30 _>RDER 8. SARRA j 



2 N, odorata L. Lvs. orbicular, er.Jre. clct at base to the insertion of the petiole 



fls. very fragrant, jpen from 6 A. M. to 3 P. M. upon the water's surface, white, vary, 

 ing to rose-color: seeds oblong. June Aug. 



3 N. tutoeresa Paine. Lvs. reniform-orbicular, cordate-cleft, If wide ; rhizome bear- 



ing tubers, which separate spontaneously ; fls. nearly scentless ; seeds globular. N. Y. 

 (Oneida Lake ; Sodus Bay (Hankenson). and westward. Aug. 



v 

 6. VICTORIA, Lindl. (Name in honor of Queen Victoria.} Carp. 



immersed in the cup-form torus, united. Sep. 4. Pet. GO, graduated into 

 stamens, as in Nymphzea. Lvs. spiny, floating, strongly veined. 



V REGIA is the only species, native of the rivers of Trop. Am. ; rarely cultivated. Th* 

 Ivs. are several feet in diam. Fls. like immense Water Lilies. 



ORDER VIII. SARRACENIACE^. WATER PITCHERS. 



Herbs, aquatic, in bogs, with fibrous roots, perennial, and with the leaven 

 all radical, urn-shaped, or trumpet-shaped, arid large flowers on scapes. 

 Floral envelopes 4 10, imbricated, the outer greenish, sepaloid. Stamen* 

 oo, hypogynous. Carpels united into a several-celled capsule. A curious 

 family, remarkable for its leaves, which are of that class called ascidia 

 ( 322), holding water. Figs. 392, 393, 394. 



1. SARRACENIA, Toum. PITCHER PLANT. (In honor of Dr. Sar- 

 razen, of Quebec.) Sep. 5, colored, persistent, subtended by 3 bractlets. 

 Pet. 5, incurved, deciduous. Stig. 5, united into a large peltate, persistent 

 membrane, covering the ovary and stamens. Caps. 5-celled, 5-valved. 

 Seeds very numerous. 2 Lvs. all radical, urn-shaped or trumpet-shaped, 

 with a wing on the front side and a hood (the lamina) at top. Fl. large, 

 nodding. 



Lamina inflected over the throat of the tube Nos. 1, 2 



Lamina erect or nearly so, the throat open. (*) 



* Leaf-tube pitcher-shaped, with a broad wing No. 3 



* Leaf-tube trumpet-shaped, with a narrow wing No. 4 



t S. psittacina MX. Lvs. short, reclined, with a broad semi-ovate wing; fls. deep 



purple. Bogs, Fla. Ga. La. If. Tube nearly closed. The leaf resembles a parrot in 

 form, hence the specific name. March. 

 2 S. variolaris MX. Lvs. elongated, subercct, mottled with white on the back ; fls. 



yellow. Bogs, S. Car. to Fla. Lvs. 1218', scape shorter. 



2 S. purpurea L. Side-sadle Flotver. Lvs. short, recumbent, inflated most near 

 the middle; lamina broad-coi date. Bogs: common. Scapes 1420', each bearing 

 large handsome deep-purple flower, in June. 



/3. hftfrophf/llfi Torr. Fls. greenish yellow. No purple veins in the Ivs. Ms. 

 y. alata. Fls. large, yellow. Lvs. slender, erect, wing but 6" broad. La. 1 2f. 

 4 S. Groiiovii Wood. Trumpet-leaf. Lvs. tall, erect, tube gradually enlarged to the 

 open throat, wing narrowly Tinear, lamina roundish, contracted at base. Swampy 

 pine-woods, S. States. 2 3f. Fls. very large, 4 5' broad. 



a. flava. Foliage yellowish green, fls. yellow. Plant large. 

 /3. r-uhra. Foliage with purple veins, fls. red-purple. Plant smaller. 

 6. lt> ttmtnotnlH. Lvs. mottled above, Tdth purple veins and white diaphanous 

 Interstices. Plant very large. Fla. 



