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4 PLANTS OF BEEMUDA. 



with a stout hooked beak and numerous spines. Distribution, 

 Southern Europe, and Virginia, U.S., southward. Common m 

 moist places. Flowers February to April ; yellow. 



3. E, repens. Perennial. Stem decumbent, with long runners, 

 licaves* with three stalked lealiets, which are three-lobed and 

 variously cut. Flower stalks furrowed; flowers half-inch in 

 diameter. Sepals five, spreading ; petals five, with a small gland ; 

 achenes smooth, with a recurved beak. Distribution, Europe and 

 America. Koadsides Paget and AYarwick. Flowers in August; 

 yellow. 



In addition to the above there will be found in gardens various 

 ornamental plants of this order; blue and white varieties of the 

 Larkspur fDelpJrimnm con solid a J , with the sepals petal-like, one of 

 these and two of the petals being spurred; the Pseony fPaonia 

 officinath var : rnhraj, and two species of Clematis (C. fammulaj 

 and fC. jajyomcaj . 



Xat : Ord : 2 Anonacctr. 

 ... Trees. Sepals three ; petals three to sis. Stamens numerous ; 



*^ carpels at first separate, aft-erwards uniting to form a cone-like 



^ fruit. A few fruit trees belonging to tliis order have been intro- 



H duced from the AVest Indies, and -^^ill be found cultivated. The 



^ Soursop <'Ano)ia muricataj . The Sugar-apple or sweet- sop (A. 



>0 squamosa/. The Cherimoyer (A. cheriuiohaj , The Custard apple 



J fA. niicHlata) . 



^ Nat: Ord: 3 PajMivcmcea. 



Herbaceous plants with a milky juice. Sepals two to three, 

 deciduous ; petals four to six ; stamens numerous ; capsule one- 

 celled with the stigmas radiate on the top. Seeds very numerous. 



><^ I. AKGEMONE. 



A. tmxicana (Stinging thistle). Annual. Erect, branched, spiny. 



Leaves half clasping the stem, pinnatifid, prickly, with white spots. 



Flower stalks growing out of the axils of the leaves. Sepals three, 



V ■ horned; petals six, large; capsule opening by valves at the top. 



r^JK Distribution, most warm countries. Common everywhere at all 



^ seasons. Flowers yellow. 



^ The second growth of this plant often looks like a variety, the 



petals being very pale and the capsule much elongated. 



Sepals two, deciduous ; petals four, crumpled ; stigma, six to 

 twelve rayed. 



1. P. dnhhim (Red poppy). Annual. Erect, with stiff hairs, six 

 to twelve inchco liigh. liCaves pnmatiHd, lobes narrow, with few 

 teeth. Flower slaiks long. Petals in unequal pairs. Capsule 

 oval, smooth. Distribution, Europe and America. Fields. Flow- 

 ers scarlet, two inches in diameter : February to March. 



2. P. soDDiifcrum (Poppy). Annual. Stout, erect, branched, 

 smooth, three feet high. Leaves clasping the stem, sinuately 



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