DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA. 



•the genus Moneses (Pyrola uniflora, Linn.'); in addition to which, it may be 

 remarked that the seeds of Heliamphora are furnished with a loose winged testa 

 and a minute embryo, as in Pyrolacese. Between Moneses and DarKngtonia the 

 comparison may be drawn still more closely : in the floral envelopes and the 

 almost definite stamens, in the structure of the ovary and in the radiating stigmas, 

 as well as in habit, the likeness of our new genus to Moneses is quite remarkable. 

 In many points, too, we may trace in Darlingtonia an approach to Monotropa, of 

 the nearly related family Monotropaceee. Heliamphora, in its several-flowered 

 scapes, is more like Pyrola. The singular pitchers of Sarraceniaceae might seem 

 to show a wide difference between the families thus compared, but characters 

 drawn from the abnormal condition of a single organ are not of high importance in 

 determining affinities. In conclusion, I would remark that, while oflfering a few 

 additional considerations that seem to strengthen the views of M. Planchon, I do 

 not wish to be considered as yet adopting those views. When we obtain the fruit 

 of the Darlingtonia, perhaps it may give us some better knowledge of the place 

 that its family should occupy in the Natural system. 



