50 Spring Flora of Ohio. 



Sas'-sa-fras sas'-sa-fras (L.) Karst. {S. officinale Nees.) Sassafras. — 

 Leaves ovate, entire or some of them o-lobed. 



2. Genus BEN-ZO'-IN. — Shrvibs, spicy; flowers in umbel-like 

 almost sessile clusters, appearing before the leaves. 



Ben-zo'-in ben-zo'-in (L.) Coult. [Lindera benzoin Blm.) Spice-bush; 

 Benjamin-bush: Wild Allspice. — Leaves oblong-ovate, pale underneath. 



XXXL Order PA-PAV-ER-A'-CE->E. POPPY FAMILY. — Herbs witk 



milky or colored juice; sepals fugacious, ovary 1-celled; placentas 2. 

 or more, parietal. 



Flowers regular 'a) 



Flowers irregular c) 

 a. Flowers j-ellow, petals 4, leaves pinnately parted b . 

 a. Flowers white, petals 8-12, leaves palmateU- lobed Sa/igiitnajia. 1 



b. Pod bristly, style distinct, stigmas 3-4 StyJophorum. 2. 



b. Pod linear, smooth, style almost none, stigmas 2 Chelidonium. 3 



c. Corolla cordate or 2-spurred Bicuculla. i 



c. Corolla with but one petal spared Capnoides. 5- 



1. Genus SAN-GUI-NA'-RI-A.— Sepals 2, petals 8-12; rootstock 

 thick, containing red-orange acrid juice; leaf single, round, palniately 

 lobed. 



San-gui-na'-ri-a can-a-den'-sis L. Blood-root. — Flower single on a 

 scape, white. 



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2. Genus STY-LOPH'-O-RUM. — Sepals 2, hairy, petals 4; stems 

 naked below, 2-leaved or 1 to o-leaved above, and 1 — few-flowered at the 

 summit ; juice yellow. 



Sty-loph'-o-rum di-phyl'-lum (Mx.) Nutt. Celandine Poppy. — Leaves 

 pale or glaucous beneath, o-7-sinuately lobed ; flowers deep yellow, 2 

 in. broad. 



3. Genus CHEL-I-DO'-NI-UM. — Sepals 2, petals 4; biennial herb^ 

 stems brittle, juice saffron-colored; leaves pinnately divided or 2-pin- 

 natifid and toothed or cut. 



Chel-i-do'-ni-um ma'-jus L. Celandine. — Flowers small, yellow, in a 

 pedunculate umbel ; buds nodding. 



