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THALAMIFLORjE 



and nearly globose, raised some 

 three inches out of the water, 

 smelling like brandy, whence, in 

 Norfolk and other parts of England, 

 it is called Brandy-bottle. The 

 Turks prepare a cooling drink from 

 the flowers, which they call Pufer, 

 a corruption of the ancient name 

 Nouphar. Fl. July. Perennial. 



2. N. pumila (Least Yellow Water 

 Lily). Stigma of 8-10 rays, which 

 extend beyond the margin. Much 

 smaller than the preceding, from 

 which it differs principally in the 

 toothed edge of the stigma. It 

 grows in several of the smaller 

 Highland lakes. Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



NUPHAR LUTEA 



(Common Yellow Water Lily) 



Natural Order IV 



PAPAVERACE^). The Poppy Tribe 



Sepals 2, soon falling off ; petals 4 ; stigma rayed, or lobed ; 

 capsule i-celled, many-seeded ; seeds inserted on incomplete 

 partitions, which radiate from the sides of the capsule, but do 

 not meet at the centre. Herbaceous plants, and, under the 

 names of Opium, Laudanum, and Morphia, ranks among the 

 most valuable of medicines. That produced from Papaver 

 somnifenim is alone used. The seeds of all contain a considerable 

 quantity of oil, which is mild and wholesome. 



1. Papaver (Poppy). Stigma sessile, rayed ; capsule opening by 

 pores beneath the stigma. " Named, because it is administered 

 with pap {papa in Celtic) to induce sleep." Sir W. J. Hooker. 



2. Meconopsis (Welsh Poppy). Style short ; stigma of few 

 rays ; capsule opening by pores beneath the top. (Name in 

 Greek signifying, bearing resemblance to a poppy.) 



3. Glaucium (Horned Poppy). Stigma 2-lobed; capsule pod-like, 

 2-celled, 2-valved. (Name from the glaucous hue of the foliage.) 



4. Chelidonium (Celandine). Stigma 2-lobed; capsule, pod- 

 like, i-celled, 2-valved ; seeds crested. (Named from chelidon, 

 a swallow, because, Pliny tells us, that bird discovered that its 

 juice was efficacious in restoring sight to its young when blinded.) 



5. Rcemeria (Rcemeria). Stigma sessile, rayed ; capsule 3-4 

 valves ; flowers violet. 



