POI.TANDRTA. MONOGTNIA. 7' 



Species. 1. C. ?najiis. Naturalized. An European 

 g'enus containing probably but a single species. 



360. GLAUCIUM. L. (Horned-Poppy.) 



Calix 2-leaved, deciduous. Petals 4. Stig- 

 ma capitate, sessile, 2-2;rooved, dilated. Si- 

 lique superior, long, and linear, g-celled, 2 or 

 3-valved. Seeds many, punctate. 



Herbaceous; leaves alternate, simply or doubly pinna- 

 tifid; flowers solitary, axillary and terminal, yellow or 

 red; stamina numerous; sap colourless. In G. viohiceum 

 the stigma is trifid, the capsule 3-valvcd, 1-celled, with 3 

 filiform receptacles affixed to ilie margins of the valves, 

 hence it approaches to the following genus. 



Species. 1. G. hiteiim. I follow Mr. Purs!) in intro- 

 ducing this plant into the America Flora, but 1 have ne- 

 ver yet met with it. 



An European genus. 



361. ^ STYLOPHORUM.f Cheltdonilm. Mi- 



chaiix. 



Calix 2-Ieaved, deciduous. Petals 4. Siijlc 

 distinct; sti^^ina capitate, 4-lobed. Capsule su- 

 perior, elliptic, 1-celled, 3 or 4-valved, valves 

 revolutc. Ilcceptacle filiform, 3 or 4-parted, 

 marginal and persistent, united with the style. 

 Seeds numerous^ punctate and crested. 



Herbaceous perennials, somewhat resembling C/ieh'do' 

 niimi majiis, and also exuding on incision a yellow and 

 bitter resinous sap; leaves pinnatitidly lobed, mostly a 

 single opposite pair terminating the stem; flowers ag- 

 gregated, dichotomal, peduncles very long and pendu- 

 lous in fruit, someiimes proliferous and producing a se- 

 condary pair of opposite leaves, subtending 2 or 3 pe- 

 dunculated flowers; flowers } eliow. 



Species. 1. S. diphyUum. Chelidonium diphylii^m. 

 Mich. 1. p. 309. Leaves sessile, lobes rounded anrl ob- 

 tuse, subundulated. Had. In the shady woods of Ken- 

 tucky and Tennessee, also on the banks of the Missouri; 



f prom the distinct and conspicuous style which distin- 

 guishes this plant from jill Uie rest of tUe Papaveracca. 



