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Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Ovary and capsule 

 tipped with a style and with a globose mass of stigmas, 

 1-celled and with 4-8 more or less intruded placentae, 

 dehiscent by only as many short teeth or valves at the 

 summit. 



1. M. heterophylla Benth. Glabrous or sparsely pilose- 

 pubescent below, 3-6 dm. high, simple or branching; leaves 

 some what succulent, pinnately parted or divided, mostly petioled ; 

 peduncles slender; petals 1-2 cm. long, brick-red; capsule tur- 

 binate to obovate, dehiscent by 8 operculate lids. 



Frequent in shady places in the foothills and mountains below 4000 feet 

 altitude. March-April. 



7. ABGEMONE L. 



Setose and spinulose-dentate chiefly annual herbs 

 with orange-yellow and acrid juice and sinuate or pinnat- 

 ifid leaves. Sepals with cornute tip or appendage below 

 the apex. Petals 4 or 6. Stamens numerous. Ovary 

 densely setose 1-celled, with 4-5 nerviform placentas, 

 stigmas oval, somewhat radiate and united on the sum- 

 mit of the very short obsolete style. 



1. A. platyceras hispida (Gray) Prain. Stem erect, simple 

 or rarely branching, 3-6 dm. high, hispid throughout and more 

 or less armed with rigid bristles or prickles ; leaves 6-10 cm. long, 

 the lower narrowed to a winged petiole, the upper sessile ; flowers 

 white, 5-8 cm. broad; capsule oblong, 3 cm. long, very prickly; 

 seeds 2 mm. in diameter. 



Occasional in dry exposed slopes or dry canyon floors in all our mountains. 

 June-August. 



8. FAPAVER, L. 



Annual or perennial herbs with narcotic juice milky 

 or. rarely turning yellow, mostly pinnately lobed or dis- 

 sected leaves and showy flowers solitary on long pedun- 

 cles. Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Ovary 

 capped by the closely sessile circular flat or somewhat 



