224 OBDEB 12. FUMARIACE^E. 



M. diphylla DC. Lvs. glaucous beneath, segments 5 T, ovate -oblong, sinuate, 

 cauline 2, opposite, petiolate; ped. aggregated, terminal; caps. 4-valved, echi- 

 nate-setous. Woods, Western States. Plant 12 18' high. Lvs. large, 8' by 6', 

 on petioles about the same length, terminal segment somewhat confluent. Ped. 

 about 3' long. Petals deep yellow, orbicular, 1' diam. Sty. surpassing the stain. 

 May. (Stylophorum Nutt.) 



6. PAPAYER, L. POPPY. Fig. 229, 230, 231. (Celtic, papa, pap ; 

 a soporific food for children, composed of poppy seeds, etc.) Sepals 2, 

 caducous \ petals 4; stamens oo ; capsule 1-celled, opening by pores 

 under the broad, persistent stigma. Exotic herbs, with \vhito juice, 

 abounding in opium. Fl. buds nodding, erect in flower and fruit. 



1 P. somniferum L. OPIUM POPPY. Glabrous and glaucous ; Ivs. clasping, 

 cut-dentate ; caps, globous. (1) with large, brilliantly white flowers, double in culti- 

 vation. St. lg 3f high. Lvs. 4 8-' by 2 3', with rather obtuse dentures. 

 Extensively cultivated in Europe and southern Asia for opium, a drug moro 

 generally applicable and more frequently prescribed than any other article of the 

 materia medica. Jn. JL f 



2 P. dubium L. St. hispid.with spreading hairs; Ivs. pinnately parted, segm. 

 incised; sop. hairy; caps, club-shaped. CD Sparingly naturalized in cultivated 

 grounds, Pcnn. and southward. St. about 2f high, very slender. Fls. light 

 red or scarlet, much smaller than in No. 1, on very long hairy pedicels. Jn. Jl. 



3 P. Rha&as L. St. many-flowered, hairy; Ivs. incisely pinnatifid; caps, 

 globous. Distinguished from the last species chiefly by its more finely divided 

 leaves and its globular capsule. About 2f high. Fls. very large and showy, of a 

 deep scarlet. Varieties are produced with various shades of red and parti-colored 

 ilowers, more or less double. Jn. Jl.f 



4 P. orientale L, St. \-flowered, rough ; Ivs. scabrous, pinnate, serrate ; caps, 

 smooth. "H. Native of Levant. St. 3f high. Fls. very large, and of a rich 

 scarlet color, too brilliant to bo looked upon in the sun. Jn.f 



7. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Cham. (Named for Eschscholtz, a German 

 botanist well known for his researches in California.) Sepals 2, co- 

 hering by their edge, caducous ; petals 4 ; stamens GO, adhering to the 

 claws of the petals ; stigmas 4 7, sessile, 2 3 of them abortive ; cap r 

 sule pod-shaped, cylindric, 10-striate, many-seeded. CD Lvs. pinnatifid, 

 glaucous. The juice, which is colorless, exhales the odor of hydroch- 

 loric acid. 



1 E. Douglasii Hook. St. branching, leafy; torus obconic; cal ovoid, with 

 a very short, abrupt acumination; pet. bright-yellow, with an orange spot at 

 base. A very showy annual, common in our gardens, native of California, Ore- 

 gon, etc. The foliage is smooth, abundant and rich, dividing in a twice or thrice 

 pinnatifid manner into linear segments. Fls. 2' broad. f (Chryseis Californica of 

 Lindl. and 1st edition.) 



2 E. Californica Hook. St. branching, leafy; torus funnel form, with a 

 much dilated limb; cal. obconic; with a long acumination; fls. orange-yellow. 

 From California. Lvs. and color of flowers as in the preceding, except the latter 

 are more of a reddish, orange bue.f (Chryseis crocea Lindl. and of 1st edition.) 



ORDER XII. FUMARIACE^E. FUMEWORTS. 



Herbs smooth and delicate, with brittle stems, and a watery juice. Leaves usually 

 alternate, multifid, often furnished with tendrils. Fls. irregular, purple, white or 

 yellow. Sepals 2, very small. Petals 4, hypogynous, parallel, one or both of the 

 outer saccate; 2 inner cohering at apex. Sta. 6, diadelphous ; fit. dilated; anth. 

 adaate, extrorse, 2 outer 1-celled, middle 2-celled. Ova. superior, 1-celled: *ty. 



