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SARRACENIA 



p.SGhis. Var. crispita, Hort. (S. cWspate, Hort.). Dif- 

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

 the strongly relieved ni;ir^'ins of the sepals, the white 

 petals, the hhinii r. 1. .inMral ovary and the shorter 

 and blunter lol.r- i,. li;. .li I, of the style." Pitchers 

 about 2 ft. loii^'. ii,( . II. 1.,:.,:;:;, 16:9. I.H. 41, p. :i01. 



Said by son.r t :, hybrid of A.'. 



rubrd and .s'. rhir'', l.ur Masters does 

 "not so- :iiiy ^'rounds for the sugges- 

 tion." Var. erythropus, Bull (&'./?»- 

 3^<u, Sliutfl.l. IjHr(;c, 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 H in. wide. 

 Var. m&xima, Hort. Pitchers large, 

 with green lids. Var. minima, Hort 

 Small in all its parts. Var. ornata, 

 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, 6;U; 

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

 Ell. S. «dwa, var. .Fiirfesi, Williams. 

 S. Plldesi, Hort.). Pitchers very 

 large, red-veiny, with flat roundish 

 wing. 

 OC. Base of hood broad, or only 

 moderately contracted. 

 D. Lid or hood nuhorbirular. 



flowers. \'ar. undulata i .s'. mn/nlatu 

 Decne.) has stouter less elongated pitchers, and strongly 

 undulated lid. S. Mexicuna, Hort., is said to be a small 

 form of this species. 



SASSAFRAS 



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

 G.C. II. i:!:7L'.-; l.-,:817. I.H. 27:3«8. S.H. l:iS9. 



y. Courtii. .^. ,'.,...,,.( .; S. psittaciiia: "It has de- 

 cumbent I ^ in. long and colored a rich 

 deep criiii m being intermediate between 

 that of 111 [ill, hi>.' Raised bv Jlr. Court, at 

 Veiteh's, .->.ll. 1 .1,,. 



10. Maddisoniana. S. psittaciiia 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. Mandai4na. S. flava,vaT. rubra x S.Drumnwndi: 

 Described as follows in Pitcher & Manda's Novelty 

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

 tiful T>!'"it b:r^ b, ,.,, rnnrrfrd. "rnwincr ii] I'onipanv with 

 N ' - ' ■ ■' - /'■ ■ I'i-b it is no doubt a 



lit white mottlings. The lid 

 incurving, undulated at the 

 with red and blotched with 



iirpurea x S. Stevensii, the 

 ii-ea and S. flava : "In habit 

 pitchers being obliquely as- 

 e those of purpurea, 6-7 in. 

 rrowing to either end, and a 

 across. The color is like that 



Raised at Veiteh's. 

 iHinmondii 



purpurea : 



• will ot ,s'. /uirpiiffd , but more erect-growing and 

 111- -raceful: pitchers 9-12 in. tall, rich green with 

 ni^on veins: lid reticulated with red, undulate. 

 t. Swaniina. S. purpurea y. S.variolaris : aspect of 

 /lur/nn-rfi . but more erect: pitcher 12 in. tall, funnel- 

 ipi-. sliu'htly curved, greenish purple. 

 .'>. WiUiamsi. Supposed natural hybrid of S. piir- 

 r,,i and .S. il,n-i, : "The pitchers are 9-12 in. high, 

 ■ct, bright light green, streaked and veined with 

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

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

 nt of />'. flava." Masters. G.C. II. 15:629. 



1(5. Wrigleyina. 



-is! 11,1 



S. Drummoiidii,VB.r, 

 cen those of the pa- 

 curved, mottled with 

 right light red. G.M. 



long ai 

 reddisli 

 short -a( 

 erect ai 



lous |H 

 Swam,. 

 witli ,s'. 

 minat. , 

 Mast. 



II. H^ 



I :-. Ii.i-iidizo in the wild 

 luiata,, I'C. Lid long-acu- 

 . r.2:1163. Var. Swe^tii, 



Walt. S. Sweitii, DC). 

 . with a narrow wing: lid 



Types. 



7. Atkinsonitoa. S. flava,vaT. maxima x S. purpurea: 

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

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



8. ChMsoni. 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 



SABSAFABILLA of commerce comes from 

 species of Smilax. Wild Sarsaparilla of America is 

 Aralia nudicaulis. 



SASSAFRAS (Spanish, Salsa fras, 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 bv ornamental dark 

 blue fruit on red stalks. The Sassafras usually affects 

 light lands, although it may 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, 



and sunny 



It is not easily 



