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ORDER NYMPBLEACE.E. 



NYMPH.SJA, Tourn. 



N. flava, Leitner. Rhizoma short, oblong ; leaves broadly oval, more 

 or less wavy on the margins, with the lobes acute or obtuse ; flowers yel- 

 low; stigma 7-rayed. St. John's River (Curtiss), Miami (Garber). Leaves 

 3' - 5' wide. Flowers 3' - 4' wide. 



ORDER PAP AVERAGES. 



STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. 



Sepals 2, rounded, concave, hairy. Petals 4, orbicular. Ovary ovoid. 

 Style long; stigma 3-4-lobed, spreading. Capsule ovoid, bristly, with 3-4 

 parietal placentae. Seeds globular, crested; albumen fleshy. Perennial 

 herbs, with yellow juice, 1 - 2-pinnatifid leaves, and showy long-peduncled 

 flowers. 



S. diphyllum, Nutt. (YELLOW POPPY.) Leaves petioled, divided 

 into 5-7 oblong sinuate lobes, the upper pair opposite; peduncles terminal, 

 single or clustered; flowers bright yellow. (Meconopsis, DC.) Shady 

 woods, Tennessee, and northward. May. Stems 1-1| high. Flowers 

 1' wide. 



ORDER FUMARIACEJ3. 



FUMARIA, L. FUMITORY. 



Posterior petal spurred, united below with the two inner ones. Stamens 

 united in two sets of three each. Style deciduous. Fruit globular, 1-seeded, 

 indehiscent ; seeds crestless. Tender branching annuals, with finely dis- 

 sected leaves, and small flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. 



F. officinalis, L. Leaves bipinnately divided, the narrow lobes widen- 

 ing upwards ; racemes many-flowered ; sepals sharply toothed ; petals flesh- 

 color, tipped with crimson. Waste places, sparingly introduced. 



CORYDALIS, Vent. 



C. aurea, Willd., var. australis. Stem roughish ; racemes stout, 

 many-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; corolla (' long) three times 

 as long as the pedicel and straight spur, bright yellow ; outer petals crested ; 

 capsule erect, even ; seeds smooth and shining, the margins obtuse. Waste 

 grounds in early spring. 



C. flavidula, Raf. Stem smooth; racemes few-flowered, barely longer 

 than the leaves; corolla (3"- 4" long) as long as the pedicel, pale yellow, 

 crested ; spur very short ; capsule spreading or drooping, slightly knotted ; 

 seeds rugose-reticulated, the margins acute. Tennessee (Dr. Gattinger),&nd 

 northward. 



