Obdek 10.— SAERACENIAOEjB. 221 



globular in form, erect, on a thick, rigid stalk. Three outer sepals yellow- 

 inside, and the three inner entirely yellow, as well as the petals and stamens. 

 Jn. Jl. (Nymphaea Mx.) 



2 N. Kalmiana Ait. Floating Ivs. with base lobes approximate, submersed Iva. 

 membranous, reniform-cordate, the lobes divaricate, margin waved, apex retuse ; 

 Sep. 5 ; stig. 8— 12-rayed, crenate. — A smaller species, with small yellow fls., 

 growing in similar situations with the last, Northern States. Dr. Robbins, from 

 whose MSS. the above is quoted, thinks it wholly distinct from N. lutea, (Smith) 

 or any other species. Petiole slender, subterete. Upper Ivs. 2 — 3' long 1^ — 2i-' 

 wide; lower lv8. 3 — 4' diam. Jl. (Nuphar lutea ;3 Kalmiana Torr & Gr.) 



3 N. sagittasfolia Ph. Iais. elongated, sagiltaie-cordale, obtuso ; sep. G ; pet. ; 

 antli. subsessilo. — In slow waters, N. Car. to G-a. (Savannah). Itliizome erect. 

 Lvs. large, 10 to 15' long. Fls. as Urge as in No. 2. Outer sep. green ; inner, 

 yellow and petaloid. 



VICTORIA regia is also a member of tlUs Order, — a gigantic Water Lily, 

 native of the rivers of Brazil and Guiana, and successluUy cultivated hero. Its 

 earliest leaves are linear, then hastate, next sagittate ; its late ones become ovato 

 with a deep slit at base. Thence they gradually becomo circular and centrally 

 peltate, exhibiting by a distinct line the union of the base lobes. "When full grown 

 they are 4 — 6f diam. (or 8 — 12f in tlieir native rivers), with upturned edges and 

 prominent veins beneath. The expanded flowers with numerous petals and sepals 

 are If in diameter. 



Order X. SAERACENIACE^. Water Pitcher. 



Ecris aquatic, in bogs, with fibrous roots, perennial, and with the leaves all radi- 

 cal, urn-shaped, or trumpet-shaped, and large flowers on scapes. Floral envelops 

 i — 10, imbricated, the outer greenish, sepaloid. Stamens QO, hypogynous. Carpels 

 united into a several-celled capsule. (Figs. 114, 115, 176.) 



A curtous order, chiefly remarkable for the leavea which are of that cliiss called ascidia (§30S). 

 Itombraces at presents ffenera aadGorS species; the lleliainpbora of Guiana, the Darlingtonia 

 of Oalifurnla and 



SARRACINIA, Tourn. Pitcher Plant. (Named in honor of Z>r. 

 Sarrazen of Quebec.) Calyx of 5 colored sepals, with 3 small bracts at 

 base, persistent ; corolla of 5, incurved, "deciduous petals ; stigmas 5, 

 united into a large, peltate, persistent membrane covering the ovary 

 and stamens ; capsule 5-celled ; seeds very numerous, albuminous. — 

 Lvs. holding water, with a ■w'ing on the front side and a hood (lami^na) 

 at top. Scapes 1-flowered, fi. large, nodding. 



L.iinina inflected over the threat of tlie tube No.-?. 1, 2. 



Lamina erect or nearly so, throat open.* 



* Lfaves ventricous, never spotted with white No. .3. 



* Leaves trumpet-sliaped, very tall, often mottled and spotted above No. 4, 



1 S. psittaciaa Mx. Ijds. short; reclined, with a broad semi-ovate wing : fls. deep 

 purple. — Bogs, Ga., Fla. to La. Lvs. 3' to 5' long when the plant is in flower, 

 6 — 10' when in fruit, slightly mottled with white on the back. The tube is 

 small and nearly closed by tho hooded lamina, which gives to the whole leaf 

 the semblance of a parrot, whence the specific name. Scape If high. Fl. 

 rather smaller than that of S. purpurea. March. 



2 S. variol^ria Mx. Lvs. elongated, nearly erect, mottled with wbito on the 

 back, the wing lance-linear; fls. yellow. — Bogs in pine barrens, S. Car., Ga. 

 (Feay and Pond) and Fla. Lvs 12' to 18' high, remarkable for their white dia- 

 phanous spots near the top. Tube somewhat ventricous above, nearly enclosed 

 by the strongly inflexed hood ; wing 6" to 12" wide. Scapes shorter than Iva. 

 FIb. about the size of the last. Mar., Apr. 



