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arises an upright stem, about eighteen inches high, bent at 

 the top, bearing a somewhat leathery flower, of five reddish 

 petals ; the stigma of the pistil is dilated into a broad convex 

 shield, almost concealing the interior of the corolla. But 



INDIAN CUP, OR PITCHER PLANT. 



(Sarracenia Purpurea.) 



to proceed. The road by which we had approached did not 

 enter the Brule, but merely touching its edge, went straight 



