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PAPAVERACEAE. [Vox.. II. 



i. Sanguinaria Canadensis It. Bloodroot. 

 (Fig. 1665.) 



Sangutnaria Canadensis L,. Sp. PI. 505. 1753. 



Glabrous, glaucous, especially when young. Root- 

 stock l /2 f -i' thick, several inches long, densely clothed 

 with thick fibrous roots; petioles (t'-itf long; leaves 

 6'-\2' broad, 4'-7' long, palmately s-g-lobed, the lobes 

 repand, or cleft at the apex; flowering scape at 

 length overtopped by the leaves; flower i / -i> / broad; 

 petals oblong or obovate, early deciduous; capsule 

 oblong, narrow, i-celled, 2-valved, i' long. 



In rich woods, Nova Scotia to Manitoba and Nebraska, 

 south to Florida and Arkansas. Ascends to 2500 ft. in 

 Virginia. Also called Red Puccoon and Red Indian Paint. 

 Flower sometimes pinkish. The scape rarely bears 2 or 3 

 flowers and bracts. April-May." 



4. STYLOPHORUM Nutt. Gen. 2: 7. 1818. 



Herbs, with stout rootstocks, yellow sap, pinnatifid leaves and clustered or solitary flow- 

 ers. Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens co . Placentae 2-4; style distinct; stigma 2-4-lobed, radi- 

 ate. Capsule linear or ovoid, dehiscent to the base. Seeds cancellate, crested. [Name 

 Greek, style-bearing ] 



A genus of about 4 species, natives of eastern North America, the Himalayas, Japan and 

 Mantchuria. 



i. Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) 



Nutt. Yellow or Celandine Poppy. 



(Fig. 1666.) 



Chelidonium diphvllum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 309. 

 1803. 



Stylophoriun diphyllum Nutt. Gen. a: 7. 1818. 

 Afeconofisis difihylla DC. Syst. Veg. 2: 88. 1821. 



Glaucous, especially the lower surfaces of the 

 leaves, sparingly pubescent, i2'-i8' high. Leaves 

 basal and cauline, 4 / -io / long, slender-petioled, i- 

 2-pinuatind, the divisions obovate, obtuse, lobed or 

 irregularly crenate, those of the stem 2-4, the upper 

 opposite; flowers 2-4, terminal, about i' broad, deep 

 yellow; sepals hirsute, caducous; petals obovate, 

 rounded; capsule V long, ovoid, acute at each end, 

 hirsute, tipped with the persistent style. 



In low woods, western Pennsylvania (?), Ohio to Ten- 

 nessee, west to Wisconsin and Missouri. March-May. 



5. GLAUCIUM Juss. Gen. PL 236. 1789. 



Glaucous herbs, with alternate lobed or dissected leaves, and saffron-colored sap. Sepals 

 2. Petals 4. Stamens oo . Placentae 2, rarely 3; stigma sessile, dilated, 2-lobed, the lobes 

 convex. Capsule long-linear, 2-celled, dehiscent to the base. Seeds cancellate, crestless. 

 [Name Greek, from the glaucous foliage.] 



A genus of about 6 species, natives of the Old World, and mainly of the Mediterranean region. 



