102 PAPAVERACEAE. (Vou. II. 
1. Sanguinaria Canadénsis L. Bloodroot. 
(Fig. 1665.) 
Sanguinaria Canadensis I,. Sp. Pl. 505. 1753. 
Glabrous, glaucous, especially when young. Root- 
stock 14/-1’ thick, several inches long, densely clothed 
with thick fibrous roots; petioles 6’-14’ long; leaves 
6/—12/ broad, 4’-7’ long, palmately 5-9-lobed, the lobes 
repand, or cleft at the apex; flowering scape at 
length overtopped by the leaves; flower 1/~1}4’ broad; 
petals oblong or obovate, early deciduous; capsule 
oblong, narrow, I-celled, 2-valved, 1’ long. 
In rich woods, Nova Scotia to Manitoba and Nebraska, 
south to Florida and Arkansas. Ascends to 2500 ft. in 
Virginia. Also called Red Puccoon and Red Indian Paint. 
Flower sometimes pinkish. The scape rarely bears 2 or 3 
flowers and bracts. April-May. 
4. STYLOPHORUM Nutt. Gen. 2: 7. 1818. 
Herbs, with stout rootstocks, yellow sap, pinnatifid leaves and clustered or solitary flow- 
ers. Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens«. Placentae 2-4; style distinct; stigma 2-4-lobed, radi- 
ate. Capsule linear or ovoid, dehiscent to the base. Seeds cancellate, crested. [Name 
Greek, style-bearing ] 
A genus of about 4 species, natives of eastern North America, the Himalayas, Japan and 
Mantchuria, 
1. Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx. ) 
Nutt. Yellow or Celandine Poppy. 
(Fig. 1666. ) 
Chelidonium diphyllum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 309. 
1803 
Stylophorum diphyllum Nutt. Gen. 2:7. 1818. 
Meconopsis diphylla DC. Syst. Veg. 2: 88. 1821. 
Glaucous, especially the lower surfaces of the 
leaves, sparingly pubescent, 12’-18’ high. Leaves 
basal and cauline, 4/-10’ long, slender-petioled, 1- 
2-pinnatifid, the divisions obovate, obtuse, lobed or 
irregularly crenate, those of the stem 2-4, the upper 
opposite; flowers 2-4, terminal, about 1’ broad, deep 
yellow; sepals hirsute, caducous; petals obovate, 
rounded; capsule 1’ long, ovoid, acute at each end, 
hirsute, tipped with the persistent style. 
In low woods, western Pennsylvania (?), Ohio to Ten- 
nessee, west to Wisconsin and Missouri. March-May. 
5. GLAUCIUM Juss. Gen. Pl. 236. 1789. 
Glaucous herbs, with alternate lobed or dissected leaves, and saffron-colored sap. Sepals 
2. Petals 4. Stamens 0. Placentae 2, rarely 3; stigma sessile, dilated, 2-lobed, the lobes 
convex. Capsule long-linear, 2-celled, dehiscent to the base. Seeds cancellate, crestless. 
[Name Greck, from the glaucous foliage. ] 
A genus of about 6 species, natives of the Old World, and mainly of the Mediterranean region. 
