Title: Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11
Identifier: contributionsfro11univ (find matches)
Year: 1934 (1930s)
Authors: University of Pennsylvania. Botanical Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania. Morris Arboretum
Subjects: Botany; Botany
Publisher: Philadelphia : (s. n. )
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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K 4 i FIG ONE OF THE FEW SAEEACENIA MEADOWS «^„, PRFSERVED neab'theodore, ALABAMA. TiiE SPECIES ABE S. drummondii AND S. sUdgci, :;::™ ZTZLZL.... bUeek them, ..o..... ... sorts o. combxnatxoks or CHARACTERS. from any previousl)^ seen. On investi- gation this proved to be Fhlox jloridana, which had not been previously reported north of Thomas County, so that our find extended its known range by more than 100 miles. Other new stations for this species in Georgia and Alabama were al^o found later. Showiest of all the species of Sarra- cenia is the white-top pitcher-plant, usu- ally known technically as S. drummondii, although Rafinesque's name S. leuco- phiflla has many years' priority. Ama- teur botanists have reported it to grow as far up as North Carolina, but the northernmost locality represented by specimens in herbaria is Americus, Geor- gia. After an hour's search in that vicinity we found in a SAvamp a small colony which, by a fortunate chance, had not been destroyed by cultivation. Here the stock of the species for Mr. Burk\s collection was obtained, and although it Is still too early to tell whether the clump planted outdoors in southern New Jei-sey will survive, those wintered over in the cool greenhouse have grown and bloomed well. (See Fig. 1.) Another member of the genus does not grow east of Mobile, Alabama, so we traveled slowly toward that place, col- lecting various plants of interest along the way. The technical name of the species in question is 8. sledgei Macfar- lane, and, as its flowers are lighter in color than those of any other species, it seems most aptly termed the pale pitcher-plant. This proved to occur in a number of swamps, and we soon had some plants ready to send off. Here we were so fortunate as to meet Mr. T. S. Van Aller, who not only inspected our plants and certified them as safe for shipment, but also guided us to several pitcher-plant meadows which we would not have found otherwise. In most of '*- V> i ' > Vv I 1^1 -

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