Sanouinaria. XI. PAPAVERACEiE. 15b 



2. Kalmjana. Ait. (Nymphnca Kalmiana. Michx. Nuphar lulca, 



fi. Kalmiana. T. »)'• G/) Kft/ia's Pond Lih/. 



^'Floating lis. oblons;, cordate, lobes approximate ; svJjmcrscdlvs.membTa.- 

 naceoiis, renil'orm-cordatc, the lobes divaricate, ni;irgin waved, apex retuse; " 

 sti<(. 8 — I'J-rayed, somewhat crenate. — A smaller species, willi small yellow 

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

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

 Synit/i, or any other species. Petiole subterete; upper leaves 2 — 3' long I J — 2 J' 

 wide, lower leaves 3—4' diam. Jl. 



Order X. SARRACENIACEiE.— Water Pitchers. 



Jlerbs nquntic, perennial in bogs, with fibrous roots. 



Lvs. radical, with a hollow, urii-shaped petiole and lamina articulated at summit. 



Fla. large, solitary, or several on scapes. 



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



Cw.— Petals 5, unguiculate.hynogynous, concave. 



Sta. 00, hypogynous. Anth. oblong, adnate, intror.se. 



Ova. Scelied, placentae central. S/tj. single. Stig: dilated, peltate, ."j-angled. 



Pr. 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. Sarrazcn of (iuebec, 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. Sidesaddle Mower. 



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

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

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

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

 petiole (1) swelling in the middle, with a wing-like appendage extending the 

 whole length inside, from i — 1' wide, and extended on the outside of the mouth 

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

 of ordinary size is about a wine-glass, and they are generall)'- full of water 

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

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

 /?. }u;tcrophylla. Torr. (S. het?rophylla. Eaton.) — Scape rather shorter; 

 Sep. yellowish-green ; pet. yellow. — Northampton, Ms. Mr. R. M. Wright r 

 Leaves .scarcely different. 



Order XI. PAPAVERACEiE.— PoprvwoRTS. 



Plants herbaceoas, generally with a colored juice. 



Lvs. alternate, simple or divided, without stipules. 



Fla. solitary, on long peduncles, never blue. 



C«/.— 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. solitarv. Sty. short or 0. Stis-. 2, or if more, stellate upon the flat apex of ovarj'. 



Fr. either po<l-shaped, with 2 parietal placenta-, or cap.sular with several. 



Sda. 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 bv active narcotic properties, principally resident in the turbid juices. The 

 seeds are commonly rich in fixed oil. Several of the species are highly ornamental in cultivation. 

 Conspectus of the Genera. 



\ stigmas concave. ; . . Ar^eynone. 3 



<f Leaves armed with prickly teeth. \ Stigmas convex. . . . Mecorxrpsis. 4 



{yellow. (Leaves unarmed, entirely green, cauline C/ielidonium. 2 

 orange-red. Leaves radical, reniform. Cap-^ule terete Savsruinana. 1 

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



colorless. Leaves multifid with linear segments. Capsule terete. . . hfchsc/toUzia. 6 



1. SANGUINARIA. 



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



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

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