BOTANY OP LA SALLE COUNTY. 49 



NUPHAR. Frog- lily, Yellow pond lily. 



A water plant thriving- in mud; leaves much like 

 Nymphae but thicker and dull green. 



N. ad vena. Y.; small, 2 in. broad. 



Order 8. PAPERVERA CEAE. Poppies. 

 AGREMONE- Prickly poppy. A prickly plant 

 having lobed and toothed light G. leaves spotted 

 with W., stem and leaves armed with slender 

 prickles. 



A. Mexicana. Flowers Y.; Ju. on. 



A. Mexicana var. alba. Flowers W. Escaped 



from gardens. 



SANGUINARIA. Blood Root. Stemless plants with 

 * underground, creeping stems and a colored, 

 watery juice. 



S. Canadensis. Leaf one, radical, lobed with a 

 single, orange colored, one flowered seape, 

 blooming before the leaf is half grown. Flower 

 W. 1 to \Y\ in. broad, lastingtwo or three days. 

 Root stem red. Ap., 5 in. 



ADLUMIA. P. Climbing Fumitory. A slender vine, 

 sometimes found in cultivation. 



A. cirrhosa. B, Leaves small, pinnate; leaflets 

 lobed; flowers somewhat bell-shaped in dense 

 clusters each ^ inch long; P. W. or Pi. W., 

 climbing by its leaf stalks. Ju. Oct. 



Order 9. FUMARIA CEAE. Dicentra. 



Plants with divided leaves, w r eak, pellucid stems 

 and a watery juice. 



DICENTRA. Leaves large, much divided, being cut 

 into verv narrow lobes, all radical, light G. 



D. Cucullaria. Flowers W. somewhat resembling 

 a large fly or a pair of somewhat inflated panta- 

 loons; hence the common name, Dutchman's 

 Breeches. Root a scalv bulb. 



