108 SARRACENIACE.E. 



cent, the five valves cohering hy the dissepiments with the 

 axis. Seeds very numerous, covering the projecting axile 

 placentas, horizontal, anatropous, with a dilated raphe : testa 

 crustaceous. Albumen fleshy. Embryo very small in the 

 axis next the hilum, cylindrical : cotyledons short. 



Herbs of singular aspect, growing in bogs and marshes ; 

 with fibrous roots from a short perennial rootstock, produc- 

 ing trumpet-shaped or pitcher-shaped coriaceous colored and 

 reticulated leaves, and a naked scape terminated by a large 

 (yellow or purple) nodding flower. 



Etymology. Dedicated to Dr. Sarrazin, of Quebec, who sent the north- 

 ern species to Tournefort. The origin of the popular name, Side-sadd/e 

 Flower, is not evident. From the shape of the leaves, the common species 

 is called Huntsman's Cup; and the tubular leaves of S. flava, &c. , are call- 

 ed Trumpets in the South. 



PLATE 45. Sarracenia purpurea, Linn.; — with rather small leaves ; 

 one of them cut across. 



1. Flower-bud, showing the calyculate bractlets. 



2. Diagram of the iestivation, &c, including an enlarged transverse sec- 



tion of the ovary (the cells alternate with the petals). 

 PLATE 46. Analyses of the flower and fruit. 



1. A sepal ; and 2, a petal ; inside view, natural size. 



3. Outside, and 4, inside view of a stamen, magnified. 



5. Pistil, with two stamens left on the receptacle ; natural size. 



6. Umbrella of the style, seen from above. 



7. Same, seen from underneath, showing the stigmas. 



8. Vertical section of the whole pistil, enlarged (showing two stigmas). 



9. Magnified view of the apex of one of the lobes, showing the stigma. 



10. An ovule, magnified. 



11. Capsule dehiscing; part of the calyx and umbrella torn away. 



12. Capsule (with the persistent style) divided transversely. 



13. A seed, magnified. 



14. Longitudinal section of the same parallel with the wing-like raphe, 



showing the embryo in the albumen. 



15. Embryo, detached and more magnified. 



