138 CKUCIFER.ffi. [CI. 13. 



mone, Papaver, fig. 218, Glaucium, Clielidonium 

 and Bocconia. 



Sect. 2. Stam. definite. Hypecoum and Fumaria, 

 fig. 38, 39; the latter an anomalous genus, much sub- 

 divided by some authors, on account of it's diversity 

 of Pericarps. 



The Order of Nymphcece established by Mr. Sa- 

 lisbury, see Ord. 22, should be here introduced. An 

 example of it is Nuphar, fig. 219. 



Ord. 63. Cuucifer^, fig. 23-30. " Calyx of 4 

 leaves, generally deciduous. Petals 4, disposed like 

 a cross, whence the name of the Order, alternate with 

 the Calyx-leaves, often furnished with Claws, and 

 inserted into a disk, or glandular Receptacle, under 

 the Germen. Stamens 6, likewise there inserted, te- 

 tradynamous, that is, 4 of them larger, in pairs, and 

 2 smaller solitary and opposite to each other, each in- 

 dividual, or each pair, opposite to a Calyx-leaf. Ger- 

 men simple, standing on the above-mentioned disk, 

 which sometimes swells into glands withinside of the 

 Stamens. Style simple, or wanting. Stigma gene- 

 rally simple. Fruit a long Pod (61:2), or short 

 Pouch (61 : 2), mostly of 2 cells, and 2 distinct valves, 

 separating lengthwise, parallel to a membranous, 

 thick-edged partition, which sometimes extends like 

 a beak beyond the valves; and bears on both it's 

 edges several, rarely solitary, Seeds. Albumen none. 

 Plants herbaceous, seldom shrubby. Leaves alter- 

 nate, in Lunaria partly opposite. Flowers seldom 



