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Sarracenia -continued. 

 S. melanorhoda (dark red). 1. semi-decumbent, elongated, 



funnel-shaped, gradually increasing in diameter from the base 



to the aperture, when mature blood-red, veined with blackish- 

 wing broad; lamina erect, crisped, reddish-yellow, 

 th Wackish-crimson, hairy on the side facing the 



aperture. Parents: S. Stermrii 



See Fig. 420, for which we are 



tinted with rose outside ; petals deep 

 - -'nk within, 2iin. long. 1. about 

 winged, 4in. in diameter at the 



FIG. 419. PITCHERS OF (1) SA&RICKMA MELANORHODA AND (2) & FORMOSA. 



S. Mitchelliana (Mitchell's).' 1. curved, funnel-shaped, broadest 

 at the top, olive-green, traversed by a profuse network of fine 

 red veins, the whole changing, later on, to reddish-crimson; 

 lamina cordate-renifonn, undulated, with a bold reticulation of 

 deep crimson -red. A very elegant plant. Parents: S. Drum- 



moutb, green ; iamin about 3in. across, sessile, hairy, with a 

 network of crimson veins inclosing lighter spaces. "Parents: 

 S. JUna and S. Drummondii. (G. C. n. s., rvi. p. 44.) 

 S.Popei (Pope's). A. 4in. in diameter; sepals greenish, flushed 

 with red, ovate-oblong; petals twice as long as the sepals, 



