VOL. II.] 



MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 



159 



(Fig. 1799.) 



2. Reseda lutea L. Yellow Cut-leaved Mignonette. 

 Reseda lutea L. Sp. PI. 449- 1753- 



Ascending or decumbent, pubescent with short 

 scattered stiff hairs, or nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 2'-4/ long, broadly ovate or oblong in outline, 

 deeply lobed or divided, sometimes pinnatifid, their 

 segments linear or oblong, obtuse, the margins un- 

 dulate; flowers greenish-yellow, 2 // -3 // broad, in 

 narrow racemes; pedicels ascending, about 2 X/ long 

 in fruit; petals 6 or 5, all but the lowest irregularly 

 cleft; sepals of the same number; capsule oblong, 

 about 4" long, i^ // -2 // wide, with three or rarely 

 4 short teeth. 



In waste places, Nantucket, Mass., to New Jersey and 

 Michigan, and in ballast about the seaports. Adventive 

 from Europe. Summer. Called also Crambling Rocket. 



Reseda odorata L,., the Mignonette of the gardens, has 

 wedge-shaped entire or 3-lobed leaves, and very fragrant 

 flowers with deeply cleft petals. 



3. Reseda alba L,. White Cut-leaved 

 Mignonette. (Fig. 1800.) 



Reseda alba L,. Sp. PI. 449. 1753. 



Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, i-3 

 high. Leaves often crowded, pinnate or deeply 

 pinnatifid, the segments 9-12, linear, linear- 

 oblong or lanceolate, obtusish, entire or un- 

 dulate, 4 // -i2 // long; flowers nearly or quite 

 white, 2 // -3 // broad, in dense spike-like ra- 

 cemes; pedicels short; petals 6 or 5, all 3-cleft 

 at the summit; sepals of the same number; 

 capsule ovoid-oblong, usually 4-toothed, 5"- 

 6" long. 



In waste places, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Youngstown, 

 Ohio, in ballast about the eastern seaports and in 

 British Columbia. Adventive from southern 

 Europe. July-Aug. 



Family 35. SARRACENIACEAE La Pyl. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, 6: 379. 



1827. 

 PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY. 



Marsh herbs, with basal tubular or pitcher-shaped leaves, and large scapose 

 nodding flowers. Sepals 4 or 5, hypogynous, imbricated, persistent. Petals 5, 

 imbricated, hypogynous, deciduous or none. Stamens oo; anthers versatile. 

 Ovary i, 3-5 -celled ; ovules oo , in many rows. Capsule 3-5 -celled, loculicid- 

 ally dehiscent ; style terminal, peltate, lobed, or in one genus simple. Seeds 

 small, the testa reticulated ; embryo small ; endosperm fleshy. 



Three genera and about 10 species, all natives of America. Besides the following genus, Chrys- 

 amphora of California and Heliamphora of Venezuela are the only known members of the family. 



i. SARRACENIA L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. 



Leaves hollow, pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped, with a lateral wing and a terminal lid 

 or lamina. Sepals 5, with 3 or 4 bracts at the base. Petals 5, ovate or oblong. Ovary 

 5-celled. Style dilated at the apex into a peltate umbrella-like structure with 5 rays which 

 terminate under its angles in hooked stigmas. Capsule 5-celled, granular, rugose. Seeds 

 anatropous. [Named in honor of Dr. Jean Antoine Sarracin, a botanist of Quebec.] 



About 8 species natives of eastern and southeastern North America. 



