22 FUMARIACE.E. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



2. SANGUINARIA, L. PUCCOON. BLOOD-ROOT. 



Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-valved, the valves separat- 

 ing from the filiform persistent placentae. Seeds crested A stemless peren- 

 nial herb, with orange-colored juice. Rhizoma thick. Leaves reniform, with 

 5-7 wavy or toothed lobes. Flowers white, solitary at the summit of the naked 

 scape, fugacious. 



1. S. Canadensis, L, Rich woods, Florida and northward. March. 

 Scape 4' - 6' high. Flowers 1' wide, appearing with the leaves. 



The CORN-POPPY (PAPAVER DUBIUM, L.) is occasionally met with in grain 

 fields and around dwellings. 



ORDER 11. FUMARIACEJS. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



Smooth herbs with watery juice, alternate compound dissected leaves, 

 without stipules, and irregular flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4 ; the two outer 

 or one of them spurred or gibbous at the base ; the two inner callous at the 

 apex, and cohering over the stigma. Stamens 6, commonly united in two 

 sets of three each, placed opposite the outer petals, hypogynous : anther of 

 the middle stamen 2-celled, of the lateral ones 1-celled. Capsule 1-celled 

 and 2-valved, with two parietal placentae, or 1-seeded and indehiscent. 

 Embryo minute in fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. ADLTJMIA. Petals united, persistent. A tender vine. 



2. DTCENTRA. Petals connivent, deciduous ; the two outer ones gibbous at the base. - Stem- 



less herbs. 



3. CORYDALIS. Petals distinct, deciduous, one of the outer ones gibbous at the base. 



Caulescent herbs. 



1. ADLUMIA, Raf. 



Sepals minute. Petals united, free at the summit ; the two outer ones gibbous 

 at the base, withering-persistent. Capsule linear-oblong, 4- 8-seeded. Seeds 

 reniform, not crested. Stigma 2-crested. A smooth biennial vine. Leaves bi- 

 ternate, with tendril-like petioles. Flowers pale violet, in axillary and drooping 

 panicles. 



1. A. Cirrhosa, Raf. (Corydalis fungosa, Vent. ) Mountains of North 

 Carolina and northward. July - September. Stem 8 -15 long. Leaflets 

 thin, obovate, 2 - 3-lobed. Corolla thick and spongy. 



2. DICENTRA, Bork. DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES. 



Sepals minute. Petals conniving, but scarcely united, deciduous or withering ; 

 the two outer ones spurred or gibbous at the base. Filaments slightly united 

 in two sets. Stigma 2-crested. Capsule 10-20-seeded. Seeds crested. 



