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spotted, covered with deflexed hairs. The flowers 
are nodding, 4 in. in diameter; bracts small, oblong- 
acute ; sepals spreading, If in., ovate obtuse, red¬ 
dish outside, greenish within ; petals 2 in. long, 1 in. 
wide, broad at the base, contracted, and bent in¬ 
wards below the centre, then flat and expanding 
into an obovate-oblong, winey-red velvety blade; disc 
of style in. across, five-lobed, greenish-red, with 
ovate, triangular, bifid lobes. This species is 
figured in Paxton’s Flower Garden, 1 t. 1. The 
plant grown as S. Drummondii in British gardens 
has been separated by M. Decaisne, under the name 
of S. undulata, but the two plants are not now con¬ 
sidered to be distinct. 
The Var. ALBA, Gard. Chron., x. (1878), 281. only 
differs in the paler colour of the variegation of the 
pitcher and the lighter tint of the flower. 
2. S. rubra, Walter, Flora of Carolina, 152. This 
has erect, slender, funnel-shaped pitchers 10-15 
inches high, with a deep leafy wing, and surmounted 
by an erect or inflexed ovate acute or tail-pointed lid, 
somewhat narrowed at the base into a broad stalk ; 
the general colour is green, but the reticulate veins 
at the upper part and on the under-surface of the 
lid are red. The inner surface of the lid and of the 
upper part of the tube is covered with fine appressed 
hairs, pointing downwards, and is covered with a 
honeyed secretion. The flowers are 3 in. across, 
with the odour of violets; bracts oblong, boat¬ 
shaped reddish-brown ; sepals obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, reddish-brown ; petals pendulous, about l£ in. 
long, broad at the base, constricted and bent inward 
below the middle, oblong-ovate obtuse, deep maroon 
crimson, velvety externally, cream-coloured within ; 
disk of the style % inch across, greenish, its fivo 
lobes oblong, obtuse, notched. 
The Var. acuminata, of Be Candolle (Bot. Mag., 
t. 3,515), is the form usually grown in English 
gardens, and is distinguishable by its relatively very 
long tails to the lid. 
The Var. Sweetii (S. Sweetii, Be Candolle; S. 
minor, Siveet, Brit. FI. Gard., ser. 2, t. 138), has 
cylindrical pitchers, with a narrow wing and an 
erect ovate pointed lid, not narrowed at the base. 
3. S. psittacina, Michaux (Gard. Chron. , N.s. xv., 
816, fig. 146).—This has comparatively small, 
spreading, purplish-spotted pitchers, with the lid 
like a parrot’s head, whence the name psittacina. 
The wing is very broad, and the hood-like lid is so 
inflexed at the margins as to leave only a very small 
orifice. The interior of the pitcher is lined with 
coarse deflexed hairs. It is apparently more difficult 
to cultivate than other species, as it is not so gener¬ 
ally met with as others, nor in such good condition. 
We have not seen it in flower, though various hybrids 
have been raised from it, but the flowers are de¬ 
scribed as very similar to those of S. purpurea. 
4. S. purpurea, Linvceus (Bot. Mag., t. 849).— 
The best known of the Sarracenias, the one which 
has been longest cultivated, and the hardiest. The 
plant has short barrel-shaped pitchers of a deep 
reddish-violet (or green), with their large flap-like 
rounded and wavy lid thickly studded with decurved 
hairs. It frequently flowers in cultivation. The 
sepals are dull reddish-purple ; the petals of a simi¬ 
lar colour, but rather brighter in tint; the disc of 
the style is green, with the inner surface paler. 
5. S. variolaris, Michaux (Bot. Mag., t. 1710). 
This is not commonly met with in cultivation. The 
pitchers are 6-7 inches to about a foot in height, 
erect, trumpet-shaped, with a very broad wing and a 
recurved hood-like lid ; green, except at the upper 
part, where it is mottled with cream-colour. The 
flowers are about 3 inches across, and of a pale 
primrose colour; the disc of the style is green. 
6. S. flava, Linnceus (Bot. Mag, t. 780).—This 
plant has erect elongate green trumpet-shaped 
pitchers, often as much as 3 feet in height, with 
prominent green nerves, and a very shallow wing, 
and having a wide opeu mouth H inch across, with 
a reflexed margin and a roundish, broadly ovate 
acute or slightly tail-pointed lid, 2-4 inches across, 
markedly cordate, and narrowed into a flat leafy 
stalk at the base. The inner or lower surface of 
the lid is covered with appressed white hairs, point¬ 
ing downwards, and the inner surface of the upper 
part of the pitcher is smooth. The flower is large, 
Sarracenia cr i spat a. 
pendulous, with a feline odour more powerful than 
agreeable; bracts oblong boat-shaped ; sepals oblong 
or roundish ; petals obloDg, constricted, and inflexed 
below the middle, then expanding into an oblong 
obovate canary-yellow blade ; the disc of the style 
very large (2 inches across), deeply 5-lobed, the 
lobes deltoid, bifid at the extremity. Great varia¬ 
tions occur in the size of the pitcher, the depth of 
the wing, the shape, colour, and markings of the lid, 
and to a less extent in the flower. 
The Var.' Catesb.ei (S. Catesbmi, Elliot, Botany 
of S. Carolina (1821), ii., p. 11; S. flava var. picta, 
liort. Bull; ? S. Fildcsi, Hort. Williams ) is a form 
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