228 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. XIII. 



POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 

 1. ACTJE'A. BANE BERRY. 



Calyx inferior, of four circular, obtuse, caducous leaves. 

 Petals four, oblong, clawed, deciduous. Filaments about thirty, 

 hair-like, broader towards the top ; anthers roundish, two- 

 lobed. Germen egg-shaped. Style none ; stigma thickish, 

 obliquely depressed. Berry globular, smooth, with a lateral 

 furrow, one-celled, not bursting. Seeds numerous, half- 

 globular, arranged in two rows. Named from acte, the elder, 

 the leaves resembling those of that tree. 258. 



1. A. spicdta. Herb Christopher. Bane Berry. Cluster egg- 

 shaped ; petals as long as the stamens. Root creeping : stem 



triangular, from one to two feet high, slightly branched, leafy, 

 smooth: leaves twice or thrice ternate : leaflets egg-shaped, acutely 

 serrate, deep-green : flowers in a close cluster, with white petals : 

 berries purplish-black, poisonous. The fetid odour of this plant is 

 said to attract toads to it. Perennial : flowers in May and June : 

 grows in woods and shady places, in Yorkshire : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xiii. pi. 918. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 3. 792. 



2. CHELIDO'NIUM. CELANDINE. 



Calyx inferior, of two roundish caducous leaves. Petals four, 

 equal, roundish, flat, narrower at the base. Filaments about 

 thirty, flat, broader upwards, shorter than the corolla ; anthers 

 oblong, compressed, erect, two-lobed. Germen cylindrical, as 

 long as the stamens. Style none ; stigma small, obtuse, cleft. 

 Pod linear, one-celled, with two undulated deciduous valves. 

 Seeds numerous, oval, dotted, arranged in two rows along a 

 linear receptacle at each side of the pod. Named from chelidon, 

 a swallow. 259. 



1 . C, mdjus. Common Celandine. Root tapering : stem about 



two feet high, branched, enlarged at the joints, round, smooth, 

 leafy : leaves deeply pinnatifid, smooth : flowers in umbels, on 

 long stalks : calyx tawny : petals yellow : seeds black and shining. 

 The juice of every part of the plant is yellow and acrid. It re- 

 moves warts, and is said to cure the itch. Perennial : flowers in 

 May and June : grows in thickets and waste ground, generally 

 near houses: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1581. Eng. FL 

 vol. iii. p. 4. 793. 



3. GLAU'CITJM. HORNED POPPY. 



Calyx inferior, of two oblong, acute, caducous leaves. Petals 

 four, much larger than the calyx, roundish, crumpled, spread- 

 ing, deciduous, two opposite ones rather smaller. Filaments 

 numerous, hair-like, shorter than the corolla; anthers roundish., 

 two-lobed. Germen superior, cylindrical, longer than the sta- 

 mens. Style none ; stigma large, of two or three cleft, com- 

 pressed downy lobes. Pod linear, very long, of two or three 

 linear valves and as many cells. Seeds numerous, convex on 

 the outer side, disposed irregular, in two rows in each cell, 

 along linear receptacles placed between the valves. Named 

 from the glaucous bloom which all the parts have. 260. 



