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nach dem Standorte blüht sie in der dritten Woche des April, oder auch erst Ende 

 Mai. — N. Carolina: Muddy Creek, Henderson Co. (Donnell-Smith); Columbus Co. 

 (Mc Carthy); Biltmore, Fayetteville (Beadle); Wilmington (Macfarlane). — S. Caro- 

 lina: Fiat Rock (Rugel); bei Chesterfield (Ward); bei dem Wateree-Fluss (Herb. 

 J. Bartram unter dem Namen S. media)] zwischen Aiken und Augusta (Macfarlane). 

 — Georgia: Americus, Graymont, Stillmore (Harper). — Florida: Crestview (Beadle); 

 De Funiak Springs (Curtiss, Beadle); Mulligan (Macfarlane). — Alabama: Buckley 

 (Curtiss); Bay Minette (Macfarlane). 



6. S. purpurea L. Spec. pl. ed. 1. (1753) 510; Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina II. 

 (1754) 70; Walter, Fl. Carolina (1788) 152; Michx. Fl. bor. amer. I. (1803) 310; 

 Curtis, Bot. Magaz. XXII. (1806) t. 849; Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept. II. (181 4) 367; Elliott, 

 Bot. S. Carolina II. (182 4) 9; Torrey et Gray, Fl. N. Amer. I. (1838) 59; Torrey, 

 Nat. Hist. New York I. (1843) 41; Croom in Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York. IV. 

 (1848) 95; Planchon in Fl. des serres X. (1855) 2 47; Chapman, Fl. S. U. States 

 (1860) 21; DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 4; Britton et Brown, Fl. N. States and Canada II. 

 (1897) 159; Small, Fl. S. E. U. States (1903) 493. — S. heterophylla Eaton Manual 

 ed. 4. (1824) 445 est var. luteo-virescens. — Rhizoma 3 — 4 cm longum, 10 — 12 mm 

 diam., rarissime ramosum rami 5 — 6 mm diam., radicibus 15 — 20 cm longis, rubro- 

 brunneis. Folia subtrimorphia; folia vernalia omnia ascidiformia 6 — 35 cm longa, 

 medio 2 — 10 cm diam., ascendentia, radiata; petiolus basi alatus, expansus, amplexi- 

 caulis, superne cylindricus, ruber; ascidium pyriforme, dorso ventricosum, ventre zh 

 rectum vel convexum, versus os leviter contractum zb pilosum; ala ventralis late ex- 

 pansa medio versus basin et os contracta; os sursum versum, ovale; peristomium 

 1 — 3 mm latum, recurvatum, semicirculare, glandulis multis minutis conspersum; oper- 

 culum deltoideum apice emarginatum intus pilis multis subsetosis et glandulis con- 

 spersum; ascidium intus ab ore ad 1 — 3 cm altid. nitido-glandulosum, infra ad 2 — 

 12 cm altid. glabrum et glandulosum, basi pilis multis longis deflexis instructum; folia 

 aestivalia • rarissime producta vel si adsunt vernalibus similia, vel ascidium anguste tubu- 

 losum et alam ventralem expansam gerens (S. heterophylla Eaton) ; folia autumnalia squami- 

 formia 2 — 4, 2 — 3 cm longa, rubra ad viridi-rubra. Scapus 20 — 40 cm longus, 4 — 

 5 mm diam. infra viridis, superne sub flore viridi-ruber; bracteae 4 — 8 mm X 3 — 6 mm 

 virides vel viridi-rubrae marginibus membranaceis. Sepala 3 — 3,5 cm X 2 — 2,5 cm 

 extus purpureo-rubra, saepe apice viridia. Petala 4 — 5 cm X 2 — 2,5 cm obovata, 

 sub medio constricta et leviter revoluta, insertione lutea superne purpurea vel albo- 

 purpurea. Staminum filamenta alba. Ovarium ovatum, tuberculatum , umbraculo styli 

 extus glabro intus sparse piloso. Capsula ovata. Semina 1,75 mm X 1 mm obovata, 

 carinata, testa verticibus minutis conspersa. 



An feuchten Orten und an Teichrändern; die Art findet sich von Labrador, Neu- 

 fundland und Manitoba südlich bis Florida, Alabama und Louisiana; blüht je nach dem 

 Standort von April bis August (s. 23). 



Var. a. typica Macfarlane nov. var. — Sepala viridi-purpurea ad purpurea; petala 

 purpurea; folia viridia vel rubro-viridia. 



Florida: Quincy (Rugel); De Funiak Springs (Mrs. Randall); Fort Barranca, 

 Ponce de Leon, Ochesee (Macfarlane). — Alabama: Clark, Geneva, Escambia, Bald- 

 win, Mobile Cos. (Mohr); Mount Vernon (Ruth); Bay Minette (Macfarlane). — Georgia: 

 Coleman (Harper). — S. Carolina: Barhamville, St. Johns (Porcher); Chesterfield, 

 Summerville (Macfarlane). — N. Carolina: Gosborough (Rugel); Muddy Creek 

 (Donnell-Smith); Hickory (Heller); Wake Co. (As he); bei Biltmore, Fayetteville 

 (Beadle); Wilmington (Mc Carthy, Macfarlane). — Maryland: (Jones, Krieg). — 

 Pennsylvania: Tinicum (G. Smith); Pike, Monroe, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Tioga, 

 Centre, Lancaster und Erie counties (Porter); Pocono Plateau (Macfarlane, Harsh- 

 berger); Christiana, Cresco (Walton). — New Jersey: Berlin, Atco, Ancora, Toms 

 River, Egg Harbor, Oceanville, Tuckahoe, Mount Pleasant (Macfarlane); Spring Garden 



A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama) 110. 3 



