NYMPHiBACE^. (PONDLILY FAMILY.) 



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fleshy torus which incloses the carjDels, the outer petaloid. Carpels 

 18-20, connate forming a capsuloid berry with a concave summit, having 

 a globular projection in the centre — Flowers white, blue, or rose-color, 

 very showy. 



N. alb», L. If White Water-lily. Leaves cordate entire. Sepals 

 obtuse. Petals lohite^ ovate, obtusf^. Anthers blunt. Stigmas with 

 short,, cylindrical appendages — Summer — Huleh and; northward. 



2. WUPHAR, Smith. Yellow Pozjd-Lily. Spattek-Dock. 



Sepals 5. Petals stamen-like, or scale-like, with a nectar-bearing 

 pore at back, inserted under the carpels. Carpels connate, in a ring, 

 forming a capsule-like berry — Flowers yellow, not showy. 



]!¥, luteum, L. If Common yellow Water-lily. Leaves ovate 

 deeply cordate. Sepals orbiculate, concave. Anthers oblong-linear. 

 Stigma unbilicate, 12-16-rayed, entire, or slightly repand — Summer 

 — In ponds and streams, throughout. 



Order IV. PAPAVERACE^. (Poppy Family.) 



Herbs with milky or colored juice^ flowers regular 

 (except Hyjpecomn^ which has two unequal pairs of opposite 

 petals)^ with fugacious sepals y poly androus hypogynous, the 

 ovary 1-celled' with two or more parietal placentm^ or a 

 silique^ %celled hy a spongy partition connecting the placenice, 

 or a lotnent separated into joints hy transverse partitions^ 

 or apparently a many-celled capsule^ the placentce nearly 

 reaching the axis, — Petals 4-6. Stamens usually numerous 

 (in Hypecoiim 4). Ovules numerous. Capsule opening by 

 pores or valves. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. 



Fig. 6 c 



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 Fig, 6. (o) Bud of Papaver rhaeas, L. showing the caducous sepals, separating like a 

 hood, (ft) Open flower of the same, showing 4 petals, numerous stamens, and obovate 



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