, PUMARIACE^. 19 



5. MECONOPSIS, Viguier. 

 1. M. heterophylla, Benth. Capsule truncate, ribbed, beaked. 



6. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Chamisso. 

 [Cup-like torus enclosing the ovary 2-margined; the inner membranous, the outer and 

 lower usually thicker (First shown by E. L. Greene)]. 



* Outer margin of the ohconical tones a broad green or reddish rim, 



1. E. Californica, Cham. Smooth, perennial, often decumbent. 



* * Torus without conspicuous rim, cylindrical or nearly so. 



2. E. Austinae, Greene. Erect, branching, hairy below. 



3 E. tenuifolia, Benth. Scape-like peduncles square, verj' slender. 



4. E. rhotabipetala, Greene. Square peduncles rough, stout: petals fugacious. 



^. DENDROMECON, Bentham. 

 1. D. rigidum, Benth. Leaves ovate or narrower, rigid, verticaL 



FU31ARIACE^. 



Corolla flattened heartshaped or 2-spurred at base , 1 



Corolla 1-spurred at base, deciduous ,.,..,,.. 2 



1. DICENTRA, Borkhausen. 



* Flowers drooping on a scape : filaments lightly united. 

 formosa, DC. Raceme com'pd : persistent petals united, rose color, 

 uniflora, Kellogg. Flower solitary, \ inch long: capsule short. 

 pauciflora, Watson. Flowers 1 to 3, 8 to 12 lines long: capsule exserted. 

 cucullaria, DC. Raceme simple: spurs divergent. 



* * Flowers narrow, erect, in panicles on leafy stems. 

 chrysantha, H. & A. Petals yellow, U-9 lines long, tips widely divergent, 

 ochroleuca, Engelmann. Petals yellowish, longer, tips less divergent. 



2. CORYDALIS, Ventenat. 

 aurea, Willd. var. occidentalis, Gr. Flowers golden yellow. 

 Sconleri, Hook. Flowers rose-colored in spreading racemes. 

 Caseana, Gr. Flowers white or cream-color, bluish tipped. 

 Bidwellise, Watson. Similar, but crest entire, spur curved. 



CRLCIFER^. 



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§ 1. Pods splitting when ripe, the sides (valves) separating from a central pair of 

 ribs (placentae) which bear the seeds and usually frame a transparent partition. 



