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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
CHAPTER X. 
SARRACENIE^ Turp. 
Essential Character. — Calyx of five permanent sepals, which are 
concave at the base and furnished with a three-leaved involucrum just 
under it. Corolla of five petals, which are contracted at the base, and 
unguiculate. Stamens numerous, hypogynous, closely packed together; 
filaments shortish ; anthers fixed by their hark, oblong, two-celled, 
opening upwards from the base, hardly to the apex. Ovary one, large, 
globose, with five longitudinal furrows. Style columnar, crowned by 
a broad, convex, leafy, five-angled stigma. Capsule globose, croumed 
by the permanent style and stigma, five-lobed, five-celled, five-valved, 
many-seeded, valves separating from the apex. Placentas five, one in 
each cell closely covered with seeds, progressing from the central axis. 
Seeds small, minutely tubercled. Embryo cylindrical, cleft at one 
extremity into two cotyledons, placed at the base of a copious waxy 
granular albumen, with the radicle pointing towards the hilum. The seeds 
are keeled on their underside, inserted by their narrowest point 
upon a large club-shaped stipitate receptacle, which stands out from 
the central column or axis into the middle of each cell. The valves 
of the capsule open from above between the cells, whose dissepiments 
are attached to the centre of each valve, and separate from the central 
axis of the column. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this order are all contained in one genus, and are natives of the 
swamps of North America ; and singularly enough, though several of them are found in Canada, they will not 
stand in the open air in Great Britain. They are all remarliable for the singular’ form of their leaves, which are 
tubular, and hold water. The flowers are large and handsome, and they are remarkable for the very singular shape 
of tlie stigma, which bears some resemblance to a pillion or side-saddle. 
GENUS I. 
SARRACENIA Tourn. THE SIDE-SADDLE FLOWER. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — As there is only one genus in the order, there is no distinct generic character. 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to tliis genus are ornamental, but very singular; and as already, 
observed, they require artificial heat to keep them alive in England during winter. They also require to be grown 
in soil kept constantly moist, as they are marsh plants hi their native country. The name of Sarracenia was given 
to the genus by Tournefort, in honour of Dr. Sarrazin, a French physician residing at Quebec, who first discovered 
S a r race ilia jmrp urea. 
1.— SARRACENIA PURPUREA Lin. THE PURPLE SIDE-SADDLE FLOWER. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 849 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 308 ; and our tube inflated and gibbous, and the lid or wing or helmet-like appen- 
fig. 1, in PI. 10. dage erect, broad-cordate, and sometimes emarginate. ((?. Don.) 
Specific Character. — Leaves short, constricted at top, with the 
Description, &c. — This very handsome plant is a native of Canada, but it will not flower in this country 
without artificial heat. It should be kept in a warm situation in a greenhouse, and planted in a large pot in bog 
earth, which should be kept moist, and covered with moss to prevent evaporation. The plant was introduced in 
1640, and it flowers in March. 
