ORDER XII. FUMARIACE^. 231 



unacquainted wifh it with care. It is a stimulant in small doses ; in larjrer, produces 

 violent vomiting and much irritation. It is one of the earliest and protiiost llowers 

 of spring, and as au early border flower deserves the attention of the llorisL 



Genl-3 IV.— CHELIDO'NIUM. L. Il'— 1. {Celandine.) 

 (From the Greek chelidon, a swallow, the plant flowering at the return of swallows.) 



Sepals 2, caducous. Petals 4, small. Stamens numerous. 

 Capsules 2-valved, 1 -eel led, many-seeded, linear, dehiscing from 

 the base upward. Yields a deep yellow juice. 



1. C. ma'jus, (L.) Leaves pinnate-lobed, glaucous. Segments ovate, 

 the terminal one obovate. Floiuers in axillary umbels. — Yellow. 2^. 

 Naturalized. Grows in waste places. 



Genus v.— GLAU'CIUM. L. 11— 1. {Horjicd Poppy.) 

 (From the Greek glaukos, glaucous, from the appearance of the plants.) 



Sejmls 2, caducous. Petals 4. Cajysule linear, 2-valved, 2- 

 celled, many-seeded. Seeds somewhat reniform. Plant yield- 

 ing a yellow juice. 



1. G. fla'vum, (Grant.) Stem glabrous. Floral leaves repand ; 

 cauline ones clasping and pinnatifid ; radical ones bipinnatifid, large, 

 pubescent. Peduncles 1 -flowered. Capsule tuberculate. — Yellow. ^. 

 June. Introduced. 



The EschschoW zia Calif or' nica, extensively cultivated, belongs to 

 Papaveracece. 



Order XIL— FUMARIA'CE^. {Fumatory Family.) 



Sepals 2. Petals 4, cruciate ; one or both of the two 

 outer ones saccate or spurred at the base ; the two inner co- 

 hering at the apex, and inclosing the anthers and stigma. 

 Stamens 6, in two parcels. Anthers membranous, adnate, ex- 

 trorse ; the lateral ones of each parcel I -celled, the middle one 

 2-celled. Ovary 1 -celled, 2-valved, with parietal placentae. 

 Style filiform. Stigma with two or more points. Fruit a nut 

 or capsule ; if a nut 2-seeded, if a capsule many-seeded. Seeds 

 arilled, anatropous. Herbaceous plants, with watery juice. 



ANALYSIS. 



1. Climbing plant Adlumia, 'I 



Plants not climbing 2 



2. Flowers yellow Conjdalis, 3 



Flowers purple 8 



3. Capsule many-seeded Diebjtra, 1 



Fruit 1-seeded Fumaria, 4 



Genus L— DIELY'TRA. Borli. 16—5. 



(From dis, two, and elytron, a sheath, in allusion to double spurs at the base of the 



petals.) 



Sepals 2. Petals 2-spurred or saccate at the base. Capsule 

 many-seeded, pod-shaped. Flotvers in a compound raceme, 

 with cymose branches. 



