Oed 4. SARRACENIACEA 



1. D A R L I N G T N I A, Torr. 



Calyx ebracteolatus, 5-sepalus; sepalis distiiictis subpetaloideis. Corolla 

 5-petala; petalis latissime unguiculatis ; lamina ovata ungae multo 

 minore. Stamiiia 12-15, uniserialia ; filamentis brevibus subulatis; 

 antheris oblongo-linearibiis, loculis incequalibus. Ovarium turbinatum, 

 5-loculare, Mobatum, apice dilatatum, concavum. Stylus brevis, 

 columnaris, b-fidus; lacmiis linearibus divergentibus, apice intus stig- 

 matosis. Ovula plurima anatropa, -placentas dilatatas obtegentia. 



Capsula Herba perennis, Californica, idiginosa; foliis fere 



/Sarraceniw, lamina profunde biloba, lobis divergentibus ; scapis uni- 

 floris bracteatis; bracteis infimis distantibus, supremis approximate 

 imbricatis; flore nutante purpureo. 



1. Darlingtonia Californica, Torr. 



Darlingtonia Californica, Torr. in Smithson. Contrib. 6, p. 4. 



Hab. Head-waters of the Sacramento, in Northern California, near 

 the Shasta Mountain, growing in marshes. Mr. Brackenridge (who 

 found only the leaves and scapes, but neither flower nor fruit). Near 

 the same place it was long afterwards found in flower by Dr. G. W. 

 Hulse. 



A perennial herb. Rootstock short and thick, producing numer- 

 ous, stout, dark-brown, fibrous roots. Leaves all radical; the adult 

 ones from eighteen inches to two feet or more in length ; the petiole or 

 pitcher tubular, gradually tapering downward, and singularly twisted 

 on its axis about half a turn, marked with strong parallel longitudi- 

 nal veins, which are connected by very slender veinlets. The summit 



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