48 POPPY FAMILY. 



S. rilbra, Red-flowered Trumpet-Leaf of S. States : sometimes cult, 

 in greenhouses. Leaves trumpet-shaped, slender, a foot long, with a narrow- 

 wing and an erect ovate pointed hood ; flower crimson-purple. 



S. Drummondii, Great Trumpet-Leaf of Florida : sometimes cult. 

 Leaves much like the last, but 2° or 3° long, upper part of the tube and the 

 roundish erect hood variegated and purple-veiny ; and the deep-purple flower 

 very large. 



S. psittacina, Parrot Pitcher-Plant of S. States, and rarely cult. 

 Leaves short and spreading, with a narrow tube, a broad wing, and an inflated 

 globular hood, which is incurved over the mouth of the tube, spotted with white ; 



flower purple. ~ o o. t 



S. varioliris, Spotted Trumpet-Leaf of S. States. Leaves erect, 

 trumpet-shaped, white-spotted above, longer than the scape, with a broad wing, 

 and an ovate hood arching over the orifice ; flower yellow. 



5. fl^va. Yellow Trumpet-Leaf of S. States : cixlt. more commonly 

 than the rest, as a curiosity, and almost hardy N. Leaves trumpet-shaped, 2° 

 long, erect, yellowish or purple-veiny, witli a narrow wing, and an erect round- 

 ish but pointed hood, a tall scape, and yellow flower. 



8. PAPAVERACE^, POPPY FAMILY. 



Herbs with milky or colored juice, regular flowers, a calyx mostly 

 of 2 sepals which fall when the blossom opens, petals twice or 3-5 

 times as many, numerous stamens on the receptacle, and a com- 

 pound 1-celled ovary, with 2 or more parietal placentie. Fruit a 

 pod, many-seeded. Juice narcotic, as in Poppy (opium), or acrid. 

 No. 5 has watery juice, with the odor of muriatic acid, and the 

 calyx like a cap or lid ; No. 7 has no petals and few seeds. 



* Pelals crumpled in the Jlower-bud, which droops on its peduncle before opening. 



1. PAP AVER. Stigmas united into a many-rayed circular body which is closely 



sessile on the ovary. Pod globular or oblong, imperfectly many-celled by 

 the projecting placentae which are covered with numberless seeds, opening 

 only bv pores or chinks at the top. .Tuice white. 



2. STYLOPHORUM. Stigma 3 - 4-lobed, raised on a style. Pod ovoid, bristly, 



opening from the top into 3 or 4 valves, leaving the thread-like placentce be- 

 tween them. .Juice yellow. 



3. CHELIDONIUM. Stigma 2-lobed, almost sessile. Pod linear, with 2 placenta, 



splitting from below into 2 valves. Juice orange. 

 * # Petals more or less crumpled in the bud, ichich is erect before opening. 



4. ARGEMONE. Stigma 3-6-lobed, almost sessile. Sepals and oblong pod 



prickly ; the latter opening by valves from the top, leaving the thread-like 

 placentffi between. Juice yellow. 



6. ESCHSCHOLTZIA. Sepals united into a pointed cap which falls off entire. 



Receptacle or end of the flower-stalk dilated into a top-shaped body, often 

 with a spreading rim. Stigmas 4-6, spreading, unequal ; but the placentae 

 only 2. Pod long and slender, grooved. Juice colorless. 



* * * Petals not crumpled in the bud, which does not droop. 



6. SANGUINARI A. Sepals 2 : but the petals 8 - 12. Stigma 2-lobed, on a short 



style. Pod oblong, with 2 placentas. Juice orange-red. 



* * * * Petals none. Flowers in panicles, drooping in the bud. 



7. BOCCONIA. Sepals 2, colored. Stigma 2-lobed. Pod few-seeded. Juice 



reddish. 



1. PAP AVER, POPPY. (Ancient name.) We have no truly wild spe- 

 cies : the following are from the Old World. 



* Anmials, Jlowerinci in summer : cult, and weeds of cultivation. 



P. SOmniferum, Opium Poppy. Cult, for ornament, especially double- 

 flowcrcd varieties, and for medical uses. Smooth, glaucous, with clasping and 

 wavy leaves, and white or purple flowers. 



