20 !■ AI'AVKUACK.K. (iMilTV FAMILY.) 



9 - 20 lloworod ; calyx oluiviite ; seeds oval, finely furrowcil and granular.— 

 Boiiijcy jjouds, Horida tu South Carolina {Jiosc). Ajtril-May. l^i/) or ^ — 

 Scape 6'- 13' liif^h. Leaves 2' -3' long. Fhjwers pale rose-ccjlor. 



4. D. rotundifolia, L. Uootstock ncjnc ; leaves orbicular, abruptly 

 coutracteil iniu liie liairy petiole; scape erect, smooth, 6- lO-Howered ; calyx 

 ovoid ; seeds covered with a loose membranaceous coat. — Mossy swamps. 

 Mav-June. (l) — Scapes 6' -9' high. Leaves 2' long. Flowers white. 



5. D. brevifolia, Pursh. (ilaudular-pubescent throughout ; rootstock 

 none; leaves short, wedge-sliaped ; scape erect, .'3 - 6-fluwered ; calyx oval; 

 seeds ovoid, minutely glandular. — Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to North 

 Carolina. April. {Ij — Scapes 3' -6' high. Leaves ^' long. Flowers ^' 

 wide, white. 



2. DION.S3A, Ellis. FYv-tkap. 



Stamens 10- 1.5. Styles united. Stigmas 5, fimbriate. Capsule 1-celled, 

 openiu"' irregularly. Placenta at the base of the cell, many-seeded. — A 

 smooth perennial lierb, with the habit <>f Drusera. Leaves spreading, on 

 broadlv winged spatnlate petioles, with the limb orbicular, notched at both 

 ends, and fringed on the margins with stnmg bristles; sensitive ! Flowers iu 

 a terminal umbel-like cyme, white, bracted. 



1. D. muscipula, Ellis. — Sandy bogs near the coast, North Carolina 

 and the adjacent parts of South Carolina. April -May. — Scape 1° high, 

 8- 10-flowered. Flowers 1' wide. — F^or an interesting account of this re- 

 markable plant, see Curtis's Plants of Wilmington, in the Boston Journal of 

 Natural History, Vol. I., 1834. 



Ordkr 9. PAPAVERACEiE. (Poppy Family-.) 



Herbs, with colored juice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and regular 

 hypogynous flowers. — Sepals 2-3, caducous. Petals 4-12, imbri- 

 cated, deciduous. Stamens numerous. Anthers introrse. Capsule 

 1-celled, many-seeded, with parietal placentae. Embryo minute, at 

 the base of oily or fleshy albumen. 



1. ARGEMONE, L. Mkxicax Poppy. 



Sepals 2-3, hooded or horned. Petals 4-8. Stigmas sessile. Capsule 

 oval, hispid, the 3 - 6 valves separating at the top from the persistent placentae. 

 Seed globular, pitted, crestless. — Glaucous herbs, with yellow juice, sessile 

 pinnatifiil l)ristly leaves, and showy white or yellow flowers. 



1. A. Mexieana, L. Annual, hispid, l°-3° high, branching; leaves 

 blotclicd with white ; flowers large and white, or smaller and yellow ; calyx 

 hispid. — Waste ground. Introduced. 



2. STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. Yellow Poppt. 



Sepals 2, hairy. Petals 4. Style conspicuous. Capsule oval, bristly, the 

 3-4 valves separating from the base from the persistent placenta. Seed 



