F0MARIACE5;. 



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large and showy, of a deep scarlet red. Varieties are produced with various 

 shades of red and particolored flowers, more or less double. June, July. Ann. 



Common Red Poppy. 



3. P. Orienta'le. 



Capsules smooth ; stems 1-flowered, rough ; haves scabrous, pinnate, serrate. 

 Native of Levant. Stem 3 feet high. Flowers very large and of a rich scarlet 

 color, too brilliant to be looked upon m the sun. June. Per. This, as well 

 as all other species, is of the easiest culture. Oriental Poppij. 



5. CHRYSE'IS. 



Calyx of 2 sepals, coherincj by their edges, caducous; pe- 

 tals 4 ; stamens numerous, adhering to the claws of the petals ; 

 stigmas 4 — 7, sessile, 2 — 3 of them abortive; capsule pod- 

 shaped, cylindric, 10-striate, many seeded. 



Gr. XigviTHoi, golden, gilt; in reference to its large golden yellow flowers. 

 Annual herbs with glaucous, pinnatifid leaves. The juice, which is colorless, 

 exhales the odor of muriatic acid. 



1. C. CaliFo'rNICA. Lind. Eschscholtzia Californica. Cham. 



Stem branching, leafy ; torus obconic ; calyx ovoid with a very short, abrupt 

 acumination ; petals\ix\g\\i yellow, with an orange spot at base. A very showy 

 annual, common in our gardens. Native of California, Oregon, »fcc. The 

 foliao-e is smooth, abundant and rich, divided in a twice or thrice pinnatifid 

 manner into linear segments. Flowers 2 inches broad. 



2. C, CRO'CEA. Lind. Eschscholtzia crocea. Cham. 



Stem branching, leafy ; torus funnel-form, with a much dilated limb; cahjz 

 obconic, with a long acumination ; flowers orange yellow. From California. 

 Leaves and flowers as in the preceding, except the latter are more of a reddish 

 hue. Cultivated. 



ORDER XIH. FUMARIACE^. The Fumitory Tribe. 



Fls. — Irregular. Sep. 2. deriduous. . . 



Cor.— Hvpoa;. 4-pctaled,' parallel, one or both of the outer, saccate, 2 inner cohering at apex. 



Sta.--(i. cliadelphous ; Jil. dilated ; ant/i. adnata, extrorse, 2 outer, 1-celIed, middle, 2-ceUea. 



Ona.— Superior, 1 -celled; sty. filiform; stig. with two or more points. 



Fr.— Either an mdehiscent nut, 1— 2-seeded, or a pod-shaped capsule, msny-speded. 



Sds. — Shinina:, ariled. , • , ■ u . 



A small order, containing: several beautiful herbs, inhabiting thickets in the temperate 

 regions of the northern hemisphere. They have generally dehcate, bnttle stems, with 

 flowers arranged in racemes or cymes, purple, wliite or yellow. They possess no r^njart- 

 able action upon the animal economy. 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



{ fr. a pod-shaped caps. Conjdalis. 3 



( only 1 of the outer, sacc. or spurred, ( fr. a subglobose nut, Fiimaria. 4 



( distinct, I 'J outer equally saccate or spurred, .... Dielytra 2 



Petals 1 united, base bigibbousj apex '1-lobed; climbing herbs, . *. . Adlurnm. I 



1 . A D L U' M I A . 

 Calyx of 2 small sepals; petals 4, united in a fungous mo- 

 nopetalous corolla, persistent, bigibboys at base and 4-lobed 



