1 66 PAPAVERACEAE. 



petals; placentae 2; style slender; capsule oblong or linear, 

 2-valved. 



Bikukulla formosa (Andr.) Coville. Rootstocks thickish, creeping, the 

 leaves and scapx-s arising at the tips of the branches; leaves two or three times 

 ternatc, 20-30 cm. broad, the ultimate segments pinnately incised into narrow 

 lobes, glaucous beneath; scapes exceeding the leaves; flowers bracted in 

 panicles; corolla rose-colored, cordate w'ith short rounded spurs, the outer 

 petals with ovate spreading tips. 



In moist woods, especially along streams. 



214. CAPNOIDES. 



Biennial erect pale or glaucous herbs; leaves radical and 

 cauline, decompound; flowers in racemes; sepals 2, small; petals 

 4, slight y united to a 1-spurred corolla; inner petals narrow, 

 keeled; stamens 6, in two sets, opposite the outer petals; pla- 

 centae 2; style entire, dilated or lobed; capsule oblong or linear, 

 2-valved. 



Capnoides scouleri (Hook.) Kuntze. Perennial from thickened roots; 

 stems scaly at base; basal leaves very large, pinnately decompound, the ulti- 

 mate segments oblong, obtuse, entire or the terminal ones 3-lobed, 3-5 cm. 

 long, glaucous beneath, blackening in drying; flowering stems with 1-3 smaller 

 leaves; flowers pale pink, in a loose raceme; corolla 2-3 cm. long, the spurs 

 three times as long as the body. 



In moist woods, not abundant, at 500-1000 m. altitude; in some places at 

 sea level. 



Family 45. CRUCIFERAE. Mustard Family. 



Herbs, rarely somewhat woody, with watery sap; leaves alter- 

 nate; stipules none; flowers perfect, regular, in usually bractless 

 racemes, spikes or corymbs; sepals 4, usually oblong; petals 4 

 rarely none, hypogynous, in the form of a cross, equal, generally 

 clawed, alternate with the sepals; stamens 6, rarely fewer, 

 hypogynous, of unequal length, the two shorter opposite the 

 sepals, the four longer opposite the petals; pistil 1, of 2 united 

 carpels; pod usually 2-celled, dehiscing by the separation of two 

 valves from the central partition, or rarely indehiscent, either 

 much longer than broad (a silique) or short (a silicle). 



Pods indehiscent. 



Pod elongated, transversely constricted. 



Pod of 2 joints separating at maturity; 



fleshy seashore plants. 215. Cakile, 168. 



Pod constricted between the several seeds, 

 not jointed; terrestrial plants, not 



fleshy. 216. Raphanus, 168. 



Pod not elongated, not transversely con- 

 stricted. 

 Pod broader than long, 2-celled. 217. Coronopus, 168. 



