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SARRACENIA 



SARRACENIA 



INDEX. 



I. SPECIES. 

 A. Pitchers erect: fls. yellow or whitish yellow. 



1. minor, Walt. (S. variolaris, Michx. S. adiinca, 

 Smith). Fig. 3550. Pitchers erect, 8-24 in. long, 

 gradually enlarging upward, with white areoles and 

 often brownish red streaks above; lid cucullate, in- 

 curved over orifice; wing broadest in middle, narrowed 

 above and below: fl. 1-2 in. wide, with pale yellow 

 petals. Moist savanna lands, S. N. C. to N. Fla. B.M. 

 1710. L.B.C. 9:803. Mn. 4:1. Gn. 48, p. 203. 



2. Sledgei, Macfar. (? S. Gronbvii var. alata and S. 

 flava var. crispata of authors). Pitchers erect, 12-30 

 in. long, trumpet-shaped, green with purple veins 

 above, or greenish purple throughout; lid vertical or 

 often slightly incurved, ovate-cordate; wing as in last: 



fls. 1^-2 H in. wide; petals whitish 

 yellow to yellow, often fading to 

 white, odor agreeable. Savanna 

 swamps from west side of Alabama 

 and Mobile rivers to E. Texas, often 

 covering wide areas of marshland. 

 Very uniform in structure, but 

 varying in color from green to dark 

 claret in the pitchers; often con- 

 founded in the past with S. flava, 

 which does not occupy the same 

 area. Frequently hybridizes with 

 S. Drummondii in nature to form 

 S. areolata. 



3. fljiva, Linn. Pitchers erect, 

 10-34 in. long, trumpet-shaped, with 

 prominent longitudinal veins, yellow- 

 green to green, often crimson throat, 

 or deep crimson throughout; lid 

 ovate - orbicular, slightly inflexed 

 over mouth, with strong median 

 nerve ending in mucro ; wing narrow, 

 uniform in width: fls. 2-3}^ in. 

 wide, flavous yellow, odor rather 

 pungent. Abundant over swamps 

 and savannas, often in humus-sand 

 that becomes dry in summer but 

 moist in winter; S. Va. to W. Fla. 

 B.M. 780. L.B.C. 20:1957. R.H. 

 1852 : 121. F.S. 10 : 1068, 1069. G.C. 

 II. 16:11, desc. Gn. 30, p. 367; 

 48:202; 57, p. 326. Mn. 2:113. 

 Var. atrosanguinea, Bull (Mast.; 

 G.C. 1881). Pitcher and lid 

 dark crimson-claret. G.C. II. 16: 

 13. I. H. 27:386. Not uncommon 

 Pitcher of from N - to S - C - over the coastal 

 Sarracenia P lain re l on - Va F' Umbata, Bull, 

 minor. ^ vs - medium to large, margin of 

 (XM) operculum crimson. A rare form. 

 Var. maxima, Mast. Lvs. large, 



uniformly yellowish green. Frequent in S. N. C. 

 Var. minima, Mast. Lvs. small, 9-12 in., pale green 

 with purple veins over tube and lid. Occasional 

 with the type form. Var. ornata, Bull (S. Fildesii, 

 Hort.). Lvs. 26-32 in., throat of pitcher and base 

 of lid furnished with purple radiate lines. Fre- 

 quent in N. and S. C. Var. 

 Rugelii, Shuttl. (S. erythropus, 

 Bull). Lvs. large, 26-34 in., top 

 of pitcher and base of lid dark 

 crimson. Frequent throughout 

 Ga. and W. Fla. 



AA. Pitchers erect to decumbent: fls. 

 crimson to purple-red. 



4. rubra, Walt. (S. Sweetii, DC. 



S. Grondvii var. rubra, Wood. S. t-JKi 



minor, Sweet) . Pitchers erect, 6-20 

 in. long, slender, enlarging upward, 

 tubular above, green to purple- 

 veined over upper part of tube 

 and lid; lid ovate, slightly con- 

 cave and inflexed over mouth; 

 wing rather wide, nearly uniform, 

 from middle to top of pitcher: fls. 

 M~l/4 m - wide, petals crimson, 

 scent of sweet violets. Moist to 

 dry savanna lands, usually in 

 shade, from N. C. to N. W. Fla.; 

 the most delicate and graceful 

 species of the genus. B.M. 3515. 

 L.B.C. 12:11. Var. acuminata, 

 DC. Lid ovate, apex acuminate. 

 All transitions occur between this 

 and the type species. 



5. Drummondii, Groom (S. lacu- 

 ndsa, W. Bartram. S. leucophylla, 

 Raf. >. undulata, Decne. S. 

 Grondvii var. Drummondii, Wood). 

 Pitchers erect, 10-32 in. long, 

 attenuate, trumpet-shaped, green 

 below, richly purple-veined and 

 with numerous rounded white 

 areoles above and over lid; lid 

 orbicular, nearly erect, margin 



undulate, beset within by numerous white bristle 

 hairs: fls. on long peduncles 2-3 in. wide, greenish 

 purple to deep purple. Often abundant in swamps 

 and over wet savanna lands from S. Ga. through N. 

 Fla. to E. Ala. F.S. 6:560; 10:1071, 1072. G.C. II. 

 15 : 633 ; 16 : 8. The richest in color and most striking in 

 aspect of the genus; well worthy of cult, in every green- 

 house collection. Var. alba, Hort. Pitchers tall, strong, 

 green with pure white areoles above. Occasional along- 

 side the type in S. Ga. and W. Fla. Var. rilbra, Hort. 

 Pitchers attenuate, deep purple above. At times found 

 growing with the type-species in W. Fla. The var. 

 undulata, Hort., scarcely differs from the type except 

 in the rather more undulate margin to the lid. 



6. purpurea, Linn. The common pitcher-plant of 

 the N. and the one on which the genus was founded. 

 Fig. 3551. Pitchers ascending, in rosettes of 3-6, 2-10 

 in. long, widest toward middle, narrowed below and 

 upward, green to dark purple; lid upright or slightly 

 inclined outward with fine hispid hairs over inner lid 

 or attractive surface; wing broad, prominent: fls. 1%- 

 1% in. wide; sepals and petals greenish purple to pur- 

 ple. In wet sandy muck or by swamp margins from 

 Labrador and Minn, to N. Fla. and Ala.; flowering 

 from fourth week in March in N. Fla. to second week 

 of Aug. in Lab. B.M. 849. L.B.C. 4:308. F.S. 10: 

 1076. G.C. II. 15:821. Mn. 1:81. G.L. 27:179. Very 

 variable in coloring from bright green in shady places 

 to dark purple in sunny situations. According to Lod- 

 diges, writing in 1823, this species was "cultivated 

 before the year 1640 by Tradescant, who was gardener 



3551. Pitcher of 

 Sarracenia purpurea. 



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