linear,, two-celled, scarcely so long as the filaments. Pistil 

 solitary. Germen oblong, tapering upwards into a very 

 short style. Stigma peltate, four-lobed ; the lobes spread- 

 ing and velvety. Capsule siliquiform, with ten prominent 

 ribs, one-celled, two-valved, many-seeded. Seeds attached 

 to the marginal sutures, oval, dotted, sessile. 



This interesting plant is a native of Mexico, and was 

 introduced to this country by the late Mr. Barclay, a name 

 that will be long revered by the Botanist and Cultivator in 

 this country, and to whom I am indebted for the specimens 

 here figured. They were produced in the open border at 

 Bury Hill. 



The Genus is allied, as Mr. Sweet observes, to Meco- 

 nopsis ; but still more so, to the beautiful Eschscholzia, 

 especially in the foliage, the general structure of the 

 flower, and the siliquiform capsule : but it differs in the 

 peltate, four-lobed stigma, in the two-leaved calyx, in the 

 small receptacle of the parts of the flower, and in the 

 sessile seeds. 



Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Flower, from which the Calyx is fallen, hut with its Petals 

 not fully expanded. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil. 5. Capsule (nat. size). »• 

 Section of the Capsule. 7- Seed (scarcely mature) : — more or less mag- 

 nified. 



