22 1 'LMAKIACK.K, (FUMITORY. FAMILY.) 



2. SANGTJINARIA, L. Poocooh. Blood-koot. 



Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-valved, the valves separat- 

 ing from the filiform persistent placentas. Seeds crested — A stemlesa peren- 

 nial herb, with orange-colored juice. Uhi/.oma thick. Leaves reniform, with 

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

 Bcape, fugacious. 



2 S. Canadensis, L. — Rich woods, Florida and northward. March. — 

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



The Cokn-Poppt (Papaver dubium, L.) is occasionally met with iu grain 

 fields and around dwellings. 



Order 11. FU3IARIACEiE. (Fumitory Family.) 



Smooth herbs with watery juice, alternate compound dissected leaves, 



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



or one of them spurred or gibboui. at the base ; the two inner callous at the 



and inhering over the stigma. Stamens 6, commonly united iu two 



setsof three each, placed opposite the outer petals, hypogynous : aather of 



the mid. lie stamen 2-Celled, of the lateral ones 1 -celled. Capsule '-relied 



and 2-valved, with two parietal placentas, or 1-seeded and ind niscent 



Embryo minute in fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. ADIXMTA. Petals united, persistent. — A tender vine. 



2. DXCENTRA. Petals coimivent, deciduous ; the two outer ones gibbons at the base. -Stenv- 



leas herbs. 



3. CORYDALIS. Petals distinct, deciduous, one of the outc tes gibbous at the 1 



Caulescent herbs. 



1. ADLUMIA, Pal' 



Sepals minute. Fetal- united, free at the summil ; the two outer ones gibbous 

 ai the base, withering-persistent. Capsule linear-oblong, 4- 8-seeded. Seeds 

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

 ternate, with tendril-like petioles. Flowers pale riolet, in axillary and drooping 

 pani 



1 A. cirrhosa, Raf. (Corydalis fun osa, Vent.) — Mountains of North 

 Carolina and northward. July - September. — 8tem 8°- 15° long. Leaflet 

 thin, obovate, B-8 lobed. Corolla thick ami spongy. 



2. DICENTRA, Hoik. Dotchmah's Breeches, 

 Sepals minute. Petals conniving, bul scarcel] united, deciduous or withering; 



the two outer one- spurred or gibboUfl at the base. l'ilaincnl- slightly united 



in two sets. Stigma I " crested. — 



