. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GliNUS I. MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 3. Reseda alba L. White Cut-leaved Mignonette. Fig. 2122. Reseda alba L. Sp. PI. 449. 1753- Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaueous, l°-3° 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"-
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GliNUS I. MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 3. Reseda alba L. White Cut-leaved Mignonette. Fig. 2122. Reseda alba L. Sp. PI. 449. 1753- Erect, glabrous, somewhat glaueous, l°-3° 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 5, all 3-cleft at the summit; sepals of the same number; stamens 12-15; capsule ovoid-oblong, usually 4-toothed, 5"-6" long. In waste places, Connecticut to Pennsylvania and Ohio,^ in ballast about the eastern seaports and in British Columbia. Adventive from south- ern Europe. Family4i. SARRACENIACEAE La Pyl. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 379. 1827. Pitcher-Pla'nt Family. Marsh herbs, with basal tubular or pitcher-shaped leaves, and large scapose nodding solitary flov\'ers. Sepals 4 or 5, hypogynous, imbricated, persistent. Petals 5, imbricated, hypogynous, deciduous or none. Stamens 00, hypogynous; anthers versatile. Ovary I, 3-5-celled; ovules 00, 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 to species, all natives of America. Besides the following genus, Chrys- amphora 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 lid or lamina. Sepals S, 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
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