SARBACENIA 



II. 



grows on Mt. liorauua in British Uuiana. Tliey are all 

 perennial acaulescent bug plants, with hollow pitcher- 

 like leaves, and nodding flowers single or several on 

 short scapes. The pitchers catch organic matter and 

 entrap insects, and the plants often utilize these ma- 

 terials for food. In some species there are contrivances 

 of for ha rs a d 1 nes of color that appear to have 

 I e al relat on to the capture of n ects an 1 other 



eep g h If S e i> ? qto a The plants are 

 pr ze 1 1 1 1 I cts becau e f tl e r od i tj 



all I 1 at at ache to the u The 



r e to 

 tlese 



h 1 r Is are ku 1 o pec al sts and fane ers 



Hel amj hora not n the Amer can trade but all the 

 o her spec es are They are con dered to be d fficult to 

 ma uta n n perfect cond t on un ler cult vat on and 

 wheneve po s ble pla t are frequently renewed from 

 the w Id They re be t treated a se aquat c plants 

 {. ve plenty of n o sture at grow ng eason Keep par 

 t allv lor a t n w nter 



The botan al pos t on of the s r e'P not 



settle 1 O 1 nar 1) t pi I I I I 1 



A Pt 1 I J I I t l!j obl q !j 



B H 1 I jtheonfce 



1 psittac na I I 11 mall (not exceed ng 6 



n long) II 1 I II road w nged green be 

 low but pur^ 1 II 1 e n ddle and purple with 



wh te spot on the t i 1 boo 1 

 den elyandretrorselyha ry w th n 

 petals purpl h y^ n long P ne 

 barren swamp Georg •» Alaba a 

 Plorda G C II 15 816 i s 

 '0 '>06d F 18 p o4 

 BB Sood n tt 1 e t or soo 



'> purpilrea Lnn Common 

 ' T HER Pla^ t of tl e North an 1 

 he one on wh ch the genus wa 

 n le 1 Side Saddle Flower 

 ' oJ P t her a cend ng reli 



el} hot ml tl ck 8 1' n 

 ng enlar n pn r Is nore o 

 p p! V n 1 1 ro d w I'ed 



ry 



whl 



tho e b 1 II II 1 1 t II 



nonth S « ne n t n jort i 



pint Out t Iaf,en le ofh>l 1 b 1 



a pa ent i \ S ; / a an I S t 



t k n h f,I color ng n the leaves 



P I t on si ould be effected by d y on of the rh 

 t tl e t ne of repott ng th s should be do e 1 e 

 tore growth begins. New forms are raised from seed. 

 All of the species intercross readily. 



S:irr;u'enias thrive best in a substance through which 

 water will pass readily. During the growing period 

 they iipi'd an abundant supply of moisture. They are 

 l>est grown in a sunny coolhouse. Greenfly and thrips 

 are the most troublesome pests. Greenfly is most 

 abundant during the earlier stages of the leaves, the 

 thrips appearing later. q_ -^r. Oliver. 



102 



BB ff od expa ded erect or soon beco g o 

 Ba ofloodn cl co traded or rec r elattl s des 

 4 iliva L nn Tall the narrow trumpet 1 ke p tchers 

 ft long wh ch are yellow sh green a d not spotted 

 the w ng very narrow the hoo 1 ovate and soon be o n 

 ng erect and ha ry and purple potte 1 w th n petals 

 VA in. long, but enlarging to nearly or quite twice that 

 length, oblong and drooping, light yellow. Bogs and 

 swamps, N. Car. (Va.?) to Fla. B.M. 780. L.B.C. 20:1957. 

 R.H. 1852:121. F.S. 10:1068-9. Gn. 30, p. 367; 48:1031; 

 57, p. 326. Mn. 2:113.— This seems to be the most vari- 

 able of the Sarracenlas, and some of the forms referred 

 to it may be distinct species. Var. atrosanguinea, Bull. 

 (S. atrosanguinea, Hort. ). Small: lid or hood ovate- 

 acute, deeply stained with red. G.C. II. 16:13. I.H. 27, 



