POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Actaea/ 
J$, A baccis rubris. 
In shady rocky woods, in rich vegetable mould : Canada 
to Virginia; principally on the mountains. I/. April, 
May. v v. Flo we s white ; berries white or red ; 
known by the name of Red and IV kite Cohosh, and 
considered bv the natives as a valuable medicine. A . 
spicata differs not only in its foliage, but the petals are 
the length of the stamina. 
436. SARRACENIA. Gen.pl. 885. 
1. S, foliis brevibus, tubo ventricoso-gibbo, fauce coarc- 
tato, ala ventrali arcuatim elatiore, appendice erecta 
subreniformi -cordata mutica sessili. Mich.jl. amer. 1. 
/>.310 Willd sp. pl 2. p 1 150. 
Icon. Bot. viag. 840. Mi/L ic.. 241. Catesh. car. 2. 
t. 70 . Pluk. amalth. t 3 76 . jf 6 
In cedar swamps and sphagnous marshes : Canada to 
Carolina. 1/. June, July. v. v. Flowers purple, 
large. This singular and handsome plant is, with all 
the following, a very desirable object in the collection 
of the admirers of nature ; they bear cultivation, in 
pots filled half way with sphagnum, extremely well. 
2. S. foliis elongatis, tubo superne dorso maculato, in ap- 
pendicem fornicatim incurvatam brevem desinente, 
ala ventrali lineari lanceolata. Midi. fi. amer. 1 . 
p. 310. 
S. minor. Walt.fi. car. 153. 
S', adunca. Smith exot. b< t. 1. t. 53. 
In open swamps, on sandy .soil : North Carolina to Flo- 
rida. I/ . June, July. v.v. Flowers yellow. The 
transparent spots on the back of the leaf distinguish 
this species very easily from the following, with which 
it has often been confounded. 
3. S. foliis strictis longissime infundibuliformibus, fauce 
patula, ala ventrali subnulla. appendice erecta basi 
coarctata ima parte latei ibus retroflexis, mucrone su- 
balato. Mich.fi. amer . l.p. 310. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
p. 1150. 
Icon. Bo.t. mag. 780. Bot. rep. 381. Catesl. car. 2. 
t. 6g. Pluk, amalth. t 376 . f 5. 
In open swamps ; Virginia to Florida 1/. June, July. 
v. v. Flowers yellow. This is the tallest growing 
sort j the leaves are often two feet long. 
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rubra. 
purpurea. 
variolanSo 
fiava . 
