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Webster 1913 Edition
Sarracenia
‖
Sarˊra-ce′ni-a
,p
rop.
Noun.
[NL. So named after a Dr.
Sarrazin
of Quebec.] (Bot.)
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.
☞ They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style.
Sarracenia purpurea
, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; Sarracenia flava
, Sarracenia rubra
, Sarracenia Drummondii
, Sarracenia variolaris
, and Sarracenia psittacina
are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust
. of Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle
.