No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 2I3 



SARRACENIACEAE. PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY. 



SARRACENIA L. 



Sarracenia purpurea L. (purple). 



Side-saddle Flower. Pitcher-plant. Huntsman's, Adam's, 

 Indian or Water Cup. Indian Pitcher. Dumb Watches. 

 Occasional, local or frequent. Sphagnum bogs or some- 

 times in wet meadows. Late May — June. 

 The root and leaves are medicinal. 



DROSERACEAE. SUNDEW FAMILY. 



DROSERA L. Sundew. 



Drosera rotundifolia L. (round-leaved). 

 Round-leaved Sundew. Dew-plant. 



Occasional or frequent. Bogs, wet meadows and sandy 

 swamps, especially in sphagnum. July — mid-Aug. 

 The plant is medicinal. 



Drosera longifolia L. (long-leaved). 

 Drosera intermedia Hayne. 

 Drosera intermedia Hayne, var. americana DC. 

 Long-leaved Sundew. Dew-plant. 



Rare, local or occasional. Sphagnum bogs and swamps. 

 Late June — Aug. 



PODOSTEMACEAE. RIVER WEED FAMILY. 



PODOSTEMUM Michx. River Weed. 



Podostemum ceratophyllum Michx. (horny-leaved). 

 River Weed. Thread-foot. 



On rocks, stones and gravel in shallow running water. 

 Rare in most districts : Shetucket River in Spragne and 

 Franklin (Graves), Killingworth (F. W. Hall), Hartford 

 (D. C. Eaton), Windsor (Harger). Occasional in Oxford 

 (Harger), Newtown (Fames), and throughout the south- 

 western part of the state. Mid- June — Aug. ; fruit July — Sept. 



