NORTH AMERICA* 
4*5 
There were growing on the fand hills, environ- 
ing Penfacoia, feveral curious non-defcribed plants ; 
particularly one of the verticillate order, about 
eighteen inches in height : the Bowers, which form- 
ed loofe fpikes, Were large and of a fine fcarlet 
colour ; but not having time to examine the fructi- 
fication, or collect good fpecimens, I am ignorant 
of what order or genus it belongs to. And in 
the level wet favannas grew plentifully a new and 
very elegant fpecies of Saracinia (Saracinia lacuno- 
fa) ; the leaves of this plant, which are twelve or 
fourteen inches in length, Hand nearly erect, are 
round, tubular and ventricofe- — but not ridged with 
longitudinal angles or prominent nerves, as the 
leaves of the Saracinia flava are : the aperture at 
top may be {hut up by a cap or lid, of a helmet 
form, which is an appendage of the leaf, turning- 
over the orifice in that fingular manner ; the ventri- 
cofe, or inflated part of the leaf, which is of a pale, 
but vivid green colour, is beautifully ornamented 
with rofe coloured ftuds or biifters, and the inner 
furface curioufly infcribed, or variegated, with crim- 
fon veins or fibres. It was paft the time for flower- 
ing, but the plant in any fituation is a very great 
curiofity. 
Next morning early we arofe from our hard 
fandy fea-beaten couch, being diiturbed[the whole 
night by the troublefome mufquitoes ; fet fail, and 
before night returned fafe to the city of Mobile. 
CHAP, 
