NTMPH.EACE^E — SARRACENlACEiE — PAPAVERACEA:. 17 



Gknts I. SARRACENIA. 



Roots fibrous. Leaves all radical, pitcher shaped, tlie peii- 

 ole l)eint» formed into a tube generally inflated in the middle, 

 and iIk5 lamina, which is small, generally inflected over the ori- 

 fice. ScapCy I-floweied, llower nodding. 



1. S. PfRFCREA. lAnrfs short, curvod inward^:, wifli a ])roa(J winji; run- 

 ning down the tube, iiillati'd, [lartiully tilled with water, lamina erect, cordatr 

 Petals inflected over the stij^a. Side-saddle Flower 



Purple. %. June. Can. to Geo. in swamps. 1-2 ft. 



2. S. Rl'bra. Leaves slender, elongated, with the wine^linear, throat not 

 contracting, lamina erect, mucronate, hairy on the inner surface, contracted 

 at the base. Petals obovate, narrowed at the base. 



Dark purple. %. May. N. G. to Geo. 1-2 ft. 



3. S. PYava. Leaves large, with throat expanding, scarcely any wing • 

 laniina erect, rcniform, with reflected margins, base contracted, mucronate, 

 with purple veins. PeUils obovate-obloug. Stigma very large, with each 

 ■angle 2- cleft. 



Yellow. %. April. Middle Car. and Ga. 18 in. to 2 feet. 

 Groom thinks the 5. Catesbcei of Elliott, is only a variety of the 5". Flava. 



[Sill. .Tour vol. 28, p. 167. 



4. S. Drujimoxdii. Leaves very long, erect, tube dilated above, witli a 

 very narrow wing ; the upper portion as well as the orbicular, erect lamina 

 whitish, and strongly reticulatecl with purple veins, 20-30 inches long. jF/ot« 

 «/■ larei?. Groom. 



Purple. %. April- Florida. 2-3 fr. 



5. S. PsiTTACiXA. L€ai-€«3-4incheslong, decumbent, purole, spotted nearly 

 all over with wliite ; dorsal wing broad, lanceolaie ; ap!)en(Ji.\ nearly closing 

 the tube, and shai>ed like the head of a parrot. Grows in the wet pine bar- 

 rens of Flonda. [Crocm, Sill. Jour. vol. 25, p. 75. 



6. S. Variolaris. Leavis nearly erect, slightly venfricosc, tube spotted 

 on the back; lamina arched; wing slightly dilated. Petals obovate-spatu- 

 late, inflected over the stignia. 



Yellow. %. Ju. Geo. and Car. in pine-barren ponds. 



/?- T " rils a striking example of a sreat modification of iho pe- 



Vi. I liat the tube' pari is the petiole, and what we called 



lii • •' ' f. Tiips*- tubes an> ^'(Micrally fillod with water, 



*! '"0 pl;inl, and this always contains doad insects. 



'J 1 in a Ijeller manner in accomplish a given pn'd, 



ih ' I harine secnnicin, which surrounds ilie orifice, 



d' ^ aier entices them in; towards the IxittDm of the 



tiiL ~ pointing downwards 90 as to permit an easy decent, but makeii 



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Order XI. PAPAVERACE.E. 



Seprt/*, 2-3, caducou.«, aestivation imbricate. Petah- 4.-6. 

 Stamens^ as many as the petal.-?, or some multiple of their num- 

 ber ; aiiihers innate. Orar// coinposeil of 2 or mo.'^c carpels. 

 Sligma eonerally sessile. Fruit 1-celled, many seeded, n\ iili 

 parietal pjacentaj either opposite or alternate with the stipmas. 

 Seeds minute, anairopous, albunicn oilj*. Plants efnerally 

 with a milky, or yellow juice, often acrid and generally narco- 

 '•c. Flowers all belonging to the yellmc scries. 



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