58 SARRACENIACEiE. S arracenia.
lM ich f.) f l ° l gZ i n eS' SÜCha’ 1 C' P’ 124- NyrnphEEa luteE) Lin n _ .
0. Kalmiana:stigma 8-14-rayed, somewhat crenate.—N. Kalmiana
L V dC' NymPh* a iutea /?. Kalmiana, p. o il. N. Kalmiana, Bot. mag. t. 1243 ” , McAr. / Jfl. 1.
Dr. Richardson. Sitcha, Bong ar d. 0. Northern
btates-.- and Canada !—Leaves floating. /?. is usually a much smafler plant,
but is sometimes nearly as large as the succeeding species : the sinus of thé
leal is commonly open.
2 AT. advena (Ait.) : sepals mostly six, the outer ones smallest; stigma
slightly umbilicate and repand, 12-25-rayed ; leaves cordate with the lobes
diverging; petioles semi-terete.—Pursh, ft. 2: p. 369 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 8 ;
Hook. I c Nymphcea advena, Michx. ! fl. l.p . 311; Willd. hort. Berol. 1.
t. 37. N. lutea, Walt. (Jar. p. 154.
N u tt° h ^ b t°S a ' leaT6S canescently tomentose beneath.—N. tomentosa,
Canada to Georgia! and Arkansas; west to Oregon ! 0. near Philadelphia!
Reaves floating in deep water, erect and emersed in shallow. Sepals
preceding 6 °Uter °neS Sreen-—Perhaps not specifically distinct from the
3. N. sagittafolia (Pursh): sepals 6; petals none; anthers subsessile;
leaves oblong-lanceolate, sagittate, obtuse:—Pursh, fl. 2. p. 370; Ell. sk. 2.
p. 9; DC.syst.2. p. 62; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 13. Nymphsea sagittsefolia, Walt.
Car. p. 154. N. longifoha, Michx. ! fl. 1. p. 312.
N. Carolina! to Georgia !-Rhizoma erect. (DC.). Leaves membrahace-
ous, often a foot long. Outer sepals green ; the inner petaloid, narrowed at
the base. Flowers the size of N. lutea.
Or d e r XI. S ARRACENI ACEiE. De la Pylaie.
Sepals 5, persistent, with a small 3-leaved involucre on the outside :
aestivation imbricated. Petals 5, hypogynous, unguiculate, concave.
Stamens indefinite, hypogynous: anthers oblong, adnate, introrse.
Ovary 5-celIed, with the placentae in the axis : style single : stigma
persistent, petaloid, peltate, with 5 angles. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved ;
dehiscence loculicidal: placentae projecting into the cells, many,
seeded. Seeds anatropous, minute. Embryo minute, cylindrical,
placed near the hilum : albumen copious.—Herbaceous perennial
plants, living in bogs. Roots fibrous. Leaves (purplish or yellowish-
green) radical, with the petiole tubular or pitcher-shaped ; the lamina
small, rounded, and usually inflected over the orifice of the petiole.
Scape 1-flowered : flower large, nodding, yellow or purple.
Of the six species known, five are confined to the Southern States east of the Alleghany
Mountains, and the sixth is found as far north as Newfoundland.
S ahhacenia.
SARRACENIACEAS.
1. SAKRACENIA. U r n . I * * . f » - f i t » > * f l F
New- York, 4. p. 98.
Character same as of the Order.
1. S. purpurea (Linn.) : leaves
g ib b o u s fw f a very broad j j g M ’ 2. p.
k f l* r £ ^ i. « 33f u f l a p y la ie in arm. Linn, soc Par. 6. p.
w ^ ^ i nde^dnS e c t s .
eronate. and slender, erect; tube slightly
rowed at the base ; flower reddish-purple.- Walt y y o | g9
t N b S a ^ t o ' S e o r g t f May - c T a f e s 10-15 inches long; the throat
open b low e r s smaller than in S. purpurea : petals obovate.
3 S. Drummondii (Croom) : leaves very long, erect ;
£ I S S £ S S ' p u r p l e veins ; flower purple.-
CS i L Zn e a r V p l%
strong hairs within. Flower large.
p. 311; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 368 (excl ’ ^ 4 „ 49 1 S. pulchefla,
ceolata, N u tt.! in trans. Am. phil. soc. (2. ser.) 4. p. i. v
Croom, in Sill. jour. 25. p-'lb. __Leaves 3-4 inches
Georgia! Florida! and Louisiana! March-April. L,ed%et, o
lon<r: tube narrow; orifice small. ■ ■ ■
c, variolaris fMichx.): leaves elongated, nearly verect; tube slightly JLSSSSSU - ^
T c . roV s im o r , S. adu«e>,
Smith, exot. bot t om. Geoma ! and Florida! March-April.
- U a l “ “ f s t o X t s t a g w h h "hit? diaphanous spot,. Flowers the
size of S. purpurea: petals inflected over the stigma.
„ c, n„,,n rTirmV leaves erect, very long; tube trumpet-shaped with
a n ^ d e d .L a . A i n , a h ,.,, none-,
.ft*» ; V . f ||i-A -&
1 T f l t Iona- lamba reniform, mucronate, minutely pubescent within, more
m U fm S e d whh purple vein’s
a a g a « t h e v e i n s m ^ a n usually