Cl. 13.] PAPAVERACE^E. 137 



llusj Hclleborus, fig. 215, Isopyrum, Nigella, Gari- 

 della, Aquilegia, Delphinium and Aconitum. 



Sect. 3. Caps, the same. Petals regular. Caltha, 

 fig. 216, Pceonia, Xanthorrhiza and Cimicifuga. 



Sect. 4. Germen single. Berry of 1 cell, with 

 many Seeds, on a single lateral Receptacle. Actaa, 

 fig. 217, and Podophyllum. Perhaps these, especially 

 the last, might be removed to the next Order. 



The Ranunculacetz have lately been admirably 

 illustrated by Prof. DeCandolle, in his Regni Vegc- 

 tabilis Systema Naturale, v. 1. 127, both with respect 

 to genera, species and synonyms. This learned writer 

 observes, that the genuine plants of the Order in ques- 

 tion have external or dorsal Anthers ; the spurious 

 ones, Actcea (which includes Cimicifuga), Xanthor- 

 rhiza and Paonia, have interior Anthers, that is, 

 turned towards the Pistils. He reduces Atragene to 

 Clematis ; except A. zeylanica, which constitutes a 

 genus, called by him Naravelia, a name of barbarous 

 origin, and it seems better that Atragene should re- 

 main to designate this genus. 



Orel 62. PAPAVERACE.E. " Calyx mostly of 2 

 deciduous leaves. Petals generally 4. Stamens de- 

 finite or indefinite. Germen 1. Style seldom present. 

 Stigma divided. Fruit either a capsule or pod, mostly 

 of 1 cell, with numerous Seeds, attached to lateral 

 Receptacles. Stern herbaceous, very rarely shrubby. 

 Leaves alternate. Juice in some species coloured." 



Sect. 1. Stamens indefinite. Sanguinaria, Arge- 



