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Group 3. Ovary compound (composed of two or more united carpels), with parietal 

 placentcei Calyx entirely free from the ovary. Stamens and petals inserted 

 on the receptacle ; the former distinct, except in Fumariaceae. — Leaves not 

 punctate or dotted. 



Order X. PAPAVERACEiE. Juss. The Poppy Tribe. 



Calyx of 2 (rarely 3) caducous sepals. Corolla of 4 - 6 regular deciduous 

 petals. Stamens G - 24, (and then usually as many or twice as many as the 

 petals), or numerous : anthers innate. 0%'ary composed of 2 or more united 

 (very rarely distinct) carpels, with numerous anatropous ovules : style short 

 or none : stigmas, when several, usually radiate upon the flat summit of the 

 ovary. Fruit one-celled, either pod-shaped with 2-3-5 placentas, or cap- 

 sular with numerous parietal placentfp, from which the valves often separate. 

 Seeds numerous, with a minute embryo at the base of fleshy and oily albu- 

 men. — Glabrous herbs (or very rarely shrubs), with commonly a milky or 

 colored narcotic and often acrid juice. Leaves alternate, without stipules. 



1. SANGUINARIA. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 4,Q\&. ■ blood-root. 



[From the Latin, sanguis, blood; in allusion to the red color of its juice] 



Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. Stamens about 24. Stigmas 2, connate. Capsule oblong, some- 

 what pod-shaped, acute at each end, 2-valved ; the valves separating from the persistent 

 filiform placenta;. Seeds obovoid-globose, with a cristate raphe. — An herbaceous peren- 

 nial, with orange-red juice, and a large creeping rhizoma. Scapes one-flowered, each 

 accompanied usually by a single leaf. Flower rather large, white. 



1. Sanguinaria Canadensis, Linn. Blood-root. Red-root. Red Puccoon. 



Michx. ft. \. p. 309 ; Bot. mag. t. 162 ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 9; Bigel. med. hot. 1. p. 75. 

 t. 7; DC.prodr. \.p. 131 ; Hook. ft. Bar. -Am. I. p. 35; Darlingt.fl. Cest. p. 317; Torr. 

 4- Gr.fl.N. Am. \.p. 62. 



Rhizoma 2-3 inches long and half an inch in diameter, throwing up from a bud at the 

 extremity a scape and one leaf, or rarely a pair of leaves with 2-3 membranaceous sheath- 

 ing scales at the base. Petiole 2-6 inches long ; the lamina during flowering time only 



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