Mcrmwpsis. PAPAVERACEJ?. Ol 



4. ARCTOMECON, Torrey. 

 Sepals mostly 2. Petals 4, persistent. Stamens numerous, with filaments 

 sliKl.tly tluekened upward, and linear anthers. Ovary smooth, 4 - G-carpellcl with 

 nerve-l.ko placentas, rather few-ovulcd : stylo very short : stigmas 4 to 6, short and 

 thiek. Capsulo obovoid, 1-cellcd, 4 - G-anglcd, dehiscent above, the 4 to G valves 

 separating from the iirm persistent placental ribs. Seeds few, shinin- very finely 

 lined longitudinally. _ A low somewhat hairy biennial or perennial ; with alternate 

 leaves, few-toothed at the apex, and rather large white flowers. 



inl' o"^.'-^^^^°^^*^"?^' ^'""'m ^^""^ ^"'^ somewhat cespito.se, the stems 4 to 12 

 incites iMgh, more or less v.llous below with long bristly hairs, nearly glabrous 

 tZV; Tl^'^IT'^^''''' oblanceolate, 1 to 2 inche.s long, 3 -several toothed 

 somet mes obed at he apex, or the upper entire, crowded at base ; the teeth 

 bnstlo-tippod : petals oblong-oval to orbicular, 6 to 10 linos long: capsulo 3 to 5 



NrturaHs"; ix iVo" ' ■''"''"' ^^ '"" ^'''^' " ^''''''- ^''^'- ''"''- '■ ^'^r^' ^- 



tho^l:r/"K^''^ ^T,""' °il the banks of a crook in storile soil nonr the southeastern border of 

 the State, but probably in Nevada. It has since been collected only by /^arry in^ Utah 



5. ARGEMONE, Linn. 

 Sepals 2 or 3, spino.sely beake.l. Totals 4 to 6. Stamens numerous, with fili- 

 form filaments and linear anthers. Ovary oblong, with 3 to G nerve-like plarentas • 

 stigmas nearly sessile, dilated, radiating. Capsule oblong or ovoid, pri.,-kly, 1-celled 

 opening at the top, the 3 to 6 valves separating from the firm parietal ribs. Seeds 

 many, ovoi.l-globose, pitted, slightly crested on the rhaphe. Stout glaucescent 

 annuals; with sinuately pinnatifid prickly- toothed leaves, large white or yellow 

 short- pedicel led flowers, and yellow juice. 



A ponns of about half ado.on si.orios. nll'nntivos of tho wnrmor parts of Amorioa. 



with ^;iM?i n^'^'"'^-- i?""S ' ^" l^ ^''^ '"■^'^'' '•'•''I'''^ throughout or armo,l 

 with ng id bns les or pnckles : loaves 3 to G inches long, the lower at(<.nuato to 

 a winged petiole, the upper sessile or auriculato-clasping : flowers white 2 to 4 

 diameter" ^^'{^^^^ = ,^'^r l^/'^ong, U inches long, very prickly: seeds 'a line in 

 diaraeter.-Pl. 1-endl. 5. A. mumta, buran.l k Hilgard, Pacif. \L Kep. v. 5, t. 1. 

 A. Mexicana, var. hispida, Torrey, Pot. Mex. Round. 31. 



ico^'^Iu'soi;Ih'on?(':iil^7' '^T-'t ^""^"^^ ':'^lif"rnia, and eastward to ColorHdo and Now Mex- 

 ico^ 1 u Southern California ,t islcnown as (-hicAhtr. Tho foliage is pale but not spott^l. 



\\.t'n^^^''^^' ''ir"' 1? ^■°'"y.«'"i'ln'- hut is smoothor, tho loavos aro blotched with white and 

 U e flowers are usually yellow It is native from Toxa.s and Northern Moxico to Co. tmrAmeri^ 

 but as a weed has spread to almost all warm countrios and may have reached Southen?ral!?orn^ 



e. MECONOPSIS, Viguier. 

 Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with filiform filament.s and oblong 

 anthers. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 4 to 8, nerve-like or somewhat intruded : style 

 distinct : stigma 4 - 8-lobed. Capsulo oblong to ovoid, dehiscing by short rounded 

 valves which separate} from the stout parietal ribs. Seeds numcrous,'small. obscurely 

 pitted. — Herbs with yellow juice, dissected leaves, and long-pedirolled flowers. 



A genus of 8 sp-rios. fi of whjrh belong t.. thr Himnlayn rogion, and 1 to Wctern Europe. 



