NYIMPH/EACE^. (PONDLILY FAMILY.) 



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fleshy torus which iiifloses the carpels, the outer petaloid. Carpels 

 lS-20, connate forming a cajisuloid berry with a concave summit, having 

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

 vc.'ry showy. 



N. alba, L. 21 White Water-lily. Leaves cordate entire. Sepals 

 ot»tuse. Petals ioMd, ovate, obtuse. Anthers blunt. Stigmas with 

 short, cylindrical appendages — Sunim.er — Huleh and northward. 



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. 



M. luteum, L. 2f 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. PAPAVERACEiE. (Poppy Family.) 



Herbs with milky or colored juice., flowers regular 

 (except Hyjyecoum,^ lohich has two imequal pairs of opposite 

 petals)., loith fugacious sepals^ polyandrous hypogy7ious^ the 

 ovary 1-celled' %oith two or 'more p^arietal placentce, or a 

 siliqice^ %celled hy a spongy partition connecting the placentas^ 

 or a loment separated into joints hy transverse partitions^ 

 or apparently a many-celled capsule^ the placentm nearly 

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

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

 pores or valves. Leaves alterjiate, ex stipulate. 



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

 hood. (6) Open flower of the same, showing 4 petals, numerous stamens, and obovate 



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