slender, pinnatifid. Stamens 5 or 10, included. Styles 2, very short.
Capsule short, 2-beaked, 1-celled, with 2 parietal or rather basal
several-seeded placentae, 2-valved at the summit. Seeds smooth and
shining.--Low and slender perennials, with round heart-shaped alternate
leaves on the rootstock or runners, on slender petioles; those on the
flowering stems opposite, if any. Flowers small, in a simple slender
raceme or spike. Fruit soon widely dehiscent. (Diminutive of _mitra_, a
cap, alluding to the form of the young pod.)
1. M. diphylla, L. _Hairy; leaves heart-shaped, acute_, somewhat
3--5-lobed, toothed, _those on the many-flowered stem 2, opposite,
nearly sessile_, with interfoliar stipules; flowers white, in a raceme
6--8' long; stamens 10.--Hillsides in rich woods; N. Eng. to N. C., west
to Minn. and Mo. May.
2. M. nuda, L. Small and slender; _leaves rounded or kidney-form_,
deeply and doubly crenate; _stem usually leafless, few-flowered_, very
slender (4--6' high); flowers greenish; stamens 10.--Deep moist woods,
in moss, N. Eng. to N. Y., Mich., Minn., and northward. May--July.
7. HEUCHERA, L. ALUM-ROOT.
Calyx bell-shaped, the tube cohering at the base with the ovary,
5-cleft. Petals 5, spatulate, small, entire. Stamens 5. Styles 2,
slender. Capsule 1-celled, with 2 parietal many-seeded placentae,
2-beaked, opening between the beaks. Seeds oval, with a rough and close
seed-coat.--Perennials, with the round heart-shaped leaves principally
from the rootstock; those on the stems, if any, alternate. Petioles with
dilated margins or adherent stipules at their base. Flowers in small
clusters disposed in a prolonged and narrow panicle, greenish or
purplish. (Named in honor of _John Henry Heucher_, a German botanist of
the beginning of the 18th century.)
[*] _Flowers small, loosely panicled; stamens and styles exserted; calyx
regular._
1. H. villosa, Michx. Stems (1--3 deg. high), petioles, and veins of the
_acutely_ 7--9-lobed leaves _villous with rusty hairs_ beneath; calyx
11/2'' long; _petals spatulate-linear, about as long as the stamens_, soon
twisted.--Rocks, Md. to Ga., west to Ind. and Mo. Aug., Sept.
2. H. Rugelii, Shuttlw. Stems slender, 1/2--2 deg. high, glandular-hirsute, as
well as the petioles, etc.; _leaves round-reniform, with 7--9 short and
broad rounded lobes_; flowers very small (1'' long); petals
linear-spatulate, twice as long as the calyx-lobes; fruit
narrow.--Shaded cliffs, S. Ill. to Tenn. and N. C.
3. H. Americana, L. (COMMON ALUM-ROOT.) Stems (2--3 deg. high), etc.,
_glandular_ and more or less _hirsute with short hairs_; leaves
roundish, with short rounded lobes and crenate teeth; _calyx very
broad_, 2'' long, the _spatulate petals not longer than its
lobes_.--Rocky woodlands, Conn. to N. C., west to Minn., Mo., and Miss.
[*][*] _Flowers larger, in a very narrow panicle; calyx (3--4'' long)
more or less oblique; stamens short; leaves rounded, slightly
5--9-lobed._
4. H. hispida, Pursh. Stems 2--4 deg. high; _hispid or hirsute_ with long
spreading hairs (occasionally almost glabrous), scarcely glandular;
_stamens soon exserted, longer than the spatulate petals_.--Mountains of
Va. and N. C., west to Minn. and E. Kan. May, June.
5. H. pubescens, Pursh. Stem (1--3 deg. high) and petioles
_granular-pubescent or glandular above_, not hairy, below often
glabrous; _stamens shorter than the lobes of the calyx_ and the
spatulate petals.--Rich woods, in the mountains, from Penn. to Ky., and
southward. June, July.
8. CHRYSOSPLENIUM, Tourn. GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE.
Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary; the blunt lobes 4--5, yellow within.
Petals none. Stamens 8--10, very short, inserted on a conspicuous disk.
Styles 2. Capsule inversely heart-shaped or 2-lobed, flattened, very
short, 1-celled with 2 parietal placentae, 2-valved at the top,
many-seeded.--Low and small smooth herbs, with tender succulent leaves,
and small solitary or leafy-cymed flowers. (Name compounded of [Greek:
chryso/s], _golden_, and [Greek: sple/n], _the spleen_; probably from
some reputed medicinal qualities.)
1. C. Americanum, Schwein. Stems slender, _decumbent_ and forking;
_leaves principally opposite_, roundish or somewhat heart-shaped,
obscurely crenate-lobed; _flowers distant_, inconspicuous, _nearly
sessile_ (greenish tinged with yellow or purple).--Cold wet places,
N. Scotia to N. Ga., west to Minn.
2. C. alternifolium, L. _Stems erect; leaves alternate_,
reniform-cordate, doubly crenate or somewhat lobed; _flowers
corymbose_.--Decorah, Iowa, west to the Rocky Mts., and north through
Brit. Amer. (Eu., Asia.)
9. PARNASSIA, Tourn. GRASS OF PARNASSUS.
Sepals 5, imbricated in the bud, slightly united at the base, and
sometimes also with the base of the ovary, persistent. Petals 5, veiny,
spreading, at length deciduous, imbricated in the bud; a cluster of
somewhat united gland-tipped sterile filaments at the base of each.
Proper stamens 5, alternate with the petals, persistent; anthers
introrse or subextrorse. Ovary 1-celled, with 4 projecting parietal
placentae; stigmas 4, sessile, directly over the placentae. Capsule
4-valved, the valves bearing the placentae on their middle. Seeds very
numerous, anatropous, with a thick wing-like seed-coat and little if any
albumen. Embryo straight; cotyledons very short.--Perennial smooth
herbs, with entire leaves, and solitary flowers on long scape-like
stems, which usually bear a single sessile leaf. Petals white, with
greenish or yellowish veins. (Named from Mount Parnassus; called Grass
of Parnassus by Dioscorides.)
1. P. parviflora, DC. _Petals sessile_, little longer than the calyx
(3'' long); _sterile filaments about 7 in each set, slender; leaves
ovate or oblong_, tapering at base.--Sandy banks, Lab. to Mich.,
N. Minn., and westward.
2. P. palustris, L. Scapes 3--10' high; leaves heart-shaped; flower
nearly 1' broad; _petals sessile_, rather longer than the calyx,
few-veined; _sterile filaments 9--15 in each set, slender_.--Same range
as the last. (Eu.)
3. P. Caroliniana, Michx. Scapes 9'--2 deg. high; flower 1--11/2' broad;
_petals sessile_, more than twice as long as the calyx, many-veined;
_sterile filaments 3 in each set, stout, distinct almost to the base_;
leaves thickish, ovate or rounded, often heart shaped, usually but one
low down on the scape and clasping.--Wet banks, N. Brunswick to Fla.,
west to Minn., Iowa, and La.
4. P. asarifolia, Vent. _Petals abruptly contracted into a claw_ at
base; _sterile filaments 3 in each set; leaves rounded, kidney-shaped_;
otherwise as in the foregoing.--High mountains of Va. and N. C.
10. HYDRANGEA, Gronov.
Calyx-tube hemispherical, 8--10 ribbed, coherent with the ovary, the
limb 4--5-toothed. Petals ovate, valvate in the bud. Stamens 8--10,
slender. Capsule 15-ribbed, crowned with the 2 diverging styles,
2-celled below, many-seeded, opening by a hole between the
styles.--Shrubs, with opposite petioled leaves, no stipules, and
numerous flowers in compound cymes. The marginal flowers are usually
sterile and radiant, consisting merely of a showy membranaceous and
colored flat and dilated calyx. (Name from [Greek: y(/dor], _water_, and
[Greek: a)/ggos], _a vase_, from the shape of the capsule.)
1. H. arborescens, L. (WILD HYDRANGEA.) Glabrous or nearly so, 1--8 deg.
high; leaves ovate, rarely heart-shaped, pointed, serrate, _green both
sides_; cymes flat; flowers often all fertile, rarely all
radiant.--Rocky banks, Penn. to Fla., west to Iowa and Mo.
2. H. radiata, Walt. Leaves _densely tomentose and paler or white
beneath_.--S. C. and Ga. to Tenn. and Mo.
11. DECUMARIA, L.
Flowers all fertile. Calyx-tube turbinate, 7--10-toothed, coherent with
the ovary. Petals oblong, valvate in the bud. Stamens 20--30. Styles
united into one, persistent. Stigma thick, 7--10-rayed. Capsule
10--15-ribbed, 7--10-celled, many-seeded, bursting at the sides, the
thin partitions at length separating into numerous chaffy scales.--A
smooth climbing shrub, with opposite ovate or oblong entire or serrate
leaves, no stipules, and numerous fragrant white flowers in compound
terminal cymes. (Name said to be derived from _decem_, ten, referring to
the fact of its being often 10-merous.)
1. D. barbara, L. Leaves shining, sometimes pubescent; capsule with the
persistent style and stigma urn-shaped, pendulous.--Banks of streams;
Dismal Swamp, Va., to Fla. and La.
12. PHILADELPHUS, L. MOCK ORANGE or SYRINGA.
Calyx-tube top-shaped, coherent with the ovary; the limb 4--5-parted,
spreading, persistent, valvate in the bud. Petals rounded or obovate,
large, convolute in the bud. Stamens 20--40. Styles 3--5, united below
or nearly to the top. Stigmas oblong or linear. Capsule 3--5-celled,
splitting at length into as many pieces. Seeds very numerous, on thick
placentae projecting from the axis, pendulous, with a loose membranaceous
coat prolonged at both ends.--Shrubs, with opposite often toothed
leaves, no stipules, and solitary or cymose-clustered showy white
flowers. (An ancient name, applied by Linnaeus to this genus for no
obvious reason.)
1. P. inodorus, L. _Glabrous_; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed,
entire or with some spreading teeth; flowers single or few at the ends
of the diverging branches, pure white, scentless; _calyx-lobes acute_,
scarcely longer than the tube.--Mountains of Va. to Ga. and Ala.
2. P. grandiflorus, Willd. A tall shrub, with long and recurved
branches; like the last, but _somewhat pubescent_, with _larger
flowers_, and the _calyx-lobes long and taper-pointed_. (P. modorus,
var. grandiflorus, _Gray_.)--Along streams, Va. to Fla. Often
cultivated.
P. CORONARIUS, L., the common MOCK ORANGE or SYRINGA of cultivation,
from S. Eu., with cream-colored odorous flowers, has sometimes escaped.
13. ITEA, Gronov.
Calyx 5-cleft, free from the ovary or nearly so. Petals 5, lanceolate,
much longer than the calyx, and longer than the 5 stamens. Capsule
oblong, 2-grooved, 2-celled, tipped with the 2 united styles, 2-parted
(septicidal) when mature, several-seeded.--Shrubs, with simple,
alternate, petioled leaves, without stipules, and small white flowers in
simple racemes. (Greek name of the Willow.)
1. I. Virginica, L. Leaves deciduous, oblong, pointed, minutely serrate;
seeds oval, flattish, with a crustaceous coat.--Wet places, Penn. and
N. J. to Fla., west to Mo. and La.
14. RIBES, L. CURRANT. GOOSEBERRY.
Calyx 5-lobed, often colored; the tube coherent with the ovary. Petals
5, inserted in the throat of the calyx, small. Stamens 5, alternate with
the petals. Ovary 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentae and 2 distinct or
united styles. Berry crowned with the shrivelled remains of the calyx,
the surface of the numerous seeds swelling into a gelatinous outer coat
investing a crustaceous one. Embryo minute at the base of hard
albumen.--Low, sometimes prickly shrubs, with alternate and
palmately-lobed leaves, which are plaited in the bud (except in one
species), often fascicled on the branches; the small flowers from the
same clusters, or from separate lateral buds. (From _riebs_, a German
popular name for the currant. Grossularia was the proper name to have
been adopted for the genus.)
Sec. 1. GROSSULARIA. (GOOSEBERRY.) _Stems mostly bearing thorns at the base
of the leafstalks or clusters of leaves, and often with scattered
bristly prickles; berries prickly or smooth. (Our species are
indiscriminately called_ WILD GOOSEBERRY; _the flowers greenish.)_
[*] _Peduncles 1--3-flowered; calyx as high as broad; leaves
roundish-heart-shaped, 3--5-lobed._
[+] _Calyx-lobes decidedly shorter than the tube; berries apt to be
prickly._
1. R. Cynosbati, L. Stamens and undivided style not longer than the
broadly bell-shaped calyx; berries large, armed with long prickles or
rarely smooth.--Rocky woods, N. Brunswick to the mountains of N. C., and
west to Minn. and Mo.
[+][+] _Calyx-lobes decidedly longer than the short and rather narrow
tube; berries smooth, purple, sweet and pleasant._
2. R. gracile, Michx. (MISSOURI GOOSEBERRY.) Spines often long, stout
and red; _peduncles long and slender; flowers white_ or whitish;
filaments capillary, 4--6'' _long_, generally connivent or closely
parallel, soon _conspicuously longer than the oblong-linear
calyx-lobes_. (R. rotundifolium, _Man._, in part.)--Mich. to Tenn.,
west to Tex., Minn., and the Rocky Mts.
3. R. rotundifolium, Michx. Spines short; _peduncles short;
flowers greenish_ or the lobes dull purplish; filaments slender,
2--3'' _long, more or less exceeding the narrowly oblong-spatulate
calyx-lobes_.--W. Mass, and N. Y., south in the Alleghanies to N. C.
4. R. oxyacanthoides, L. _Peduncles very short, flowers greenish or dull
purplish; stamens usually scarcely equalling the rather broadly oblong
calyx-lobes_. (R. hirtellum, _Michx._)--Newf. to N. J., west to Ind.,
Minn., and westward. The common smooth-fruited gooseberry of the north,
the whitish spines often numerous.
[*][*] _Flowers several in a nodding raceme, small and flattish,
greenish._
5. R. lacustre, Poir. Young stems clothed with bristly prickles and with
weak thorns; leaves heart-shaped, 3--5-parted, with the lobes deeply
cut; calyx broad and flat; stamens and style not longer than the petals;
fruit bristly (small, unpleasant).--Cold woods and swamps, Newf. to
N. Eng., west to N. Y., Mich., and Minn.
Sec. 2. RIBESIA. (CURRANT.) _Thornless and prickless; racemes
few--many-flowered, stamens short._
6. R. prostratum, L'Her. (FETID CURRANT.) Stems reclined; leaves deeply
heart-shaped, 5--7-lobed, smooth, the lobes ovate, acute, doubly
serrate; _racemes erect_, slender, calyx flattish; _pedicels and the
(pale red) fruit glandular-bristly_.--Cold damp woods and rocks, Lab. to
mountains of N. C., west to Mich., Minn., and the Rocky Mts.
7. R. floridum, L'Her. (WILD BLACK CURRANT.) _Leaves sprinkled with
resinous dots_, slightly heart-shaped, sharply 3--5-lobed, doubly
serrate; _racemes drooping, downy; bracts longer than the pedicels_;
flowers large, whitish; calyx tubular-bell-shaped, smooth; _fruit
round-ovoid, black, smooth_.--Woods, N. Eng. to Va., west to Ky., Iowa,
and Minn.
8. R. rubrum, L., var. subglandulosum, Maxim. (RED CURRANT.) Stems
straggling or reclined; leaves somewhat heart-shaped, obtusely
3--5-lobed, serrate, downy beneath when young; _racemes from lateral
buds distinct from the leaf-buds, drooping_, calyx flat (green or
purplish); _fruit globose, smooth, red_.--Cold bogs and damp woods,
N. Eng. to N. J., west to Ind. and Minn.
Sec. 3. SIPHOCALYX. _Thornless and prickless; leaves convolute in the bud;
racemes several-flowered; calyx-tube elongated; berry naked and
glabrous._
9. R. aureum, Pursh. (MISSOURI or BUFFALO CURRANT.) Shrub 5--12 deg. high;
leaves 3--5-lobed, rarely at all cordate; racemes short; flowers
golden-yellow, spicy-fragrant; tube of salverform calyx (6'' long or
less) 3 or 4 times longer than the oval lobes; stamens short; berries
yellow or black.--Banks of streams, Mo. and Ark. to the Rocky Mts., and
westward. Common in cultivation.
ORDER 36. CRASSULACEAE. (ORPINE FAMILY.)
_Succulent herbs, with perfectly symmetrical flowers; viz., the petals
and pistils equalling the sepals in number (3--20), and the stamens the
same or double their number_,--technically different from Saxifrageae
only in this complete symmetry, and in the carpels (in most of the
genera) being quite distinct from each other. Also, instead of a
perigynous disk, there are usually little scales on the receptacle, one
behind each carpel. Fruit dry and dehiscent; the pods (follicles)
opening down the ventral suture, many-rarely few-seeded.--Stipules none.
Flowers usually cymose, small. Leaves mostly sessile, in Penthorum not
at all fleshy.
[*] Not succulent; the carpels united, forming a 5-celled capsule.
1. Penthorum. Sepals 5. Petals none. Stamens 10. Pod 5-beaked,
many-seeded.
[*][*] Leaves, etc., thick and succulent. Carpels distinct.
2. Tillaea. Sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils 3 or 4. Seeds few or
many.
3. Sedum. Sepals, petals, and pistils 4 or 5. Stamens 8--10. Seeds many.
1. PENTHORUM, Gronov. DITCH STONE-CROP.
Sepals 5. Petals rare, if any. Stamens 10. Pistils 5, united below,
forming a 5-angled, 5-horned, and 5-celled capsule, which opens by the
falling off of the beaks, many-seeded.--Upright weed-like perennials
(not fleshy like the rest of the family), with scattered leaves, and
yellowish-green flowers loosely spiked along the upper side of the naked
branches of the cyme. (Name from [Greek: pe/nte], _five_, and [Greek:
o(/ros], _a mark_, from the quinary order of the flower.)
1. P. sedoides, L. Leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends.--Open wet
places, N. Brunswick to Fla., west to Minn., E. Kan., and Tex.
July--Oct. Parts of the flower rarely in sixes or sevens.
2. TILLAEA, Mich.
Sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils 3 or 4. Pods 2--many-seeded.--Very
small tufted annuals, with opposite entire leaves and axillary flowers.
(Named in honor of _Michael Angelo Tilli_, an early Italian botanist.)
1. T. simplex, Nutt. Rooting at the base (1--2' high); leaves
linear-oblong; flowers solitary, nearly sessile; calyx half the length
of the (greenish-white) petals and the narrow 8--10-seeded pods, the
latter with a scale at the base of each.--Muddy river-banks, Mass. to
Md. July--Sept.
3. SEDUM, Tourn. STONE-CROP. ORPINE.
Sepals and petals 4 or 5. Stamens 8 or 10. Follicles many-seeded; a
little scale at the base of each.--Chiefly perennial, smooth, and
thick-leaved herbs, with the flowers cymose or one-sided. Petals almost
always narrow and acute or pointed. (Name from _sedeo_, to sit, alluding
to the manner in which these plants fix themselves upon rocks and
walls.)
[*] _Flowers perfect and sessile, as it were spiked along one side of
spreading flowering branches or of the divisions of a scorpioid cyme,
the first or central flower mostly 5-merous and 10-androus, the others
often 4-merous and 8-androus._
[+] _Flowers white or purple._
1. S. pulchellum, Michx. Stems ascending or trailing (4--12' high);
_leaves terete, linear-filiform_, much crowded; spikes of the cyme
several, densely flowered; _petals rose-purple_.--Va. to Ga., west to
Ky., E. Kan., and Tex.; also cultivated in gardens. July.
2. S. Nevii, Gray. Stems spreading, simple (3--5' high); _leaves all
alternate_, those of the sterile shoots _wedge-obovate or spatulate_, on
flowering stems _linear-spatulate_ and flattish; cyme about 3-spiked,
densely flowered; _petals white_, more pointed than in the next; the
flowering 3 or 4 weeks later; leaves and blossoms smaller.--Rocky
cliffs, mountains of Va. to Ala.
3. S. ternatum, Michx. Stems spreading (3--6' high); _leaves flat, the
lower whorled in threes, wedge-obovate_, the upper scattered, _oblong_;
cyme 3-spiked, leafy; _petals white_.--Rocky woods, N. Y. to Ga., west
to Ind. and Tenn.
[+][+] _Flowers yellow._
S. ACRE, L. (MOSSY STONE-CROP.) Spreading on the ground, moss-like;
leaves very small, alternate, almost imbricated on the branches, ovate,
very thick; petals yellow.--Escaped from cultivation to rocky roadsides,
etc. July. (Nat. from Eu.)
4. S. Torreyi, Don. Annual; stems simple or branched from the base
(2--4' high); _leaves flat_ or teretish, scattered, _oblong_, 2--3''
long; petals rather longer than the _ovate sepals_; carpels at length
widely divergent.--Mo. to Ark. and Tex.
[*][*] _Flowers in a terminal naked and regular cyme or cluster, more or
less peduncled; leaves flat, obovate or oblong, mostly alternate._
[+] _Flowers perfect, 5-merous, 10-androus._
5. S. telephioides, Michx. Stems ascending (6--12' high), stout, leafy
to the top; leaves oblong or oval, entire or sparingly toothed; cyme
small; _petals flesh-color_, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed; _follicles
tapering into a slender style_.--Dry rocks, N. J. to Ga., west to
western N. Y. and S. Ind. June.
S. TELEPHIUM, L. (GARDEN ORPINE or LIVE-FOR-EVER.) Stems erect (2 deg.
high), stout; leaves oval, obtuse, toothed; cymes compound; _petals
purple_, oblong-lanceolate; _follicles abruptly pointed with a short
style_.--Rocks and banks, escaped from cultivation in some places. July.
(Adv. from Eu.)
S. REFLEXUM, L. Glabrous, erect, 1 deg. high; _leaves crowded, cylindric,
subulate-tipped, spreading or reflexed; flowers yellow_,
pedicelled.--Coast of Mass.; western N. Y.; rare. (Nat. from Eu.)
[+][+] _Flowers dioecious, mostly 4-merous and 8-androus._
6. S. Rhodiola, DC. (ROSEROOT.) Stems erect (5--10' high); leaves oblong
or oval, smaller than in the preceding; flowers in a close cyme,
greenish-yellow, or the fertile turning purplish.--Throughout Arctic
America, extending southward to the coast of Maine, and cliffs of
Delaware River; also in the western mountains. May, June. (Eu.)
ORDER 37. DROSERACEAE. (SUNDEW FAMILY.)
_Bog-herbs, mostly glandular-haired, with regular hypogynous flowers,
pentamerous and withering-persistent calyx, corolla, and stamens, the
anthers fixed by the middle and turned outward, and a 1-celled capsule
with twice as many styles or stigmas as there are parietal
placentae._--Calyx imbricated. Petals convolute. Seeds numerous,
anatropous, with a short and minute embryo at the base of the
albumen.--Leaves circinate in the bud, i.e., rolled up from the apex to
the base as in Ferns. A small family of insectivorous plants.
1. DROSERA, L. SUNDEW.
Stamens 5. Styles 3, or sometimes 5, deeply 2-parted so that they are
taken for 6 or 10, slender, stigmatose above on the inner face. Capsule
3- (rarely 5-) valved; the valves bearing the numerous seeds on their
middle for the whole length.--Low perennials or biennials; the leaves
clothed with reddish gland-bearing bristles, in our species all in a
tuft at the base; the naked scape bearing the flowers in a 1-sided
raceme-like inflorescence, which nods at the undeveloped apex, so that
the fresh-blown flower (which opens only in sunshine) is always highest.
The plants yield a purple stain to paper. (The glands of the leaves
exude drops of a clear glutinous fluid, glittering like dew-drops,
whence the name, from [Greek: drosero/s], _dewy_.)
1. D. rotundifolia, L. (ROUND-LEAVED SUNDEW.) _Leaves orbicular_,
abruptly narrowed into the _spreading hairy petioles_; seeds
spindle-shaped, the coat loose and chaff-like; flowers white, the parts
sometimes in sixes.--Peat-bogs, Lab. to Minn., Ind., and southward;
common. July, Aug. (Eu.)
2. D. intermedia, Hayne, var. Americana, DC. _Leaves spatulate-oblong_,
tapering into the long rather _erect naked petioles_; seeds oblong, with
a rough close coat; flowers white. (D. longifolia, _Gray_,
Manual.)--Bogs, with the same range but less common. June--Aug.--Plant
raised on its prolonged caudex when growing in water. (Eu.)
3. D. linearis, Goldie. (SLENDER SUNDEW.) _Leaves linear_, obtuse, the
blade (2--3' long, scarcely 2'' wide) _on naked erect petioles_ about
the same length; seeds oblong, with a smooth and perfectly close coat;
flowers white.--Shore of L. Superior, Mich., and Minn.
4. D. filiformis, Raf. (THREAD-LEAVED SUNDEW.) _Leaves very long and
filiform_, erect, with no distinction between blade and stalk; seeds
spindle-shaped; flowers numerous, purple rose-color (1/2' broad).--Wet
sand, near the coast, Mass. to N. J. and Fla.
* * * * *
DIONAEA MUSCIPULA, Ellis, the VENUS'S FLY-TRAP,--so noted for the
extraordinary irritability of its leaves, closing quickly at the
touch,--is a native of the sandy savannas of the eastern part of N. C.
It differs in several respects from the character of the order given
above; the stamens being 15, the styles united into one, and the seeds
all at the base of the pod.
ORDER 38. HAMAMELIDEAE. (WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY.)