22 FUMAUIACE.E. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



2. SANGUINARIA, L. Puccoon. BLOOD-nooT. 



Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-valvcd, the valvcr. separat- 

 ing from the filiform persistent placentae. Seeds crested — A stcmlcss peren- 

 nial herb, witli oranirc-colored juice. Rhizoma thick. Leaves ronifonn, with 

 .5-7 wavy or toothed lobes. Flowers white, solitary at the summit of the naked 

 scape, fujracious. 



1 S. Canadensis, L. — Pich woods, Florida and northward. March. — 

 Scape 4'-C' high. Flowers 1' wide, appearing with the leaves. 



The Corn-Poppy (Pap.vver dubium, L.) is occasionally met with in grain 

 fields and around dwcllinirs. 



Order 11. FUMARIACEiE. (Fumitory Family.) 



Smooth herbs with watery juice, alternate compound dissected leaves, 

 without stipules, and irregular flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4 ; the two outer 

 crone of them spurred or gibbous at the base ; the two inner callous at the 

 apex, and cohering over the stigma. Stamens G, commonly united in two 

 setsof tin-eg each, jjlaccd opposite the outer petals, hypogynous: anther of 

 the middle stamen 2-celIed, of the lateral ones 1-celled. Capsule 1-cellcd 

 and 2-valvcd, with two parietal placental, or 1-sccdcd and indffiiscent. 

 Embryo minute in fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. ADLUMTA. Pet-ils united, persistent. — A tender vino. 



2. DICENTHA. Petals connivent, deciduous | tlie two outer ones gibbous at the base. Stcm- 



lcss herbs. 



3. COIIYDAMS. Petals distinct, deciduous, one of the outc 'tea gibbous at tho base 



Caulescent herbs. 



1, ADLUMIA, Paf. 



Sepals minute. Petals united, free at the summit; the two outer ones gibbous 

 at the base, withering-persistent. Capsule linear-oblong, 4- 8-sceded. Seeds 

 rcniform, not crested. Stigma 2-crestcd. — A smooth biennial vine. Leaves bi- 

 tcrnate, with tendril-like petioles. Flowers pale violet, in a.\illary and droojiing 

 pani'xs. 



1 A. cirrhosa, Paf. (Corydalis fungosa, TV7)^) — Moimtains of North 

 Carolina :iiul nnriliward. July- September. — Stem 8°-15° long. Leaflets 

 thin, obovate, a-.'i-lobed. Corolla tliiek and spongy. 



2. DICENTRA, Pork. Dutchman's PnicEcnKS. 



Sepnls minute. Petals conniving, but scarcely united, deciduous or withering ; 

 the two outer ones xpuned or gibbous at the l)ase. Fila?nents slightly niiiicd 

 in two Bct«. Stigma 2-cj-cstod. Capsule 10-20-8Ccded. Seeds crested. — 



