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raphe crested. — A herb, covered with tawny hairs, juice yellow ; 

 leaves lobed; flowers long-pedunculate ; buds drooping {Himalaya). 

 See p. 112. 



8. Stylophorum Nutt. — Flowers 2-merous (almost of {Papaver) ; 

 placentas 2-4, nerviibrm. Style distinct erect ; apex dilated, 2-4- 

 lobed ; lobes erect, alternating with placentas, stigmatose all over 

 with deflexed sinuses. Capsule generally stipitate, ovoid oblong or 

 linear, dehiscing from apex to base by 2-4 valves, exposing the per- 

 sistent placentas together with style. Seeds of Cathcartia. — Perennial 

 herbs ; rhizome cylindrical; juice deep yellow; radical leaves pin- 

 natifid or ; cauline leaves alternate, few; those subopposite the 

 flowers delicate, lobed or dissected; flowers pedunculate solitary or 

 fasciculate ; nutant in bud {Central and East Asia, North America). 

 Seep. 112. 



9. Sanguinaria Dill. — Flowers 2-merous ; sepals 2, caducous. 

 Petals 6-12, unequal imbricate deciduous. Stamens go. Germen 

 1-celled ; style short, soon enlarged subcorneal ; lobes stigmatiferous, 

 deflexed adnate, opposite placentas ; placentas 2, nerviform ; ovules 

 oo. Capsule stipitate, oblong, subdehiscent by valves opening 



lengthways, exposing linear placentas together with persistent style. 

 Seeds go, smooth ; raphe crested-arillate. — A herb ; rhizome creeping 

 perennial; juice orange or blood-coloured ; leaves few alternate, the 

 lower scale-like and sheathing, the upper 1, 2 palmativeined ; flowers 

 (precocious) pedunculate solitary or few {North America). Seep. 112. 



10. Bocconia Plum. — Flowers 2-merous, apetalous. Stamens go, 

 or subdefinite. Germen 1-celled; style short; lobes stigmatose, 

 oblong or linear, erect, connivent-subconnate or diverging at apex, 

 alternating with placentas ; placentas 2, nerviform ; ovules go mostly 

 sterile, or 1 subbasilar. Capsule elliptical, stipitate, dehiscent by 

 valves opening down to base, and exposing persistent placentas and 

 style. Seeds few or 1, arillate at base. — Herbs or shrubs, glaucescent ; 

 juice deep yellow or red ; leaves lobed ; flowers in terminal, much 

 branched compound racemes {Tropical America, China, Japan). 

 See p. 114. 



11. Chelidonium T. — Sepals 2. Petals 4, deciduous. Stamens oo. 



