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sule ovoid-globoso : stylo none: stigmas .'}, obloiig-linoar, opposite the tlirco ncrviform 

 placeiitic aud recurved-apprcssed to tlieiii. Seeds obovate obi.Jii;.', Hiinxtth, neither creMed 

 uor caruiiculatc. Exiguous annuals. 



4. ARCTOMECON. Sepals 2. Tctals 4, rotuml-ohovatc, in age thin-st-arioun and j-T«i«t- 

 iug around the base of tlic capsule. Stamens indefinitely numerous, short : fil., 



than tlie oblong-linear anthers. Ovary and snl>c<>riaee<.us capsule ovoid or <jI".. 

 monly 4)-valved : style shorter than the globular and lobuhite nuuis of :i i. 

 somewhat united stigmas; each stigma cordate-bilobed and over a valve, i. e .i. /€,»,,«, wan 

 the nerviform placentai. Seeds rather few, obbjng, witli sinuous-linecdate coat and a narrow- 

 crested riiaphe, which is carunculate dilated at hiluni. Herhs. 



* * Petals 8 to 12, not at all erumided in the bud (which is uever drooping), of rather firm 

 texture, deciduous after anthesis of a few days : stigmas (2) alternali- with the nerviform 

 placentjB, i. e. over the valves : acaulescent herb. 



5. SANGUINARIA. Sepals 2. Petals obovate to oblong-spatulate. Stamens about 24. 

 Ovary oblong, with short and stout style: stigma.s 2, thickish, erect and partly united, iK-ing 

 confluent at- their bases. Capsule fusiform, nearly membranaceous. Seeds with criwui- 

 ceous coat and a loose-cellular crest to the rhaphe. 



* * * Petals 4 to 6, usually crumpled iu the bud, thin an.l broad, deci.lnous after anlliois 

 of one or more days. 



■K- Truly shrubby, 2-carpellary : stigmas over the valves, i. e. alternate with the nerviform 

 placentte : flowers lasting two or three days. 



6. DENDROMECON. Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens very many. Ovary narrow, lipiK-d 

 with sliort style and broadish stigmas. Capsule linear, .strictly one-celled, ehuitieally 2-valved 

 from the base upward : valves firm-coriiiceous, striatc-costatc, tardily and often incompletely 

 detached from the exiguous placenta;. Seeds oval, fleshy -carunculate at the hilum. 



-1- H- Shrubby-based, pluricarpellary : stigmas over the septiform |)lacentie : flowers not 

 drooping in the bud, lasting for a few day,s. 



7. ROMNEYA. Sepals 3 (rarely with a dorsal wing), externally strigose. Petals G. 

 Stamens very many. Style none : stigmas 7 to 12, oblong, firm fleshy and thick, partly 

 cohering in a ring around and incurved over a globular epigynous disk. Ovary and cori;v- 

 ceous capsule ovate or oblong, strigose-hispid, with 7 to 12 lamelliform at 'length coriaceous 

 placentje, some or most of which meet in the axis and so form partitions: valves 7 to 12, 

 opening from the summit downward and so demidatiug the solid placental framework. Seeds 

 slightly incurved, with scrobiculate or rugulose and dull coat, naked at rhaphe and hilnm. 

 ■4— H— -I— Herbaceous (except one Argeinone) : stigmas over the placenta; : sepals 2, or l>y 



variation 3 and then petals 6. 



HH- Capsule 4-20 carpellary, dehiscent only at top or to near the miiblle. 



8. ARGEMONE. Flowers erect in the bud and short-peduncled or .sessile. Herbage 

 prickly. Sepals often 3 and petals 6. Stamens many. Ovary strictly 1-cellod, with 4 to f. 

 nerviform placent;e: stigmas oval, somewhat radiate and uniteil on the summit of very 

 short or obsolete style. Capsule 4-6-valved at summit. Seeds scrobiculate, naked, but with 

 salient rhaphe. Juice orange. 



9. PAPAVER. Flower-bud generally drooping on the peduncle until anthesis. Stamens 

 very many. Ovary and capsule (.-lobose to oblong, capped Ity the closely .sps^sile circular flat 

 or somewhat conical disk of the combined radi.ate stigmas, and dehi.xcent only nndi-r (ho 

 edge of it by as many dentiform short lids: placenta; 4 to 20. septiform. mostly projecting 

 far into tlie cell. Seeds scrobiculate, naked. Juice mostly white. 



10. MECONOPSIS. Flower-bud dr<K>piiitj before anthesis. Stamens many. Ovary and 

 capsule tipped with a style, and with globular m.nss of stigmas, nnecellcd. and with 4 to 8 

 more or less intruded placenta\ dehiscent only by as miinv short teeth or valveji at the snm 

 mit. .luit-e orange. 



•^ ++ Capsule 2-4-carpellary. dehiscent for the whole length, the valves completely kc»|»- 



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