POPULAR FLORA. 



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2. Leaves and flowers from rootstocks like the last. Sepals 5 or 6, rounded, partly petal- 



like and yellow. Within these a mass of small, square-topped bodies looking like 

 and not much larger than the stamens, but really answering to petals ; and above 

 them the real stamens in great numbers, all under the many-celled and flat-topped 

 pistil, {Nuphar) Yellow Pond-Lilt. 



3. Leaves and small dull-purple flowers from a slender stem rising in the water; the oval 



leaves attached by the middle of the under side (centrally peltate). Sepals and 

 petals narrow, each 4, and 12 to 18 stamens, all under the 4 to 16 separate and 

 few-seeded pistils, (Brasenia) Watershield. 



4. Sepals and petals (alike in many ranks) and stamens many, all falling off early, all un- 



der the pistils, which are 12 or more in number and separate!}' embedded in the flat 

 upper face of an enlarged top-shaped receptacle. In fruit they are round and eat- 

 able nuts (Fig. 273). Leaves very large ( 1° or 2° broad), round, attached by the 

 middle underneath, cupped, rising out of the water, as do the great greenish- 

 yellow flowers also, on long stalks. Common W. & S. {Nelumbium) Nelusibo. 



7. SIDESADDLE-FLOWER FAMILY. Order SARRACENIACEiE. 



Bog-plants with hollow, pitcher-shaped or trumpet-shaped leaves, all from the root, 

 makina: the curious irenus 



do — 



Sidesaddle-Flower. Sarracmia. 



Sepals 5, colored, persistent; and below the calj'x are 3 small 

 bractlets. Petals 5, fiddle-shaped, curved inwards. Stamens 

 very many, on the receptacle. Style with a broad and 5-angled 

 umbrella-shaped top, covering the 5-celled ovary and the stamens. 

 Pod many-seeded. Flower single, large, nodding on the summit 

 of a long scape. 



1. Purple Sidesaddle-Flower, or Pitchek-Plant. Petals 



deep purple, arched over the pistil ; leaves pitcher-shaped, 

 yellowisli-green, veined with purple, and with a broad wing 

 down the inner side. Common N. & S. S. purpurea. 



2. Red S. Petals red ; leaves long, trumpet-shaped, with a nar- 



row side wing. S. S. rubra. 



3. Spotted S. Petals yellow ; leaves trumpet-shaped, 12' to 



18' long, with a hooded top spotted with white on the back, 

 and a narrow side wing. S. S. variolaris. 



4. Yellow S., or Trumpets. Petals yellow, drooping when 



old; leaves 1° to 3° long, trumpet-shaped, with an upright 

 rounded top turned back at the sides, side wing hardly any. 

 Very common S. S. flava. 



Leave 



them cut off. 



