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2. Kalmiana. Ait. (NymphEea Kaliniana. Mkhx. Nupliar lutea, 



fi. Kalmiana. T. ^ G.) Kalm's Pond Lily. 



'^Floatinic /is. oblong, cordate, lobes approximate; s?<imerse(f to. membra- 

 naceous, renilorm-cordale, the lobes divaricate, margin waved, apex retuse ; " 

 5^(V. 8 — l2-rayed, somewhat crcnate. — 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 — 2i' 

 wide, lower leaves 3—4' diam. Jl. 



Order X. SARRACENIACEiE.— Water Pitchers. 



Herbs nqantic. perennial in bogs, with fibrous root.'!. 



LPS. radical, with a hollow, urn-shaped petiole and lamina articulated at summit. 



F:3. laiee, solitary, or several on scapes. 



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



Cnr.—PcUiUo, imijuiculate, hypogynous, concave. 



Sta. 00, hypojfynoas. Arith. oblong, adnate, introrse. 



Ova. 5-celled, placenta' central. Sty. single. Stig. dihiteii, peltate, .'•-angled. 



FV. 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 T 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. Slfk-!ia(l(Uc Flower. 



Z/r.v.(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 h — 1' wide, and extended on the outside of the mouth 

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

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

 Sep. yellowish-green ; fet. yellow. — Northampton, Ms. Mr. R. M. WrigM ! 

 Leaves scarcely different. 



Order XI. PAPAVERACE^E.— Poppi-^vorts. 



Plants herbaceoiLS, generally with a colored juice. 



I.vs. iilternate. simple or divided, without stipules. 



Fli. solitary, on Ion? peduncles, never blue. 



r«/.— Sepals 2, rarely 3, deciduous, imbricated m sestivation. 



Tor.— Pet/ils 4, rarely 5 or 6. hypo?ynous. , , , ^ , ,. ■ . 



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



Opa solitary. Sri/, short or 0. Sr;"-. 2, or if more, stellate upon the (fat apex of ovary. 



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



Sds. uo, minute. Embryo minute, at the base of oily aJbumen. 



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

 The order is characterized by active narcotic properties, principally resident in the turlml june.s ine 

 seeds are commonly rich in fixed oil. Several of the species are highly ornamental ui cultn ation. 

 Conspectus of the Genera. 



(, .stigmas concave. 

 (Leaves armed with prickly teeth, l Stigmas conve.\. 

 f yellow. {Leaves unarmed, entirely green, cauline. 

 I orange-red. Leaves radical, reniform. Capsule terete. 

 1 white. Leaves unarmed, cauline. Capsule globose 



Arfremone. 3 

 Mxconopsis. 4 

 Clielidonni/m. 2 

 Sangttinaria. 1 

 Papaoer. 



Juice l^io;iess. Teases muiufidwim linear segment.. Capsule terete. . . E.ct,sctu>ltzia. 6 



1. SANGUINARIA. 



Lat. sang^tils, blood ; all parU abound in a red juice. 



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

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