20 PAPAVERACE.E. ( POPPY FAMILY.) 



9 - 20-flowered ; calyx obovate ; seeds oval, finely furrowed and granular. - 

 Boggy pouds, Florida to South Carolina (Bosc.). April -May. (Ij or y. 

 Scape 6'- 15' high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers pale rose-color. 



4. D. 1'Otundifolia, L. Rootstock none ; leaves orbicular, abruptly 

 contracted into the hairy petiole ; scape erect, smooth, 6- 10-flowered; calvx 

 ovoid; seeds covered with a loose membraiiaceous coat. Mossy swamps. 

 May -June, (l) Scapes 6' - 9' high. Leaves 2' long. Flowers white. 



5. D. brevifolia, Pursh. Glandular-pubescent throughout; rootstock 

 none; leaves short, wedge-shaped; scape erect, 3 - 6-rlowered ; calyx oval; 

 seeds ovoid, minutely glandular. Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to North 

 Carolina. April, (l) Scapes 3' -6' high. Leaves -J' long. Flowe^ ' 

 wide, white. 



2. DIONJEA, Ellis. FLY-TRAP. 



Stamens 10 - 15. Styles united. Stigmas 5, fimbriate. Capsule 1 -celled, 

 opening irregularly. Placenta at the base of the cell, many-seeded. A 

 smooth perennial herb, with the habit of Drosera. Leaves spreading, on 

 broadlv winged spatulate petioles, with the limb orbicular, notched at both 

 ends, and fringed on the margins with strong bristles; sensitive! Flowers in 

 a terminal umbel-like cyme, white, bracted. 



1. D. muscipula, Ellis. Sandy bogs near the coast, North Carolina 

 and the adjacent parts of South Carolina. April -May. Scape 1 high, 

 8- 10-flowered. Flowers 1' wide. For an interesting account of this re- 

 markable plant, see Curtis 's Plants of Wilmington, in the Boston Journal <f 

 Natural History, Vol. L, 1834. 



ORDER 9. PAPAVERACEJE. (Poppy FAMILY.) 



Herbs, with colored juice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and regular 

 hypogynous flowers. Sepals 2-3, caducous. Petals 4-12, imbri- 

 cated, deciduous. Stamens numerous. Anthers introrse. Capsule 

 1-celled, many-seeded, with parietal placentae. Embryo minute, at 

 the base of oily or fleshy albumen. 



1. ARGEMONE, L. MEXICAN POPPY. 



Sepals 2-3, hooded or horned. Petals 4-8. Stigmas sessile. Capsule 

 oval, hispid, the 3-6 valves separating at the top from the persistent placenta?. 

 Seeil globular, pitted, crestless. Glaucous herbs, with yellow juice, sessile 

 pinnatifid bristly leaves, and showy white or yellow flowers. 



1. A. Mexicana, L. Annual, hispid, l-3 high, branching; leaves 

 blotched with white ; flowers large and white, or smaller and yellow ; calyx 

 hispid. Waste ground. Introduced. 



2. STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. YELLOW POPPY. 



Sepals 2, hairy. Petals 4. Style conspicuous. Capsule oval, bristly, the 

 3-4 valves separating from the base from the persistent placentas. Seed 



