48 POPPY FAMILY. 



S. rilbra, RED-FLOWERED TRUMPET-LEAF of S. States-, sometimes cult. 

 in greenhouses. Leaves trumpet-shaped, slender, a foot long, with a narrow 

 win;,' uii'l an erect ovate pointed hood ; flower crimson-purple. 



S. Drummondii, GKEAT TIM-MPET-LKAF of Florida: sometimes cult. 

 Leaves intich like the last, hut 2 or 3 long, upper part of the hi he and the 

 roundish erect hood variegated and purple- veiny ; and the deep-purple flower 

 very lar_ 



S. psittacina, PARROT PiTCHKR-I'i. \\T of S. States, and rarely cult. 

 Leaves short and spreadiiii:, with a narrow tube, abroad wing, and an inflated 

 globular hi" id, which is incurved over the mouth of the tube, :-potted with white; 

 flower purple. 



S. variolaris, SPOTTED TRUMPET-LEAF of S. States. Leaves erect, 

 'trumpet-shaped, white-spotted above, longer than the scape, with a broad wing, 

 and an ovate hood arching over the orifice ; flower yellow. 



S. flava, YELLOW TRUMPET-LEAF of S. States : cult, more commonly 

 than the rest, as a curiosity, and almost hardy N. Leaves trumpet-shaped, 2 

 long, erect, yellowish or purple-veiny, with a narrow wing, and an erect round- 

 ish but pointed hood, a tall scape, and yellow flower. 



8. PAP AVERAGES, POPPY FAMILY. 



Herbs witii milky or colored juice, regular flowers, a calyx mostly 

 of 2 sepals which fall when the blossom opens, petals twice or 3 -5 

 times as many, numerous stamens on the receptacle, and a com- 

 pound 1-celled ovary, with 2 or more parietal placentic. Fruit a 

 pod, many-seeded. Juice narcotic, as in Poppy (opium), or acrid. 

 No. 5 has watery juice, with the odor of muriatic acid, and the 

 calyx like a cap or lid ; No. 7 lias no petals and few seeds. 



* Petals crumpled in the Jtmcer-bud, which droops on its peduncle before opening. 



1. PAP AVER. Stigmas united into a many-rayed circular bodv which is closely 



sessile on the ovary. Pod globular or oblong, imperfectly many-celled by 

 the projecting placenta: which are covered with numberless seeds, opening 

 only by pores or chinks at the top. Juice white. 



2. STYLOPHOKUM. Stigma 8 - 4-lobed, raised on a style. Pod ovoid, bristly, 



opening from the top into 3 or 4 valves, leaving the thread-like placentas be- 

 tween them. Juice j'ellow. 



3. CHEUDONH.'M. Stigma 2-lobed, almost sessile. Pod linear, with 2 placentae, 



splitting from below into 2 valves. Juice orange. 



* * Petals more or less crumplvd in the bud, which is erect before opening. 



4. ARGEMONE. Stigma 3-G-lobed. almost sessile. Sepals and oblong pod 



prickly ; the latter opening by valves from the top, leaving the thread-like 

 placenta 1 between. Juice yellnw. 



6. F-SCHSCHOLTZIA, Sepals united into a pointed cap which falls off entire. 

 Receptacle or end of the flower-stalk dilated into a top-shaped body, often 

 with a spreading rim. Stigma- 4-6, spreading, unequal ; but the placentae 

 only 2. Pod long and slender, grooved. Juice color; 1 



* * # Petals not <; ,'///// 7, ,// tin Inn/, irhn/i does not droop. 



. SAN<;riN.\i:l.\. Sepals 2 . but the petals 8-12. Stigma 2-lobed, on a short 

 style. Pod oblong, with 2 placcntre. Juice orange-red. 



* * * I'etals none. Flowers inpnnii-h-s, drtmftinr/ in the bud. 



1. BOCOONIA. Sepals 2, colored. Stigma 2-lobed. Pod few-seeded. Juice 



reddish. 



1. PAP AVER, POPPY. (Ancient name.) We have no truly wild spe- 

 cies : [lie following are from the Old World. 



* Annuals, flowering in siimini-r : ru!t. <nnl im/fs n 



P. somniferum, OPM-.M I'oi-rv. Cult, for ornament, especially double- 



fliwcred varieties, and for medical uses. Smooth, glaucous, with clasping and 

 wavy leaves, and white or purple flowers. 



