SARRACENIACE^E 



PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY 



Sarracenia purpurea, L. 



'acenia: named for Dr. Michel Sarrasin, a physician at 

 the Court of Quebec in the 18th Century, who sent 

 our northern species to Europe. 

 'urpurea: Latin for red or purple. 



E PREFERRED HABITAT: sphagnum bogs. 



E PLANT: the flower stem erect, one foot to two feet 

 igh, practically without hairs throughout. 



'HE LEAVES: tufted; somewhat erect; "pitcher-shaped"; 

 four inches to twelve inches long; purple veined or some- 

 times green, especially when the plant grows in more 

 open places; on the inner surface, densely clothed with 

 stiff hairs at the mouth, but smooth below; narrowed into 

 a petiole. 



THE FLOWERS: single, drooping on slender stems; five 

 dull pink petals narrowed in the middle, not curved over 

 the yellowish style; five madder-purple sepals with three 

 coloured, persistent bractlets at the base; stamens numer- 

 ous; five-celled ovary, crowned with a short green style, 



