POLYANDRIA MONOGYWTA. Act^a, 
A baccis rubris. 
Id shadv rocky woods, in rich vegetable mould ; Canada 
toVir«[iniai principally on the mountains. 2 /. April, 
jVIay. V V. Floweis white ; berries white or red | 
known bv the name of R?d and White Cohosh, and 
coiisideied by the natives as a valuable medicine. A. 
spirnta diti'ers itot only in its foliage, but the petals are 
the length of the stamina. 
436. SARRACENIA. Gen. pi. 885, 
1. S. foliis brevibus, tubo ventricoso-gibbo, fauce coarc- 
tato, ala ventrali arcuatim elatiore, appendice erecta 
subreniformi -cordata mutica sessili. Mich.Jl. amer.\, 
p 3iO Willd sp. pi. 2. p. U50. 
Icon. Bot. mog. 84g. MilL ic 241. Catesl. car. 2. 
t. /0. Pluk. amalth. t. ZjQ.f. 6. 
In cedar swamps and sphagnous marshes : Canada to 
Carolina %. 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 tilled half way with sphagnum, extremely well. 
2. S. foiiis elongatis, tubo superne dorso maculato, in ap- 
pendicem fornicatim incurvatam brevem desinente, 
aia ventrali lineari-lanceolata, Mich. Ji. amer. 1. 
p. 310. 
S. minor. Walt.fl. car. 153. 
S. adunca. Smith eiot. h- t. 1. 1. 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 subnulia, appendice erecta basi 
coarctata ima parte lateribus retrotlexis, mucrone su- 
bulate. Mich.Ji. amer. i. p. 310. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
p. 1 150. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 780. Bot. rep. 381. Catesb. car. 2. 
t. 6g. Pluk. amalth. t 3*j6.f. 5. 
In open swamps : Virginia to Florida. I/. June, July. 
V. V. Flowers yellow. This is the tallest growing 
..sort) the leaves are often two feet long. 
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purpurea. 
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