DARLINGTONIA (after William Darlington, an American botanist), a Californian pitcher-plant, belonging to the family Sarraceniaceae. There is only one species, D. californica, which is found at 3,000 ft. to 6,000 ft. altitude in the mountains of northern Calif ornia and south-western Oregon, growing in sphagnum-bogs along with sundews and rushes. The pitcher-like leaves form a cluster, and are to 2 ft. high, slender, erect and end in a rounded hooded top, from which hangs a blade shaped like a fish-tail which guards the entrance to the pitcher. Insects are attracted to the leaves by the bright colouring, especially of the upper part ; entering, they pass down the narrow funnel guided by downward pointing hairs which prevent their ascent. They die and pose at the bottom of the pitcher. No digestive enzyme has been observed in this pitcher (see