PAPAVERACEiE. (POPPY FAMILY.) 21 



pale-green. Sepals hairy; petals pale-yellow, shading to orange in the center, 3 to G 

 lines long. 



2. PLATYSTIGMA, Benth. 



Sepals 3. Petals 4 to 0. Stamens few or many, with narrow filaments. Ovary 

 3-angled, oblong or linear; stigmas 3, ovate to linear. Low, slender annuals, resemljling 

 Pla(i/«(emon in habit, with pale-green, entire, opposite or verticillate leaves and long- 

 peduncled pale-yellow or creamy-white flowers. 



1. P. lineare, Benth. Hairy, short-stemmed; stamens many, with dilated fila- 

 ments; stigmas brc-ad; cajisule ovate. 



2. P. Caliloriiicum, Benth. & Hook. Smooth, long-stemmed; stamens few (10 to 

 12) with filiform filaments; stigmas narrow; capsule linear. 



3. MECONOPSIS, Yiguier. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with filiform filaments and oblong anthers. 

 Style distinct; stigma 4-8-lobed. Seeds numerous. 



1. M heterophylla, Benth. Annual, smooth, slender, 1 to 2 ft. high; lower leaves 

 long petioled, pinnately divided, the segments oval to linear and 2 to 12 lines long; upper 

 leaves sessile; flowers scarlet to orange, the petals 2 to 12 lines long; peduncles elongated. 

 Very variable. 



4. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Chamisso. 



Sepals coherent into a narrow pointed hood, which drops oflF from the top shaped ton^s 

 when the flower opens. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with short filaments and lon^ 

 anthers. Smooth annuals, with colorless, bitter juice; finely dissected, pale-gi-een alter- 

 nate petioled leaves, and bright orange or yellow (rarely white) flowers. 



1. E. Californica, Cham. Has stout branching stems, 1 to U ft. high; flowers 2 

 to 4 inches in diameter, brilliant orange toward the center; capsule 2^ inches long, curved. 



Yar. Douglasil, Or. More slender; flowers yellow. 



Var. caespitosa, Brewer. Scape-like pedimcles; small yellow flowers. 



5. DENDROMECON, Benth. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with short filaments and linear anthers. 

 Ovary linear; style short; stigmas 2, sliort and erect. The many seeded capsule dehis- 

 cent the whole length by 2 valves separating from the placental ribs. A smooth 

 branching shrub, with alternate vertical entire thick and rigid leaves and showy yellow 

 flowers. Tlie only true woody plant belonging to the order. 



1. D. rigidum, Benth. A slirub 2 to 8 ft. liigh, with slender branches and whitish 

 bark; leaves ovate to linear-lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches long, very acute or mucronate, 

 sessile or nearly so, twisted into a vertical position, margin rough or denticulate. 



