Tab. 5830. 

 STYLOPHORUM japonicum. 



Japanese Stylophorum. 



Nat. Ord. Papaveeace^:. — Polyandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. — Sepala 2. Petala 4. Stamina indefinita. Ovarii placentae 

 2-4, nerviformes ; stylus distinctus, apice lobato-dilatatus, lobis 2-4 erectis 

 cum placentis alternantibua sinubusque deflexis undique stigmatosis. Cap- 

 sula Sffipius stipitata, ovoidea, oblonga v. linearis, ab apice ad basin dehiscens, 

 valvis placentas cum stylo persistentes nudantibus. Semina scrobiculata, 

 raphe cristata. Herbae, rhizomate perenni, succojlavo. Folia radical ia pin- 

 natifida v. 0, caulina pauca, alterna v. fioralia subopposita, lobata v. dissecta, 

 tenera. Flores fiavi v. rubri, pedunculis elongatis solitariis v. subfasciculatis, 

 alabastris nutantibus. 



Stylophorum Japonicum ; fere glaberrima, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis 

 pinnatisectis, foliolis bijugis cum impari ellipticis lanceolatisve grosse 

 inaequaliter serratis, caulinis apicem versus caulis breviter petiolatis 

 3-5-jugis, floribus axillaribus solitariis binisve, sepalis acuminatis, 

 petalis late obovatis, capsula anguste elongata, stylo breviusculo. 



Stylophorum Japonicum, Miq. Prolus. Fl. Japon., p. 199. 



Chelidontum Japonicum, Thunb. Fl. Japon., p. 221. 



C. uniflorum, Sieb. and Zucc. Abhandl. Baier. Akad. Wissensch., v. iv. 2, 



p. 169. Walp. Ann. 1, 956. 

 Hylomecon vernale, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Japon., p. 36, t. 3. 



An elegant, hardy perennial, closely allied to our Greater 

 Celandine, but with flowers twice as large. A native of 

 Japan and the countries bordering the Amoor river in N.E. 

 Asia. It was received from the Imperial Gardens at St. 

 Petersburgh, and flowered in a cool frame in May of last 

 year. 



Descr. Rootstock slender, tortuous, branched, sending up 

 from the extremity of each branch one or two very long- 

 petioled leaves, and a slender erect stem, twelve to eighteen 

 inches high, which bears at the top two or three leaves, 

 with axillary flowers, and at the base a few short amplexicaul, 



APRIL 1st, 1870. 



