EXOGENS. 153 



top vaulted, and saccate above the contracted mouth ; lid 2-eared. 

 Scape 2°-4° high; fl. sol. Mts., Cal. 3. Sarracenia. Pet. 5, in- 

 curved. Sep. 6. Sty. dilated at top into a 5-rayed parasol, each ray 

 ending in a minute stigma. Fl. sol. Boll 5-valved. 6 spec, N. 

 Am. A. Lf. iruTnpet-shaped, erect, a. Fl. yellow. S. varioldris, 

 Spotted Trumpet-leap. Lf. B'-IS' high ; wing broad, spotted ; lid 

 concave. Scape shorter; fl. 2' wide. N. C. to Fla., W. S. fldva, 

 Yellow T. Lf. large, 2°-3° high ; wing narrow, lid erect, yellow. 

 Scape 2° high ; fl. i'-5' wide. Same habitat as flrst. b. Fl. purple. 

 S. Drummondi. Lf. 2°-3° high ; wing narrow ; summit and erect lid 

 white, variegated. Scape longer than Ivs. ; fl. 3' wide. S. rubra, 

 Red T. Lf. lO'-lS' high ; wing narrow, lid erect ; fl. red-purple. 

 Ga. to Miss. B. Lf. pitcher-shaped, ascending ; fl. purple: S. psit- 

 tacina, Parrot Pitcher. Lf. 2'-4' long, slender ; wing broad, varie- 

 gated ; lid beaked. Scape 1° high. Fla. to La. S. purpibrea, Side- 

 Saddle, Huntsman's Cup. Lf. V-%' long, inflated ; wing broad ; 

 mouth contracted; lid large, erect. Scape 1° high. Pig. 114. Can. 

 to Gulf. 



Crowfoot Alliance. — Mit. usually imb. Sta. oo, very rarely defi- 

 nite. Carpels free or immersed in the torus, very rarely connate. 

 Micropyle usually inferior. Smb. usually minute in fleshy perisperm ; 

 rarely large, perisperm (Nelumbium, Calycanthacese). 2 Sections : 

 1. Sepals or petals 2-3-sev.-seriate ; sometimes 0: 156. Nymphaeacese. 

 156. Lardizabalaceae. 157. Berberidacese. 158. Menispermacese. 

 159. Anonacese. 160. Myristicaceas. 161. Monimiacese. 168. Mag- 

 noliaceae. 163. Calycanthacex. 2. Sepals usually 5, or fewer. Petals 

 2-seriate; 164. Dilleniaceae. 165. Ranunculaceae. 



Ord. 155. Nymphseaceae. — Pis. § , reg., large ; peduncle long, 1- 

 flowered. Pet. usually many or oo ; distinct, rarely connate at base. 

 Sta. 00, rarely 6. Carpels oo or few, distinct or coherent when ripe. 

 Sds. with perisperm and vitellus ; or both 0. Lvs. simple, alt. or 

 opp. ; petiole long, blade usually large. Aquatic Herbs ; rhiz. sub- 

 terranean, fleshy, often tuberous ; acaulescent, except in Cabombacese. 

 Petioles and peduncles with many air-tubes. Both worlds. 8 gen., 

 about 65 spec. 3 Sub-Orders : 



Sub-Ord. 1. Nelumbiacese. Lotus Flowers. — Acaulescent. 

 Lvs. and fls. emerged. Sep. 4 or more, petaloid ; pet. and sta. oo ; all 

 hypog. at base of torus. Sta. with connective produced. Ova. be- 

 tween 10 and 20 ; 1-seeded, distinct, distant, sunk in pits on the top 

 of the large obconio torus. Sty. short; stig. peltate, hollowed, like 

 the lvs. Nuts acorn-like. Emb. large, plumule foliaceous, Peri- 

 sperm and vitellus 0. Fr. the large torus with its sunken nuts. Ehiz. 

 and sds. edible. Lvs. orbicular, large, centrally peltate, hollowed into 

 bowls as they grow and emerge ; blade velvety wHhin ; stomata only 

 at centre, and set like a jewel ; veins large, radiate. One gen., 2 spec. : 

 Neliimbium luteum, Yellow Lotus, Yonquapene (Yonkapane, 

 Yonkapin; the common S. and aboriginal name). Fls. yellow, 8'-ll' 

 wide. Connective hookfed, linear. Lvs. l°-2° wide. Lakes, pools, 

 N. C, Tenn., S. to Fla. and Tex. Isolated: below Philadelphia; 

 near Lyme, Conn. ; Sodus Bay, N. Y. ; Miss. River, Wis. N. 

 speciosum, Sacred Lotus. Connective clavate ; fls. usually deep 

 rose-colored; large, but smaller than in N. luteum. Caspian Sea; 

 Persia ; India ; China ; Japan ; Malaysia ; Australia. No longer in 



