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arises an upright stem, about eighteen inches high, bent at 

 the top, bearing a somewhat leathery flower, of five reddish 

 petals ; the stigma of the pistil is dilated into a broad convex 

 shield, almost concealing the interior of the corolla. — But 



INDIAN CUP, OR PITCHER PLANT. 



(Sarracenia Purpurea.) 



to proceed. The road by which we had approached did not 

 enter the Brule, but merely touching its edge, went straight 



