22 FUMARIACEA:. (FUMITORY FAMILY.; 



2. SANGUINARIA, L. Puc< OON. BLOOD-ROOT. 



Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-valved, the valves separat- 

 ing from the filiform persistent placentae. Seeds crested A stemless peren- 

 nial herb, with orange-colored juice. Rhizoma thick. Leaves reniform, with 

 5-7 wavy or toothed lobes. Flowers white, solitary at the summit of the naked 

 scape, fugacious. 



1. 8. Canadensis, L. Rich woods, Florida and northward. March. 

 Scape 4' -6' high. Flowers 1' wide, appealing with the leaves. 



The CORN-POPPY (PAPAVBK DUBIUM, L.) is occasionally met with ingrain 

 fields and around dwellings. 



ORDER 11. FUMARIACE^E. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



Smooth herbs with watery juice, alternate compound dissected leaves, 

 without stipules, and irregular flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4 ; the two outer 

 or one of them spurred or gibbous at the base ; the two inner callous at the 

 apex, and cohering over the stigma. Stamens 6, commonly united in two 

 sets of three each, placed opposite the outer petals, hypogynous : anther of 

 the middle stamen 2-celled, of the lateral ones 1 -celled. Capsule 1-celled 

 and 2-valved, with two parietal placentae, or 1 -seeded and indeniscent. 

 Embryo minute in fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. ADLUMIA. Petals united, persistent. A tender vine. 



2. DTCENTRA. Petals connivent, deciduous ; the two outer ones gibbous at the base. - Stem- 



less herbs. 



3. CORYDALIS. Petals distinct, deciduous, one of the oute nes gibbous at the base. 



Caulescent herbs. 



1. ADLUMIA, Raf. 



Sepals minute. Petals united, free at the summit ; the two outer ones gibbous 

 at the base, withering-persistent. Capsule linear-oblong, 4- 8-seeded. Seeds 

 reniform, not crested. Stigma 2-crested. A smooth biennial vine. Leaves bi- 

 ternate, with tendril-like petioles. Flowers pale violet, in axillary and drooping 

 pani '. s. 



1 A. Cirrhosa, Raf. (Corydalis fungosa, Vent. ) Mountains of North 

 Carolina and northward. July - September. Stem 8 -15 long. Leaflets 

 thin, obovate, 2-3-lobed. Corolla thick and spongy. 



2. DICENTBA, Bork. DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES. 



Sepals minute. Petals conniving, but scarcely united, deciduous or withering ; 

 the two outer ones spurred or gibbous at the base. Filaments slightly united 

 in two sets. Stigma 2-crested. Capsule 10-20-seeded. Seeds crested. 



