OBSERVATIONS ON SARRACENIA 5 



it may be well to emphasize that the only other species with which 

 the present might be confused is S. minor {variolarh). The geo- 

 graphical range of the latter species is along the Atlantic coastal 

 plain, from southern North Carolina to north Central Florida, but 

 it never seems to cross the land divide that separates the Atlantic 

 and Gulf coastal plains. ' 8. Driimmo?idii 9 on the other hand, is 

 only known in Florida on the gulf side of the divide, from near 

 Appalachicola on the east to the Alabama River on the west. 



In his Travels, ed. 2, 417 (1794), W. Bartram describes 8. 

 lacnnosa, which he found round Pensacola. He says: "In the 

 level wet savannas grew plentifully a new and very elegant species 



of Saracinia (Saracinia lacnnosa)) the leaves of this plant, which 

 are twelve or fourteen inches in length, stand nearly erect, are 

 round, tubular, and ventricose ; but not ridged with longitudinal 

 angles or prominent nerves, as the leaves of the Saracinia fiava 

 are ; the aperture at top may be shut up by a cap or lid, of a helmet 

 form, which is an appendage of the leaf, turning over the orifice in 

 that singular manner ; the ventricose, or inflated part of the leaf, 

 which is of a pale but vivid green colour, is beautifully ornamented 

 with rose-coloured studs or blisters, and the inner surface curiously 

 inscribed, or variegated, with crimson veins or fibres. It was past 

 the time for flowering, but the plant in any situation is a very great 

 curiosity." The locality and description alike absolutely prove his 

 species to have been identical with S. Drnmmondii. But, regard- 

 ing S. lacnnosa as a synonym of S. minor, B. M. Harper says,* 

 11 Bartram's description of S. lacnnosa is sufficiently complete to 

 leave no doubt as to what species he had in mind, and his name 

 antedates that of Michaux by a dozen years." In a later paper f 

 he returns to the subject, and gives as synonyms of S. minor, 

 il S. lacnnosa Bartr. Travels, 417, 1791. S. vanolaris Michx. Fl. 

 Bor. Am. i. 310, 1803." The portion of Bartrarn's description 

 which has probably misled Harper is that in which he says, " the 

 aperture at top may be shut up by a cap or lid, of a helmet form, 

 which is an appendage of the leaf, turning over the orifice." But 

 Bartram probably saw these plants in September-October, when 

 the autumnal crop of finely coloured leaves were being produced, 

 and so would note that the lid had at first a helmet form in the 

 opening pitchers. 



The direct statement by W. Bartram that he found his S. 

 lacnnosa near Pensacola, at least two hundred miles west of any 

 locality for S. minor, that the pitchers were of a vivid green 

 colour, ornamented with rose-coloured studs, and that the interior 

 had crimson veins, demonstrate conclusively that his plant was 

 identical with S. Drtimmondii, and his name should take priority. 



The French writer, M. llobin, travelled in the Southern States 

 from 1802-06, and published an account of his journey at Paris in 

 1807. He described many of his impressions of Pensacola, and 

 (li. 48) gave a graphic history of his finding the species now under 

 consideration. His locality was probably the same as that from 



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• Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, xxvii. 423 (1900). 

 f Ibid. xxx. 331 (1903). 



