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arises an upright stem, about eighteen inches high, bent at 
the top, bearing a somewhat leathery flower, of five reddish 
petals ; the stigma of the pistil is dilated into a broad convex 
shield, almost concealing the interior of the corolla. — But 
INDIAN CUP, OR PITCHER PLANT. 
( Sarracenia Purpurea.) 
to proceed. The road by which we had approached did not 
enter the Brule, but merely touching its edge, went straight 
