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. . a 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 la
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. . a 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 peltate umbrella-like structure with 5 rays whichterminate under its angles in hooked stigmas. Capsule 5-cel!ed, granular, rugose. Seedsnumerous, anatropous. [Named in honor of Dr. Jean . Sarracin, a botanist ofQuebec 1 of eastern and southeastern North .\merica. Type species: Sarraeenia .\bout R species natifiirf-tirca Leaves pitcher-shaped, curved : flower purple or greenish (rarely tubular-trumpct-shaped; flower yellow. 1. S. furpurea. 2. SARRACENIACEAE. Vol. I. Sarracenia purpixrea L. Pitcher-plant. Side-saddle Ilower. Fig. 2123. Sarrecenia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla (Eaton) Torr. Fl. N. : 41. 184J. Sarracenia heterophylla Eaton, Man. Ed. 3, 447. 1822. Glabrous, except the inner side of the lamina andinner surface of the pitchers, which are densely clothedwith stiff reflexed hairs. Leaves tufted, ascending,curved, 4-12 long, purple-veined, or sometimes greenor yellowish all over, much inflated, narrowed into apetiole below, broadly winged, persistent; scapes i°-2°high, slender, bearing a single nodding, deep purple oroccasionally yellow, nearly globose flower 2 in diameteror more; petals obovate, narrowed in the middle, in-curved over the yellowish style. In peat bogs, L
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