PAPAVKRACtlJi. 'poppy FAMILY.) 



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On the left above is represented 



an opeiiing biul of Eschscholtzia. 



The cap-like calyx has been split at 



the bottom and shoved npAvard by 



the expanding petals. Kext to this 

 bud is an open flower of Mecouopsis and one of its nodding buds. Behind the flower, 

 and projecting above it to the right, is a stem from wliich the petals have just fallen. 

 The slender filaments Ijending to one side, as they often do, show the curious pistil 

 which in time becomes the pretty fluted capsule seen below. To the riglit of the ^leco- 

 nopsis pod is the tlaree-sided capsule of Platystigma lineare. The stem should have a 

 few hairs upon it. The two flowers with hairy stems, the nodding buds below, and tlie 

 rough see<l pod above, belong to Platystemon. Observe the three caducous sepals, just 

 ready to drop from the opening bud. The smooth plant on the right is Platystigma 

 Californicum, If you choose you may call this the Smooth Platystigma, and tlie other 

 species, witii the triangular pod, Hairy I'latystigma. The exceedingly prickly Bristly 

 Argemone is represented on the right, below, by a bud and a couple of bracts. A pistil 

 with its white pi-icklcs is imperfectly slu)wu against one of the bracts. 



The Order Papaveraceae is characterized by flow urs witli 2 or 3 caducous sepals. 



