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less. — Animals or biennials, with saffron-colorod juico, claspiiip^ leaves, and 

 solitary yellow Howers. (The Greek, name, 7Aou»cio»', from the glaucous 

 fuliap;e.) 



G. j.Cjtkim, Scop. Lower leaves ]tiunatifi(l ; upper ones sinuate-lobed and 

 toothed, conhitc-elaspinfif ; pods rou<;h («)-!()' hn\<i;). — Waste places S. E. 

 New Kug., Md., and Va. ; not common. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. PAP AVER, Touru. L'oi-py. 



Sepals nio.stly 2. Petals mostly 4. Stigmas united in a flat 4 - 20 rayed 

 crown, resting on tlie summit of the ovary and capsule ; the latter short 

 and turgid, with 4 - 20 many-seeded placenta; itrojectiiig lik(; imperfect ])ar- 

 titions, opening by as many pores or chinks under tlie edge of the stigma. — 

 Herbs with a white juice; the Hower-buds nodding. (Derivation obscure.) — 

 Three annual species of the Old World are sparingly adventive ; viz.: 



P. soMNfFERCM, L. (C'oMMON Toi'i'v.) »S'/»oo///, glaucous ; leaves clasp- 

 ing, wavy, incised and tootlied ; ]>o(l (j/olxise ; coroHa mostly white or purple. 

 — Near dwellings in some places. (Adv. from Ku.) 



P. DtniiM, \j. (S.MooTn-FuriTKi) CoijN-roi'i'v.) Pinnatifid leaves and 

 the long stalks bristli/ ; jnxh cluh-ahajted, smooth ; corolla liglit scarlet. — Cult, 

 grounds, Westchester, I'enn., and southward; rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



P. Arge>i6ne, \j. (Rough-fkuitki) C.) Smaller, wit!) finernut leaves 

 and paler flowers than the last ; ])ods rlub-shaped and bristlij. — Waste ground.s, 

 near Philadelphia. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. AR GEM ONE, L. Prickly Poppy. 



Sepals 2 or 3, often prickly. Petals 4-6. Style almost none; stigmas 

 3 - 6, radiate. Pod oblong, prickly, opening by 3-6 valves at the top. Seeds 

 crested. — Annuals or biennials, Avith prickly bristles and yellow juice. Leaves 

 sessile, sinuate-lobed, and with prickly teeth, often blotched with white. 

 Elower-buds erect, short-peduncled. (Name from &py€fxa, a disease of the eye, 

 for which the juice of a ])lant so called by the Greeks was a supposed remedy.) 



1. A. platyceras. Link &, Otto. Setose-hispid all over; petals white, 

 li-2' long; capsule armed with stout spines. — Central Kan. and Neb., south 

 and westward. 



A. MexicXna, L. (Mexican P.) Flowers yellow, rarely white. — Waste 

 places, southward. July -Oct. (Adv. from troj). Amer.) 



Order 9. FUMAKIACEiE. (Fumitory Family.) 



Delicate sjnooth herbs, witli rcuterji juice, compound dissected leaves, 

 irref/idar Jlowers, with 4 somcwhd united pctrds, 6 diadelphous stamens, 

 and 2-merous pods and seeds like those of the Poppy Family. — Sepals 2, 

 small and scale-like. Corolla flattened, closed ; the 4 petals in two pairs; 

 the outer with spreading tips, and one or both of them spurred or saccate 

 at the base ; inner pair narrower, and their callous crested tips united 

 over the stigma. Stamens in two sets of 3 each, placed opposite the 

 larger petals, hvpogynous ; their fdaments often united: middle anther 

 of each set 2-celled, the lateral ones 1-celled. Pod 1-celled, either 1-sceded 

 and indehiscent, or several-seede<l with 2 parietal placenta? and deciduous 

 valves. — Leaves delicate, usually alternate, without stipules. Slightly 

 bitter, innocent jjlants. 



