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SARRACENIA 



SASSAFRAS 



p. 86 bis. Var. crisp^ta, Hort. ( 5. crispata, Hort.). Dif- 

 fers from the species "in the deeper wing to the pitcher, 

 the strongly reflected margins of the sepals, the white 

 petals, the blunter, less conical ovary and the shorter 

 and blunter lobes to the disk of the style." Pitchers 

 about 2 ft. long. G.C. II. 15:633; 16:9. I.H. 41, p. 301. 

 Said by some to be a hybrid of S. 

 rubra and S. flava, but Masters does 

 "not see any grounds for the sugges- 

 tion." Var. erythropus, Bull {S.-Ru- 

 qelii, Shuttl.). Large, the lid or hood 

 blotched with crimson at the base. 

 Var. limb^ta, Bull. Large, limb of 

 the lid or hood bordered with band 

 of brownish crimson 34 in. wide. 

 Var. maxima, Hort. Pitchers large, 

 with green lids. Var. minima, Hort. 

 Small in all its parts. Var. omata, 

 Bull. Pitchers large, green, red- 

 veiny, the inner face of the long- 

 stalked lid bearing a network of 

 red veins: fls. said to be 8 in. across, 

 canary yellow. G.C. II. 15:629, 633; 

 16:12. Var. picta, Bull (S. Cafesbcei, 

 Ell. S. fldva,var. i^'iMesi, Williams. 

 S. Fildesi, Hort.). Pitchers very 

 large, red-veiny, with flat roundish 

 wing. 



CC. Base of hood broad, or only 

 moderately contracted. 



D. Lid or Jiood suborbicular. 



5. Driimmondii, Groom. Pitchers 

 large and erect, 2-3 ft. long in well- 

 grown specimens, funnel-shaped, 

 green and prominently nerved, the 

 upper part of the pitcher richly va- 

 riegated with purple reticulations and 

 creamy white inter-spaces, the wing 

 narrow; lid roundish, the base some- 

 what contracted, flatfish or with 

 recurved mostly wavy margins, be- 

 coming erect, hispid on the inner 

 face : fls. 4 in. across, red-brown. 

 Pine barrens, S. W. Ga. and adjacent 

 Fla. G.C. II. 15:6.33; 16:8. F.S. 

 6:560; 10:1071-2. I.H. 41, p. 303. -A 

 very striking species, with its tall 

 pitchers strongly variegated at the 

 top. Var. riibra, Hort., has pitchers 

 with deep red markings. Var. dlba, 

 Hort., has paler variegations and 

 flowers. Var. undulata {IS. unduldfa, 

 Decne. ) has stouter less elongated pitchers, and strongly 

 undulated lid. jS. Mexicana, Hort., is said to be a small 

 form of this species. 



DD. Lid ovate-pointed or acuminate. 



6. rubra, Walt. Pitchers erect and narrow, 10-15 in. 

 long and 1 in. or less across at the orifice, green with 

 reddish veins above, the wing broad : lid or hood ovate, 

 short-acute (or nearly obtuse) to acuminate, becoming 

 erect and concave, veined and tinted with red, the inner 

 face somewhat pubescent: fl. 3 in. across, the pendu- 

 lous petals whitish at the base and red-brown above. 

 Swamps, N. Car. to Ala. — Said to hybridize in the wild 

 with S. purpurea. Var. acuminata, DC. Lid long-acu- 

 minate. B.M. 3515. L.B.C. 12:1163. Var. Sweetii, 

 Mast. (S. minor, Sweet, not Walt. S. Sweetii, DC). 

 Smaller: pitchers cylindrical, with a narrow wing: lid 

 ovate-acuminate. F.S. 10:1074. 



II. Hybrid Types. 



7. Atkinsonid,na. S. flava, Yar. maxima x S. purpurea: 

 More like S. flava; pitchers long and slender, green, 

 with red reticulations: lid broad, cordate, red-veined. 



8. Ch61soni. S. rubra fertilized by S. purpurea : 

 "The pitchers in direction are midway between the 

 erect pitchers of rubra and the somewhat spreading 

 tubes of purpurea, in length they resemble those of 

 rubra, in form they are intermediate between those of 

 rubra and purpurea, and the lid is almost the same as 



2254. 

 Sarracenia 

 variolaris. 



(X3^). 



that of the last species." Masters. Raised by Veitch. 

 G.C. II. 13:725; 15:817. I.H. 27:388. S.H. 1:189. 



9. Cdurtii. S. purpurea x S. psittacina : "It has de- 

 cumbent pitchers about 8 in. long and colored a rich 

 deep crimson, their form being intermediate between 

 that of the two parents." Raised by Mr. Court, at 

 Veitch's. S.H. 1:177. 



10. Maddisonid,na. S. psittacina crossed with S, va- 

 riolaris: compact and dwarf: pitchers short and broad, 

 incurving, ascending, green with dull red veins: lid 

 large, ovate and undulate, deep purple-veined. 



11. Mandaid,na. S. flava, var. rubra x S.Drummondi: 

 Described as follows in Pitcher & Manda's Novelty 

 Catalogue of 1893: "A few plants of this rare and beau- 

 tiful plant has been collected, growing in company with 

 S. flava and S. Drtimmondi, of which it is no doubt a 

 natural hybrid, being intermediate between the two 

 above-named species. The pitchers grow about two feet 

 in height, are trumpet-shaped and broad at the opening; 

 color light green with slight white mottlings. The lid 

 is large and broad, slightly incurving, undulated at the 

 edges, dark green shaded with red and blotched with 

 white." 



12. melanorhdda. S. purpurea x S. Stevensii, the 

 latter a hybrid of S. purpurea and S. flava : " In habit 

 it is like S. purpurea, the pitchers being obliquely as- 

 cending and distended like those of purpurea, 6-7 in. 

 high, with a deep wing, narrowing to either end, and a 

 roundish sessile lid 2/^ in. across. The color is like that 

 of S. Chelsoni." Masters. Raised at Veitch's. 



13. Mitchelli^na. (S. Drummondii x S. piirpurea : 

 growth of S. purpurea, but more erect-growing and 

 more graceful: pitchers 9-12 in. tall, rich green with 

 crimson veins: lid reticulated with red, undulate. 



14. Swani^na. S. purpurea x S. variolaris : aspect of 

 S. purpurea, but more erect: pitcher 12 in. tall, funnel- 

 shape, slightly curved, greenish purple. 



15. Williamsi. Supposed natural hybrid of S. pur- 

 purea and S. flava: "The pitchers are 9-12 in. high, 

 erect, bright light green, streaked and veined with 

 crimson, with a broad lid like that of S. purpurea. It 

 was imported by Mr. B. S. Williams, with a consign- 

 ment of S. flava." Masters. G.C. II. 15:629. 



16. Wrigleyslna. S. psittacina x S. Drummondii, v ax. 

 alba : Pitchers intermediate between those of the pa- 

 rents, 12-15 in. high, and slightly curved, mottled with 

 white and finely reticulated with bright light red. G.M, 

 32:301. 



Other hybrids, not known to be in the Amer. trade, are as 

 follows: S. decora: S. psittacina X S. violaris?— i'. excellens: 

 S. variolaris X S. Drammondi, var. alba.— S. exculta: S. flava, 

 var. atrosanguinea X S. Drummondi. — S. exornata : S. pur- 

 purea X S. flava, var. crispata.— /S. formosa : 8. psittacina X S. 

 variolaris. S. psittacina was the pistillate parent. — S. illus- 

 trdta: S. StevensiXS. flava.— S. Mobrei: S. flava (pistilLate) 

 X S. Drummondi. "Supposed to be the first hybrid Sarracenia 

 raised artificially." G.C. II. 16:44. — S. Pdtersoni: S. purpurea 

 X S. flava.-S. Pdpei: S. flava X S. rubra. G.C. II. 16:41; III. 



12:127.— S. Sanderiana: S. Drummondi, var. rubra X ? 



Gt. 46, p. 524.— <S. Stevensi: S. flava (pistillate) X S. purpurea. 

 G.C. II. 16:40.-5. Tolliana: S. flava X S. purpurea.- -S'. vittata 

 maculata: S. purpurea XS. Chelsoni. — S. Willisii: S. Coiirtii 

 X S. melanorhoda. G.M. 37:411.— S. Wilso7iidna: S. flava X S. 

 purpurea. l_ jj. B. 



SARSAPABILLA of commerce comes from various 

 species of Smilax. Wild Sarsaparilla of America is 

 Aralia nudicaulis. 



SASSAFRAS (Spanish, Salsafras, Saxifraga; medici- 

 nal properties similar to those of Saxifraga were attrib- 

 uted by Spanish discoverers). Laurdcew. Ornamental 

 deciduous tree, with alternate, simple or 3-lobed leaves 

 and small yellow flowers appearing in few-flowered ra- 

 cemes in early spring and followed by ornamental dark 

 blue fruit on red stalks. The Sassafras usually affects 

 light lands, although it nnxy grow in clay loams. It is 

 a desirable tree for ornamental planting on account of 

 its handsome light green foliage, which is interesting 

 with its varying shapes and its orange-yellow or bright 

 red color in autumn, and on account of its decorative 

 bright-colored fruit. It prefers, at least in the North, 

 a warm and sunny position. It is not easily trans- 



