. 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 . SARRACENIACEAE. I. Sarracenia purpurea L. saddle Flower. Sarrecenia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 5: Pitcher-plant- Fig. 2123. Vol. II. Side- 0 Torr. Fl. N. Y. Sarracenia heterophylla Eaton, Man. Ed. 3, 447. 1822. Glabrous, except the inner side of the lamina and inner surface of the pitchers, which are densely clothed with stiff reflexed hairs. Leaves tufted, ascending, curved, 4'-i2
. 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 . SARRACENIACEAE. I. Sarracenia purpurea L. saddle Flower. Sarrecenia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 5: Pitcher-plant- Fig. 2123. Vol. II. Side- 0 Torr. Fl. N. Y. Sarracenia heterophylla Eaton, Man. Ed. 3, 447. 1822. Glabrous, except the inner side of the lamina and inner surface of the pitchers, which are densely clothed with stiff reflexed hairs. Leaves tufted, ascending, curved, 4'-i2' long, purple-veined, or sometimes green or yellowish all over, much inflated, narrowed into a petiole below, broadly winged, persistent; scapes i°-2'' high, slender, bearing a single nodding, deep purple or occasionally yellow, nearly globose flower 2' in diameter or more; petals obovate, narrowed in the middle, in- curved over the yellowish style. In peat bogs, Labrador to the Canadian Rocky-Mountains, Florida, Kentucky and Iowa. May-June. The hollow leaves are commonly more or less completely filled with water con- taining drowned insects. Young plants often bear several smaller flat obliquely ovate leaves. Huntsman's-cup. In- dian cup or pitcher. Adam's- or forefathers'-cup or -pitcher. Whippoorwill's-boots or -shoes. Skunk-cabbage. Watches. Foxglove. Small-pox plant. Fly-trap. Meadow- or fever-cup. 2. Sarracenia flava L. Trumpets. Trum- pet-leaf. Water-cup. Fig. 2124. Sarracenia flava L. Sp. PI. 510. I753- Glabrous throughout, or the leaves minutely pubescent. Leaves trumpet-shaped, i°-j° long, 1-2' wide at the orifice, narrowly winged promi- nently ribbed, green, the lid 1-4' wide, obtuse or acuminate, erect, contracted at the base; scape i°-2° high, slender; flower 2-3' broad, yellow petals narrow, oblanceolate or obovate, sometimes 3'long, drooping, slightly contracted at the middle In bogs. Virginia and North Car west to Louisiana. Yellow trumpets, cuits. April.
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