PLATYSTE’MON CALIFORN 1OUM.: 
CALIFORNIAN PLATYSTEMON. 
EXOGEN&, ; oR “DICOTYLEDONES. 
Natural division 
to which egaie 
this Plant ee 
NATURAL ORDER, PAPAVERACE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
DE cs poLta: this Plant belongs, 
No. 65. 
GENUS. Puatystemon. ‘Benrnam. Fronss trimeri. Sepata 3, hispida. 
Peat, 6. ordine duplici. Stamrna:subindefinita ; filamentis petaloideis; an- 
theris linearibus rectis. Carper 2, teralia, stigmatibus linearibus 
erectis simplicissimis; matura leviter coherentia, indehiscentia, cartilaginea 
torulosa; in _stae ulos transversos monospermos sece edentia. ‘Sema levia, 
ta; Livp.ey: Botanical pirat folio 1679. 
ecristata; album 
SPECIES. PrarysremMon canirornicum. Benrxam. Fouts (phyllo- 
diis?) linearibus paralleliveniis, alternis et vetticillatin sepe unilateralibus; 
floribus terminalibus et axillaribus, longe pedunculatis, Ibid. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, PLATYSTEMON. Parts of the flower 
in a ternary series. Catyx of 3 sepals. Coro..a of 6 petals, in two 
rows. STAMENS numerous; filaments petaloid; anthers linear, 
straight. Carpets 9-12, collateral, stigmata linear, erect, simple: 
when ripe the carpels slightly cohere, are indehiscent, cartilaginous, 
knotty ; separating into transverse one-seeded joints. SEEpDs smooth, 
not crested; albumen oily. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, PLATYSTEMON CALIFORNICUM. 
A herbaceous annual, erect, about a foot in height, glaucous, branch- 
ed, rounded, smooth, except the margins se sd ete: siti peduncles, 
the calyx, and writen mils hich paringly furnished with stift hairs 
LeavEs alternate, or lly hat verticillate, sessile, linear- 
oblong, entire, obtuse, veiied, sie Dees secietial Senet the vena- 
tion of endogens). Pepuncues axillary and terminal, about three 
times longer than the leaves, ascending, straight, one-flowered. Sr- 
PALS 3, concave, caducous. PerTats 6, disposed in two rows, ovate, 
pale yellow, the three interior petals smaller than the outer whorl. 
STAMENS numerous, hypogynous ; filaments petaloid, broad, the inte- 
rior whorls broadest ; anthers linear, dehiscing laterally ; innate. Car- 
REFERENCE TO THE DissEcTIONs. 
1, The ovary, 2, A stamen, to exhibit the broad filament, 
