34 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



6. Umbrella-leaf 



Diphylleia cymbsa. — Family, Barberry. Color, white. 

 Leaf, I, very large, i to 2 feet across, 2 -cleft, the general 

 outline round, the thick stalk attached to the centre under- 

 neath. No flowers attend this leaf. When the flowers appear, 

 2 smaller leaves grow alternately on the stem, also z-cleft, with 

 stalks attached near their margins. All with rounded and 

 toothed lobes. A singular, smooth plant, found on the moun- 

 tains of Virginia and southward. 1 to 2 feet high. 



Sepals, petals, and stamens, 6. Fruit, round, blue berries. 

 Rootstocks thick, sending up each year a flower-stalk or a 

 large leaf. Tht flowers grow in flat clusters. May, June.' 



7, Pitcher-plant. Sidesaddle-flower. Huntsman's- 



cup 



Sarracenia purpurea. — Family, Pitcher-plant. Color, pur- 

 ple, pink, or greenish yellow. Leaves, from the root, hollow, 

 pitcher-shaped, hooded, striped with purple. Time, June. 



Sepals, 5, colored, with 3 bractlets underneath. Petals, 5, 

 niched, broad above, narrow below, fiddle-shaped. Stamens, 

 numerous. Flowers, single, nodding on scapes about i to 2 

 feet tall. 



A large round ovary in the middle of the flower is tipped 

 with a greenish yellow style, expanded into a 5-rayed, umbrella- 

 shaped body, terminating in hooked stigmas. 



The hollow leaves hold water, in which insects are drowned. 

 Bristles pointing downward on the inner surface prevent an insect 

 which has crawled in from escaping. The leaves are usually pur- 

 ple-veined. 



I have found this plant in great numbers, from the most tiny 

 to very large, in marshy land by the side of railroads. Taken up 

 by the roots and placed in water it makes a veranda ornament 

 that will keep fresh a long time. 



