304 OEN'AMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



S. flava picta. — This is another plant which has been' 

 distributed under the name of S, flava, though it is very 

 distinct from the normal state. It is erect in habit, pro- 

 ducing pitchers from one to three feet in length, broadly 

 winged in front, and of a bright light green colour, the- 

 throat large, and beautifully streaked and veined with 

 crimson ; the lid is large, and protruding over the mouth. 

 The flowers are light yellow. 



8. purpurea. — This plant is widely distributed in North 

 America. It is prostrate in habit, producing stout pitchers, 

 which are broadly winged in front, and of a dark reddish 

 green colour ; the lid is large, erect, the throat and inside 

 of lid hairy, and beautifully veined and streaked with 

 deep crimson. The flowers are of a reddish purple colour. 

 This plant succeeds well in a cool frame, protected from 

 rough winds and storms. It is common about Quebec, 

 and in Canada generally, extending south to Carolina. 



8. purpurea tiridis. — A variety of the preceding, re- 

 sembling it in shape and size, but the throat and lid is 

 destitute of the 'rich crimson markings so conspicuous in 

 that species, and the whole plant is a uniform brigh.t 

 green. Eound in company with 8.j)urpurea; under culti- 

 vation this proves more hardy, as with but a slight pro- 

 tection it will live in the open air during winter. 



8. psittacina. — ^We have only seen this plant in a young 

 state, and cannot say to what size it may attain. In habit 

 it is prostrate. The pitchers are winged in front, with a 

 cucullate lid, somewhat resembling a parrot's beak ; they 

 are reddish purple, mottled with white towards the apex ; 

 ihe flowers are purple. It is a very distinct species of 

 recent introduction. Native of swampy ground in Florida. 

 (S. ralra. — A slender-growing plant, with leaves varying 

 from one to two feet in length, and of a bright green 



