Obdbb 11.— the POPPYWORTS. 157 



Herbs aqaatio, in bogs, with fibrous roots, and witli the 

 lemes all radical,- urn-sbaped, b'ollo-w, and large flowers ofi. scapes; 

 sepals 5, witb 3 little bracts at base ; petals 5, clawed, incurved ; 

 stamens hypogynous ; ovary 5-celled, with a single style, the 

 stigma very broad, peltate, and 5-angled, crowning, in fruit, the 

 capsule, which is 5-celled and fyll of minute, albuminous seeds. 



SAREAOE'NIA. Pitcher-plant Trumpet-leaf. 



Character essentially as expressed in the oi'der. Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8, are 

 probably varieties^ not species. 



If Leaf-blade inflected over the-throat of the tube 7, 8 



1[ Leaf-blade erect, or nearly erect ; throat of the tube open a 



a Leaf -tube pitcher-shaped, with a broad wing. . . .1-3 

 a Leaf-tube trumpet-shaped, with a narrow wing. . . .4-6 



1 S. purpu'rea. Purple Pitcher-plant. Flowers purple. Leaves all inflated alike, 



dark green -with purple veins, 6-9' long. Scapes 1-flowered, 1^2f. high. June. 



2 S. heterophyl'la. Yellow Pitcher-plant. Fls. yellow. Lvs. pale, the outer slender. Jn. r. 



3 S. ala'ta. Narrow-winged P. Fls. yellow. Lvs. all more slender than in No. 1. S.-W. 



4 S. (G-rono'vii) flava. Telloio Tmrnpet-Uof. Flowers yellow. Leaves 18-36' 



high, all yellowish green, veins not purple. 



5 S. rubra. Red, Trumpet-leaf. Fls. reddish purple. Lvs. (l-2f ) purple-veined. S. 



6 S. Drummondii. Prummond'sT. Fls. purple. Lvs.(18-36') mottled with colors. S. 



7 S. psittaoina. ParroVs Pitcher-plant. Fls. purple'. Lvs. (3-5') spotless, hooded. S. 



8 S. variolaris. Mottled P. Flowers yellow. Lvs. (12-18') spotted with white. S. 



Order XI. PiTPAYERACB^. , The Poppy worts. 



Herts, generally with a colored juice, with alternate leaves ; 

 flowers on long peduncles, solitary, never blue ; 

 sepals 2 or 3, falling off when the' flower expands ; 

 ■petals generally 4, sometimes 8 ; stamens 4, 8, 12, 16, or 20, &c. ; 

 stigmas 2, or if more, star-like on the flat apex of the compound ovary; 

 fruit & pod-shaped or roundish capsule ; seeds numerous and minute. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



If Plants with a yellow j nice. Petals yellow, crumpled in bud a 



a Stigmas and plaoentfe 3, 4, or 6. Capsule ovoid c 



a Stigmas' and placentas 2 only. Capsule long, pod-shaped b 



