﻿TAB. XXXVII. 



Dendromecon rigidum. 



Dendromecon rigidum. Benth. in Hort. Trans, v. 1. 2^. S. 



p. 40T. 

 Hab. Monterey, California. Mr. Douglas. 



A Papaveraceous shrub ! glabrous in every part, with ever- 

 green, rigid, lanceolate, or ovato-lanceolate, pungent, reticulated 

 leaves, articulated upon the stem. Flowers terminal, solitary. 

 Sepals 2, hemisphierical, caducous. Petals 4, roundish-obovate, 

 spreading. Stamens many. Germen cylindrical, narrower up- 

 Avards. Stigma two-lobed. Capsule pod-shaped, furrowed, one- 

 celled, two-valved. Seeds several, pyriform, attached to two 

 filiform, parietal receptacles. 



Fig. 1. Stamen. / 2. Pistil. / 3. Section of the germen. 

 / 4. Seed. /. 5. Base of a leaf, to show its articulation upon the 

 stem : — magnified. 



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