1 66 PAPAVERACEAE. 



petals; placentae 2; style slender; capsule oblong or linear, 

 2-valved. 



Bikukulla formosa (Andr.) Coville. Rootstocks thickish, creeping, the 

 leaves and scapes arising at the tips of the branches; leaves two or three times 

 ternate, 20-30 cm. broad, the ultimate segments pinnately incised into narrow 

 lobes, glaucous beneath; scapes exceeding the leaves; flowers bracted in 

 panicles; corolla rose-colored, cordate with* short rounded spurs, the outer 

 petals with ovate spreading tips. 



In moist woods, especially along streams. 



214. CAPNOIDES. 



Biennial erect pale or glaucous herbs; leaves radical and 

 cauline, decompound; flowers in racemes; sepals 2, small; petals 

 4, slight y united to a 1-spurred corolla; inner petals narrow, 

 keeled; stamens 6, in two sets, opposite the outer petals; pla- 

 centae 2; style entire, dilated or lobed; capsule oblong or linear, 

 2-valved. 



Capnoides scouleri (Hook.) Kuntze. Perennial from thickened roots; 

 stems scaly at base; basal leaves very large, pinnately decompound, the ulti- 

 mate segments oblong, obtuse, entire or the terminal ones 3-lobed, 3-5 cm. 

 long, glaucous beneath, blackening in drying; flowering stems with 1-3 smaller 

 leaves; flowers pale pink, in a loose raceme; corolla 2-3 cm. long, the spurs 

 three times as long as the body. 



In moist woods, not abundant, at 500-1000 m. altitude; in some places at 

 sea level. 



Family 45. CRUCIFERAE. MUSTARD FAMILY. 



Herbs, rarely somewhat woody, with watery sap; leaves alter- 

 nate; stipules none; flowers perfect, regular, in usually bractless 

 racemes, spikes or corymbs; sepals 4, usually oblong; petals 4 

 rarely none, hypogynous, in the form of a cross, equal, generally 

 clawed, alternate with the sepals; stamens 6, rarely fewer, 

 hypogynous, of unequal length, the two shorter opposite the 

 sepals, the four longer opposite the petals; pistil 1, of 2 united 

 carpels; pod usually 2-celled, dehiscing by the separation of two 

 valves from the central partition, or rarely indehiscent, either 

 much longer than broad (a silique) or short (a silicle) . 



Pods indehiscent. 



Pod elongated, transversely constricted. 



Pod of 2 joints separating at maturity; 



fleshy seashore plants. 215. CAKILE, 168. 



Pod constricted between the several seeds, 

 not jointed; terrestrial plants, not 



fleshy. 216. RAPHANUS, 168. 



Pod not elongated, not transversely con- 

 stricted. 

 Pod broader than long, 2-celled. 217. COROXOPUS, 168. 



