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Order NYMPH.EACE^. 



NYMPH^A, Tourn. 



N. flava, Lcitner. Kliizotiia short, oblong ; leaves broadly oval, more 

 or less wavy on the margins, with the lobes acute or obtuse; flowers yel- 

 low ; stigma T-rayed. — St. John's Hiver {Curtiss), Miami (Garher). — Leaves 

 3'- 6' wide. Flowers 3'- 4' wide. 



Order PAPAVERACE^. 



STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. 



Sepals 2, rounded, concave, hairy. Petals 4, orbicular. Ovary ovoid. 

 Style long; stigma 3-4-lobed, spreading. Capsule ovoid, bristly, with 3-4 

 parietal placenta?. Seeds globular, crested; albumen fleshy. — Perennial 

 herbs, with yellow juice, 1-2-pinnatifid leaves, and showy long-peduncled 

 flowers. 



S. diphyllum, Nutt. (Yellow Pom'.) Leaves petioled, divided 

 into 5-7 oblong s;nuate lobes, the upper pair opposite; peduncles terminal, 

 single or clustered; flowers bright yellow. (Meconopsis, DC.) — Shady 

 woods, Tennessee, and northward. May. — Stems 1°-1|° high. Flowers 

 1' wide. 



Order FUMARIACE^. 



FTJMARIA, L. FtMixoRY. 



Posterior petal spurred, united below with the two inner ones. Stamens 

 united in two sets of three each. Style deciduous. Fruit globular, 1-seeded, 

 indehiscent; seeds crestless. — Tender branching annuals, with finely dis- 

 sected leaves, and small flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. 



F. officinalis, L. Leaves bipinnately divided, the narrow lobes widen- 

 ing upwards ; racemes many-flowered ; sepals sharply toothed ; petals flesh- 

 color, tipped with crimson.— Waste places, sparingly introduced. 



CORYDALIS, Vent. 



C. aurea, Wiild., var. australis. Stem roughish ; racemes stout, 

 many-flowered, much longer than the leaves; corolla (V long) three times 

 as long as the pedicel and straight spur, bright yellow ; outer petals crested ; 

 capsule erect, even ; seeds smooth and shining, the margins obtuse. — Waste 

 grounds in early spring. 



C. flavidula, Raf— stem smooth; racemes fow-flowcred. barely longer 

 than the leaves ; corolla (3"- 4" long) as long as tlie pedicel, pale yellow, 

 crested ; spur very short ; capsule spreading or drooping, slightly knotted : 

 seeds rugose-reticulated, the margins acute. — Tennessee (Dr. Galtinger),&m\ 

 northward. 



