10. The odor from 
the former suggests a delicate lemon-violet combination. It 
would be instructive to know what insects frequent these 
blooms habitually in different localities, for while the writer 
has gathered some statistics, they are fragmentary and should 
be widely supplemented. 
Special acknowledgments for generous help are due to Dr. 
Sledge and his friend Mr. H. G. Gayfer, of Mobile, who 
have in every way exerted themselves to secure material and 
information, and who kindly introduced the writer to native 
localities for the species. I desire also to thank the Directors 
and Curators of the Botanic Gardens and Herbaria above 
mentioned for courtesies extended. 
