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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  flowers 
  ; 
  filaments 
  slender. 
  Pistillate 
  flowers 
  with 
  12-15 
  abor 
  

   tive 
  stamens 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  globose 
  ovary 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  style.* 
  

  

  1. 
  B. 
  aestivale 
  Nees. 
  SPICE 
  BUSH. 
  A 
  shruli, 
  5-15 
  ft. 
  high, 
  with 
  

   smooth 
  bark 
  and 
  slender 
  twigs. 
  Leaves 
  oblong-obovate, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  pale 
  and 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  becoming 
  smooth 
  when 
  old 
  ; 
  petioles 
  

   short. 
  Flowers 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pedicels, 
  yellow, 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  

   Ovary 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  style. 
  Fruit 
  an 
  obovoid, 
  red 
  drupe, 
  about 
  

   \ 
  in. 
  long, 
  on 
  a 
  slender 
  pedicel. 
  Banks 
  of 
  streams 
  and 
  damp 
  woods. 
  

   Twigs 
  and 
  leaves 
  quite 
  aromatic.* 
  

  

  39. 
  PAPAVERACE^E. 
  POPPY 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs, 
  often 
  with 
  milky 
  juice. 
  Leaves 
  

   sometimes 
  all 
  basal 
  ; 
  stem 
  leaves 
  usually 
  alternate 
  without 
  

   stipules. 
  Flowers 
  bisexual, 
  regular 
  or 
  irregular. 
  Sepals 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  2, 
  shed 
  as 
  the 
  flower 
  opens. 
  Petals 
  4-12, 
  falling 
  early. 
  

   Stamens 
  numerous 
  or 
  6 
  (in 
  2 
  sets), 
  4. 
  or 
  2. 
  Carpels 
  2-16. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  a 
  capsule. 
  

  

  I. 
  ESCHSCHOLTZIA 
  Cham. 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  pale 
  or 
  bluish-green, 
  

   usually 
  cut 
  into 
  very 
  narrow 
  divisions. 
  Sepals 
  united 
  into 
  a 
  

   pointed 
  cap, 
  which 
  falls 
  off 
  in 
  one 
  piece 
  as 
  the 
  flower 
  opens. 
  

   Petals 
  4, 
  orange 
  or 
  yellow. 
  Stamens 
  many, 
  with 
  long 
  anthers. 
  

   Stigmas 
  2-6, 
  spreading. 
  Pods 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  grooved. 
  Re- 
  

   ceptacle 
  often 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  rim 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  calyx 
  rests. 
  

  

  1. 
  E. 
  californica 
  Cham. 
  Annual 
  or 
  perennial, 
  with 
  rather 
  succu- 
  

   lent 
  leafy 
  stems. 
  Flowers 
  large 
  and 
  showy, 
  yellow 
  or 
  orange-yellow. 
  

   Receptacle 
  top-shaped, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  rim. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  California. 
  

  

  II. 
  SANGUINARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial. 
  Rootstock 
  thick, 
  horizontal 
  ; 
  joints 
  and 
  scars 
  

   of 
  previous 
  growths 
  persistent 
  several 
  years 
  ; 
  juice 
  orange- 
  

   colored. 
  Leaves 
  on 
  long 
  petioles, 
  kidney-shaped. 
  Scape 
  1- 
  

   flowered. 
  Sepals 
  2, 
  falling 
  off 
  as 
  the 
  flower 
  opens. 
  Petals 
  8- 
  

   12. 
  Ovary 
  1 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  2. 
  Capsule 
  oblong, 
  seeds 
  crested.* 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  canadensis 
  L. 
  BLOODROOT. 
  Leaves 
  and 
  scape 
  with 
  a 
  bloom 
  ; 
  

   leaves 
  palmately 
  5-9-lobed, 
  lobes 
  rounded 
  or 
  toothed 
  ; 
  scapes 
  naked, 
  

   nearly 
  us 
  long 
  us 
  the 
  petioles. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  1 
  in. 
  or 
  more 
  wide. 
  

  

  