Sanguinaria. XI. PAPAVERACE^. 155 



2. Kalmiana. Ait. (Nympheea Kalmiana. Mickx. Nuphar lutea. 



0. Kalmiana. T. d^ G.) Kalrn's Pond Lily. 



''Floating Ivs. oblong, cordate, lobes approximate ; submersed Ivs.memhra.- 

 naceous, renilbrm-cordate, the lobes divaricate, margin waved, apex retuse ; " 

 sfig. 8 — 12-rayed, somewhat crenate. — A smaller species, with small yellow 

 flowers, growing in similar situations with the last, N. States. — Dr. Robbins, 

 from whose MSS. the above is quoted, thinks it wholly distinct from N. lutea, 

 Smith, or any other species. Petiole subterete; upper leaves 2 — 3' long IJ — 2^' 

 wide, lower leaves 3—4' diam. Jl. . 



Order X. SARRACENIACE^.— Water Pitchers. 



Herbs aquatic, perennial in bogs, with fibrous roots. 



Lvs. radical, with a hollow, urn-shapeil petiole and lamina articulated at summit. 



Fls. laige, solitary, or several on scapes. 



Cn/.— Sepals 5, persistent, with a 3-leaved involucel at base. ^st. imbricate. 



C/?r.— Petals 5, unguiculate, hypogynous, concave. 



Sta. 00, hypogynous. Anth. oolong, adnate, introrse. 



Ova. 5-celled, placentse central. Siij. single. Stig. dilated, peltate, 5-angled. 



Fr. capsular, 5-celled, 5-valved, crowned with the broad persistent stigma. 



Sds. 00, minute. 



An order consisting of only 2 genera, (one inhabiting the bogs of N. America, the other in Guiana,) 

 and 7 species. 



SARRACENIA. Tourn. 

 In memory of Dr. Sarrazen of Quebec, the discoverer of the genus. 



Calyx of 5 sepals, with 3 small bracts at base ; petals 5, deciduous ; 

 stigma very large, peltate, persistent, covering the ovary and sta- 

 mens ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. 



S. purpurea. Sid£-saddl€ Flmcer. 



Z/TO.(ascidia) radical, decumbent, inflated, contracted at the mouth,winged 

 on the inner side, ending in a broad-cordate, erect lamma. — One of the most 

 curious of plants. Grows in wet meadows and about mud lakes. Lab. to Plor. 

 Leaves 6 — 9' long, rosulate, ever-green, composed of a hollow, pitcher-form 

 petiole (?) swelling in the middle, with a wing-like appendage extending the 

 whole length inside, from J — V wide, and extended on the outside of the moutli 

 into a lamina (1), covered above with reversed hairs. Their capacity when 

 of ordinary size is about a wine-glass, and they are generally full of water 

 with drowned insects. Scape 14 — 20' high, terete, smooth, supporting a single 

 large, pirrple, nodding flower, almost as curious in structure.as the leaves. Jn. 

 p. heterophylla. Torr. (S. heterophylla. Eaton.) — Scape rather shorter; 

 iep. yellowish-green; pet. yellow.— Northampton, Ms. Mr. R. M. Wright 1 

 Leaves scarcely difierent. 



Order XI. PAPAVERACE^.— Poppyworts. 



Plants herbaceous, generally with a colored juice. 



Lv9. alternate, simple or divided, without stipules. 



Fls. solitary, on lon^ peduncles, never blue. 



Cat. — Sepals 2, rarely 3, deciduous, imbricated in aestivation. 



Cor.— Petals 4, rarely 5 or 6, hypogynous. 



Sta. often 00, but some multiple of 4, rarely polyadelphous. Anth. innate. 



Ova. solitary. Sty. short or 0. Stlg: 2. or if more, stellate upon the- flat apex of ovary. 



Fr. either pod -shaped, with 2 parietal placenta;, or capsular with several. 



Sds. 00, minute. Embryo minute, at the base of oily albumen. 



An order consisting of 18 genera and 130 species, more than two-thirds of which are natives of Europe. 

 The order is characterized by active narcotic properties, principally resident in the turbid juices. The 

 seeds are commonly rich in feed oil. Several o*the species are highly ornamental in cultivation. 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



<k stigmas concave. ; . . Argemone. 3 



<, Leaves armed with prickly teeth. I Stigmas convex. . . . Meconopsis. 4 



f yellow. ( Leaves unarmed, entirely green, cauline Chelidoniwm. 2 



(orange-red. Leaves radical, reniform. Capsule terete Sanguinaria. 1 

 white. Leaves unarmed, cauline. Capsule globose Papaver. 5 



colorless. Leaves multifid with linear segments. Capsule terete. . . EschschoUzia. 6 



I. SANGUINARIA. 



Lat. sanguis, blood ; all parts abound in a red juice. 



Sepals 2, caducous ; petals 8, in 2 series, those of the outer series 

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