Order 11.— THE POPPYWORTS. 159 



Eerls aquatic, in bogs, with fibrous roots, and with the 

 leaves all radical, urn-shaped, hollow, and large flowers on scapes; 

 sepals 5, with 3 little bracts at base; ^:>e^a7s 5, clawed, incurved; 

 stamens hypogynous; ovary 5-celled, with a single style, the 

 stigma very broad, peltate, and 5-angled, crowning, in fruit, the 

 mpsule, which is 5-celled and full of minute, albuminous seeds. ' 



SAPwRACE'NIA. Pitcher-plant. Trumpet- leaf. 



Character essentially as expressed in the order. Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, are 

 probably varieties^ not species. 



1 Leaf-blade inflected over the throat of the tube 7, 8 



T[ Leaf-blade erect, cr nearly erect ; throat of the tube open. . . .a 

 a Leaf-tube pitcher-shaped, with a broad wing. . . .1-3 

 a Leaf-tube trumpet-shaped, with a narrow wing. . . .4-6 



1 S. purpu'rea. Purple Pitcher-plant. Flowers purple. Leaves all inflated alike, 



dark green with purple veins, 6-9'' long. Scapes 1-flowered, l-2f high. June. 



2 S. heterophyl^la. Yellow Pitcher-plant. Fls. yellow. Lvs. pale, the outer slender. Jn. r. 

 S S. ala'ta. Narrow-winged P . Fls. yellow. Lvs. all more slender than in No. 1. S.-W. 



4 S. (Grono'vii) flava. Yellow Trumpet-leaf. Flowers yellow. Leaves 18-36' 



high, all yellowish green, veins not purple. 



5 S. rubra. Red Trumpet-leaf. Fls. reddish purple. Lvs. (l-2f ) purple-veined. S. 



6 S. Drummondii. DrummonWsT. Fls. purple. Lvs.(18-36'') mottled with colors. S. 



7 S. psittacina. ParroVs Pitcher -plant. Fls. purple. Lvs. (3-5^) spotless, hooded. S. 



8 S. variolaris. Mottled P. Flowers yellow. Lvs. (12-18') spotted with white. S, 



Order XI. PAPAVERACE^. The Poppyworts. 



Herls., generally with a colored juice, with alternate leaves ; 



flowers on long peduncles, solitary, never blue ; 



sepals 2 or 3, falling off when the flower expands ; 



petals generally 4, sometimes 8 ; stamens 4, 8, 12, 16, or 20, &c. ; 



stigmas 2, or if more, star-like on the flat apex of the compound ovary ; 



fruit a pod-shaped or roundish capsule ; seeds numerous and minute. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



1 Plants with a yellow juice. Petals yellow, crumpled in bud. . . .a 



a Stigmas and placentse 3, 4, or 6, Capsule ovoid c 



a Stigmas and placentae 2 only. Capsule long, pod-shaped. . . .b 



