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; 2nd ed. . MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 3. Reseda alba L. Alignonette. Reseda alba L. Sp. PI. 449. White Cut-leavedFig. 2122. Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, l°-3°high. Leaves often crowded, pinnate or deeplypinnatifid, the segments 9-12, hnear, linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtusish, entire or undu-late, 4-i2 long; flowers nearly white, 2-3broad, in dense spike-like racemes; pedicelss
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; 2nd ed. . MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 3. Reseda alba L. Alignonette. Reseda alba L. Sp. PI. 449. White Cut-leavedFig. 2122. Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, l°-3°high. Leaves often crowded, pinnate or deeplypinnatifid, the segments 9-12, hnear, linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtusish, entire or undu-late, 4-i2 long; flowers nearly white, 2-3broad, in dense spike-like racemes; pedicelsshort; petals 6 or 5, all 3-cIeft at the summit;sepals of the same number; stamens 12-15;capsule ovoid-oblong, usually 4-toothed, 5-6long. In waste places. Connecticut to Pennsylvaniaand Ohio, in ballast about llie eastern seaportsand in British Columbia. Adventive from south-ern Europe. Family 41. SARRACENIACEAE La Pyl. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 379. 1827. Pitcher-Plaxt Marsh herbs, with basal tubular or pitcher-shaped leaves, and large scaposenodding solitary flowers. Sepals 4 or 5, hypogvnous, imbricated, 5, imbricated, hypogynous, deciduous or none. Stamens x, hypogynous;anthers versatile. Ovary i, 3-5-celled: ovules x, in many rows. Capsule3-5-cellcd, ioculicidally dehiscent: style terminal, peltate, lobed, or in one genussimple. Seeds small, the testa reticulated; embryo small; endosperm fleshy. Three penera and about lo species, all naives of America. Besides the following genus. Clirys-amfliora of California and Heliamphora of Venezuela are the only known members of the family. I. SARRACENIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. Leaves hollow, pitcher-form or trumpet-shaped, with a lateral wing and a terminal lidor lamina. Sepals 5, with 3 or 4 bracts at the base. Petals S, ovate or oblong. OvaryS-celled. Style dilated at the apex into a pel
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