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Nutt. May July. % Stem 12 18 inches high. Leaves large, smooth and 

 glaucous beneath, with 5 7 large lobes. Flowers large, yellow. 



Stalk-leaved Meconopsis. 



4. CHELIDONIUM. Linn. Celandine. 



(From the Greek %A<W, a sioallow; its flowers appearing about the same 

 time as that bird.) 



Sepals 2, glabrous. Petals 4. Stamens many. Capsule 

 elongated, (resembling a silique,) 2-valved, 1-celled ; valves de- 

 hiscent from the base to the apex. Seeds several, furnished 

 with a glandular crest. 



C. majus Linn. : leaves pseudo-pinnate, glaucous ; segments ovate ; cre- 

 nate-lobed ; pedicels somewhat umbellate ; petals elliptic, entire. 



Fields and waste places. N. S. May Oct. ^.Stem 12 feet high, 

 branched. Flowers yellow. Capsule about an inch long, narrow, sublinear. 

 Plant full of an orange juice- Introduced from Europe. Common Celandine. 



5. PAP AVER. Linn. Poppy. 



(From the Celtic Papa, pap; being added to the food of children to induce 

 sleep.) 



Sepals 2, concave, caducous. Petals 4. Stigma sessile, ra- 

 diate, persistent. Capsule obovoid, 1-celled, opening by mi- 

 nute valves under the margin of the stigma. 



P. dubium Linn. : leaves pseudo-pinnate ; segments lance-oblong, pin- 

 natifidly incised, sessile, decurrent ; stem with spreading hairs; peduncles 

 with appressed bristly hairs ; capsule obovoid-oblong, smooth. 



Cultivated grounds. Downington, Penn. Darlingt. May. (J). Stem 1 2 

 feet high. Flowers on long flexuous peduncles, pale red. Introduced. 



Field Poppy. 



ORDER X. SARRACENIACE^E. SARRACENIADS. 



Calyx 4 6-leaved, much imbricated, without a corolla; or 

 consisting of 5 persistent sepals, often having a 3 -leaved invo- 

 lucre on the outside, and 5 unguiculate, concave petals. Sta- 

 mens numerous ; anthers oblong, adnate. Ovary, 2 5-celled ; 

 style simple, truncate, or expanded into a large peltate plate 

 with 5 stigmatic angles. Capsule with 3 5 cells. Seeds mi- 

 nute, very numerous. Herbs found in bogs. Leaves radical, 

 with a hollow urn-shaped petiole, at whose apex the lamina is 

 articulated, and which fits like a lid. Scapes each bearing one 

 large flower. 



