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low and the petals clear 
canary - colour. A plant 
imported by Bull was sent 
out in I 3 80 as flava picta^ 
but is thought by some to 
be synonymous with S. 
Catesbai. The Jiava Rit- 
gelii of Shuttleworth's 
MSS.— is said by Masters 
to be the S. erythro- 
pus of Hort. Bull. — 
is a large form with 
crimson markings 
on the lid of the 
pitcher, at its base. 
The form known as 
crispata is a hand- 
some and distinct plant 
with white-petalled flow- 
ers, green pitchers with 
prominent ribs or nerves, 
and a deeper wing than 
in typicdiX S.Jlava; while 
minima is simply a small- 
growing form. The wild 
S. Rugelii as imported to 
British gardens is known 
as S. flava major, maxima, 
and gigantea indiscrimi- 
nately. 
Parrot Pitcher- 
Plant [S.psittacina). — A 
very distinct plant with 
deflected oroblique leaves 
3 to 6 inches long. The 
swollen leaves are finely 
veined with dark pur- 
pHsh-red and; mottled with white near the 
mouth, which is nearly closed by the incurved 
beak-like lid of the pitcher. {Flore des Serres, 
t. 2063.) It grows and flowers less freely than 
other kinds ; the flowers are said to be red 
Sarracenia Flava 
{Enf;raved for Flora" from a phmt 
like those of S. pur- 
purea. There is a 
wood-engraving in the 
Gard. Chron. 188 i, p. 
816. The dried speci- 
mens of this at Kew, 
from Florida, Georgia, 
and Louis, are very fine 
and rich in colour. It is 
the S. calceolata of Nut- 
tall, and often has knife 
■t blade like leaves 7.\ inches 
in breadth. It is the S. 
pulchella of Croom. 
S. pulchella = S. psitt- 
acina. 
Purple Pitcher- Plant 
(.S*. purpurea) . — Leaves 
inflated and spreading 
horizontally, slightly con- 
tracted at the mouth, with 
a large erect lid, waved 
around the edges. The pit- 
chers are from 4 to 1 2 in- 
ches long and of all shades, 
from deep green to dark 
yseries.-) purplish-rcd or crimson. 
Flowers 2 inches or so 
across on stems of 6 to 12 inches, sepals 
bronzed and petals red or crimson, more or 
less folded over the broad green stigma. This 
was the first known of all and is hardy in a 
sheltered bog-garden in a bed of sphagnum- 
Gigantea. 
in the Charlton Ni 
