228 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. XIII. 



POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



1. ACT^E'A. BANE BERRY. 



Calyx inferior, of four circular,, obtuse, caducous leaves. Petals 

 four, oblong, clawed, deciduous. Filaments about thirty, hair- 

 like, broader towards the top ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. 

 Germen egg-shaped. Style none ; stigma thickish, obliquely 

 depressed. Berry globular, smooth, with a lateral furrow, one- 

 celled, not bursting. Seeds numerous, half-globular, arranged in 

 two rows. Named from acte, the elder, the leaves resembling 

 those of that tree. 258. 



1. A. spicdta. Herb Christopher. Bane Berry. Cluster egg-shaped ; 



petals as long as the stamens. Root creeping : stem triangular, from 



one to two feet high, slightly branched, leafy, smooth : leaves twice or 

 thrice ternate : leaflets egg-shaped, acutely serrate, deep-green : flowers 

 in a close cluster, with white petals : berries purplish-black, poisonous. 

 The fetid odour of this plant is said to attract toads to it. Perennial : 

 flowers in May and June : grows in woods and shady places, in York- 

 shire : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 918. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 3. 792. 



2. CHELIDO'NIUM. CELANDINE. 



Calyx inferior, of two roundish caducous leaves. Petals four, 

 equal, roundish, flat, narrower at the base. Filaments about thirty, 

 flat, broader upwards, shorter than the corolla 5 anthers oblong, 

 compressed, erect, two-lobed. Germen cylindrical, as long as the 

 stamens. Style none; stigma small, obtuse, cleft. Pod linear, 

 one-celled, with two undulated deciduous valves. Seeds numerous, 

 oval, dotted, arranged in two rows along a linear receptacle at each 

 side of the pod. Named from chelidon, a swallow. 259. 



1. C. mdjus. Common Celandine. Root tapering : stem about two 



feet high, branched, enlarged at the joints, round, smooth, leafy : leaves 

 deeply pinnatifid, smooth : flowers in umbels, on long stalks : calyx 

 tawny : petals yellow : seeds black and shining. The juice of every 

 part of the plant is yellow and acrid. It removes warts, and is said to 

 cure the itcn. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in thickets 

 and waste ground, generally near houses : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. 

 pi. 1581. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 4. 793. 



3. GLAU'CIUM. HORNED POPPY. 



Calyx inferior, of two oblong, acute, caducous leaves. Petals 

 four, much larger than the calyx, roundish, crumpled, spreading, 

 deciduous, two opposite ones rather smaller. Filaments numerous, 

 hair-like, shorter than the corolla ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. 

 Germen superior, cylindrical, longer than the stamens. Style 

 none j stigma large, of two or three cleft, compressed downy 

 lobes. Pod linear, very long, of two or three linear valves and as 

 many cells. Seeds numerous, convex on the outer side, disposed 

 irregular, in two rows in each cell, along linear receptacles placed 

 between the valves. Named from the glaucous bloom which all 

 the parts have. 260. 



