8 SARRACENIA DRUMMONDII. DRUMMOND S riTCHER-rLANT. 



ance of a design of nature to allure Insects to destruction. 

 They come for the honeyed juice, which is supposed to intoxicate 

 them, when they fall into the litde well of water, are drowned, 

 and then consumed by the plant. " Drummond's Side-saddle 

 flower" has figured particularly in this character. In "Silliman's 

 Journal," for 1873, Dr. Gray says: ''Sarraccnia Dniimuondii is 

 the species which most closely resembles S. flava in the shape 

 and structure of the pitcher. We now learn from a letter 

 addressed by Dr. Chapman to Mr. Canby, that the former is well 

 aware of a similar (sweet) secretion in that species. ' On the 

 inside of the hood,' he writes, ' there is a very faintly sweetish 

 secredon, scarcely perceptible to the taste, which is very attrac- 

 tive to insects ; and as I do not detect any of this within the 

 tube I wonder how it is so many insects are entrapped, since 

 they could easily fly away from the open hood.' " 



"Drummond's Side-saddle flower" is found in the seaboard 

 States, from Virginia to Florida. It is a very variable species, 

 and this induced Professor Wood to group a number of varieties 

 under one name— ^. Gronovii. Among the variations is one 

 with a pure white pitcher; that is to say, without the colored 

 veining. This is known to florists as Sarraccnia Drummondii 

 alba; and as the flower remains of a beautiful red, the contrast is 

 pleasing, and the variety is highly prized in England. 



Explanations of the Plate. — i. Root-stock with flowers and pitcher-like leaves. 2. Upper 

 section of trumpet-like leaf. 3. Enlarged portion of a wing of the leaf. 



