190 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



(14) Chelidonium. Celandine. 



C. majus : stems erect, slender, branching, 1-2 feet high, 

 full of a yellow fetid juice ; leaves thin, glaucous underneath, 

 once or twice pinnate, the segments ovate, coarsely toothed or 

 lobed ; flowers small, yellow, in a loose umbel ; pod nearly 

 cylindrical, glabrous, 1 4-2 inches long. — Roadsides and waste 

 places. Fl. June. 



(15) Grlaucinm. Horned Poppy. 



G. luteum : annual or biennial ; stem 1-3 feet high, with 

 hard spreading branches, everywhere glaucous ; leaves thick, 

 pinnately lobed or divided, the lobes ovate or lanceolate, 

 sinuate or lobed, rough with short thick hairs, the upper ones 

 shorter, less divided ; flowers large, yellow, the petals very 

 fugacious; pods 6-12 inches long, crowned by the spreading 

 lobes of the stigma. — Sandy sea-coasts. Fl. June to August. 



(16) Helianthemum. Rockcist. 



* Annual heri. 

 H. guttatum : annual, erect, hairy, often branched at the 

 base, 2-3 inches to one foot high; leaves narrow-oblong or 

 lanceolate, or the lower ones obovate and very obtuse, upper 

 ones more pointed ; racemes loose, with small flowers on slen- 

 der pedicels ; petals very fugacious, yellow, with a dark spot 

 at their base. — Warm sandy pastures. Fl. June, July. 



** Dwarf under shrubs. 



H. canum : stem decumbent, compact-growing ; leaves ovate 

 or oblong, small, white underneath or on both sides; racemes 

 numerous and short ; flowers yellow, very small. — Limestone 

 rocks ; rare. Fl. June. 



