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papaverace.®. (poppy family.) 
4. Cheltdonidm. Stigmas and placenta; 2. Pod linear, smooss 
Petals 4. Stamens rather few. 
cr a * * Pelnls not crumpled in the bud. 
5. bANGuiKARiA. Petals 8 -12. Pod oblong, turgid, 2-valved 
*• PAPAVER, L. Poppy. 
Sepals mostly 2. Petals 4. Stigmas united in a flat4-^ 1 
late crown resting on the summit of the ovary and capsule; t- 
er short and turgid, with 4-20 many-seeded placenta? proj^v 
n^ ike imperfect partitions, opening by as many pores or chink 
er the edge of the stigma. — Herbs with a white juice; ^ 
flower-buds nodding. (Derivation obscure.) - Two species of the 
orld are scarcely naturalized in this country, viz. 
1. P. somniferum, L. (Common Poppy.) (l) Smooth,#* 
cons; leaves clasping, wavy, incised and toothed; pod globose-' 
cape rom gardens. Corolla mostly white or purple, 
mfif m* L. (Smooth-fruited Corn-Poppy.) (5 * 
corolla Muscarfet 1116 1° t " S bristl y ; pods club-shaped, smood 
b scarlet. — Introduced around Westchester, Penn. 
2. ABOEMONE, L. Prickly Popp?. 
epals _ or 3. Petals 4-6. Style almost none: stignias J 
6, radiate. Pod oblong, prickly, opening by 3-6 valves at * 
top. Herbs with prickly bristles and yellow juice. Seeds crest- 
L ,, aVe ? sessile ’ sinuate-lobed, and with prickly teeth, blotch 
from ‘ W te - F,0Wer - buds erect, short-peduncled. <»- 
S;‘ of ,h * ™ • ,,r 
Flowet"^^ L Pric KLY POPPV*) de 
ces, escaped from gardLl juTy - olt J **** P rick1 ^- ? ' 
3 * STYL *>HOBVB, Nutt. Celandine P° pp ' 
3-4^obed PetaIs 4 * St yle distinct, columnar: 
conspicuously ^ 1 p 3-4-valved to the base SJ* 
nately divided leaves like c'ekT ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
tending one - several =t j ,andlne > ‘he uppermost in pair>, - 
pods noddina t ■ en er l-flowered peduncles, the buds 
pods nodding. J UICe ye]Iow c P (Nam e from 
. «*. »d»., ^ ; one 
