sareaceniaceae (pitcher-plant family) 439 

 2. cle6me L. 



Petals entire, with claws. Stamens 6. Receptacle somewhat produced be- 

 tween the petals and stamens, and bearing a gland behind the stipitate ovary. 

 Pod linear to oblong, many-seeded. — Our species annuals with bracteate ra- 

 cemes. (Name of uncertain derivation, early applied to some mustard- like 

 plant. ) 



1. C serrulalta Pursh. (Stinking Clover.) Glabrous ; leaves 3-foliolate ; 

 leaflets lance-oblong, mostly entire ; petals white or rose-colored, short-clawed ; 

 stipe of pod as long as the pedicel. (C integrifolia T. & G.) — Dry mostly 

 saline soil, Minn, to n. 111., Mo., Kan., westw. and north westw. ; rarely eastw. 

 along railroads. — Flowers showy. 



2. C. spin6sa L. (Spider-flower.) Viscid-pubescent ; leaflets 5-7, lanceo- 

 late, serrulate ; petals white or rose-colored. — Cultivated, and occasionally 

 escaping to waste grounds. (Introd. from the tropics.) 



3. C. lutea Hook. Lower leaves 5-foliolate ; flowers yellow. — Western spe- 

 cies, reported from Weeping Water, Neb. (JVehhef). 



RESEDAcEAE (Mignonette Family) 



Herbs, with unsymmetrical 4:-7-merous small flowers, a fleshy l-sided hypogy- 

 nous disk between the petals and the (3-40) stamens, bearing the latter. Calyx 

 not closed in the bud. Capsule S-6-lobed, S-6-horned, 1-celled, with 8-6 parietal 

 placentae, opening at the top before the seeds (which are as in Capparidaceae) 

 are full grown. — Leaves alternate, with only glands for stipules. Flowers in 

 terminal spikes or racemes. A small and unimportant family of the Old 

 World, represented by the Mignonette {Beseda odorata) and the Dyer's Weed. 



1. RESEDA [Tourn.] L. Mignonette. Dyer's Rocket 



Petals 4-7, cleft, unequal. Stamens 12-40, on one side of the flower. (Name 

 from resedare, to calm, in allusion to supposed sedative properties.) 



1. R. Luteola L. (Dyer's Weed or Weld.) Leaves lanceolate; calyx 

 4-parted ; petals 4, greenish yellow ; the upper one 3-6-cleft, the two lateral 

 3-clef t, the lower one linear and entire ; capsule depressed. — Roadsides and 

 ballast, Mass. to Pa., local. — Plant 6 dm. high, used for dyeing yellow. (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



2. R. LtjTEA L. Low, decumbent; leaves irregularly pinnate-parted or 

 bipinnatifld; flowers pale yellow ; sepals and petals 6; stamens 15-20. — 

 Meadows and waste places, Mass. to Pa.; also Mich. (Adv. from Eu.) 



3. R. Alba L. Tall, erect; leaves pinnately and rather regularly parted; 

 flowers greenish white ; stamens 12-15; petals 5-6. — Waste places, becoming 

 more common. (Adv. from Eu.) 



SARRACENlACEAE (Pitcher-plant Family) 



Polyandrous and hypogynous bog-plants, with hollow pitcher-formed or 

 trumpet-shaped leaves, — comprising one plant of Guiana, another (^Darling- 

 tenia Terr.) in California, and the following genus. 



1. SARRAC^NIA [Toum.] L 



Sepals 5, with 3 bractlets at the base, colored, persistent. Petals 5, oblong 

 or obovate, incurved, deciduous. Stamens numerous, hypogynous. Ovary 

 compound, 5-celled, globose, crowned with a short style, which is expanded at 

 the summit into a very broad and petal-like 5-angled 5-rayed umbrella-shaped 



