An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 MIGXOXETTE TAMILV. Reseda alba L. Mignonette. \\'hite Cut-leaved Fig. 2122. Reseda alba L. Sp. PI. 449. 1753. Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, 1°-^° high. Leaves often crowded, pinnate or deeply pinnatifid, the segments 9-12, linear, linear- oblong or lanceolate, obtusish, entire or undu- late, 4'-i2' long; flowe
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 MIGXOXETTE TAMILV. Reseda alba L. Mignonette. \\'hite Cut-leaved Fig. 2122. Reseda alba L. Sp. PI. 449. 1753. Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, 1°-^° high. Leaves often crowded, pinnate or deeply pinnatifid, the segments 9-12, linear, linear- oblong or lanceolate, obtusish, entire or undu- late, 4'-i2' long; flowers nearly white, 2'-^' broad, in dense spike-like racemes; pedicels short; petals 6 or s, all 3-cleft at the summit; sepals of the same number; stamens 12-15; capsule ovoid-oblong, usually 4-toothed, 5'-^' long. In waste places, Connecticut to Pennsylvania and Ohio, in ballast about the eastern seaports and in British Columbia. Adventive from south- ern Europe. July-Aug. Family4i. SARRACENIACEAE La Pyl. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 379. 1827. Pitcher-Pl.\nt F.^milv. Marsh herbs, with basal tubular or pitcher-shaped leaves, and large scapose nodding solitary flowers. Sepals 4 or 5. hypogynous, imbricated, persistent. Petals 5, imbricated, hypogynous, deciduous or none. Stamens oc, hypogynous; anthers versatile. Ovary i, 3-5-ceIled; ovules cc, in many rows. Capsule 3-5-celled, loculicidally dehiscent: style terminal, peltate, lobed, or in one genus simple. Seeds small, the testa reticulated; embryo small; endosperm fleshy. Three genera and about 10 species, all natives of America. amphora of California and Heliamphora of Venezuela are the only kno I. SARRACENIA [Toum.] L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. Leaves hollow, pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped, with a lateral wing and a terminal lid or lamina. Sepals 5, with 3 or 4 bracts at the base. Petals 5, ovate or oblong. Ovary S-celled. Style dilated at the apex into a peltate umbrella-like structure with S rays which terminate under its angles in
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