POPPY YAMILY. 41 
i. EOE s na, L. Leaves sessile, 
sinuatelobed v with prickly teeth, blotch- 
als white or pale 
; petals 
yellow 
eneroan Arcemong. Prickly Poppy. 
Annua — Stem about 2 feet high, _ 
‘Sear: aves 3-5 —— hee 
hooded at rer apex and terminated by a stout 
aoe and waste places. _Nataralized from 
tropical America, June -Octobe 
Obs. This is but Sphciacly natural- 
ized in the Northern States, though it 
is a common weed at the South. 
sometimes cultivated in gardens, and 
should not be ‘liven to escape, a8 it has a strong propensity oo travel; 
ving ohn its way from topical America to Asia, Africa, and the 
South Sea Islands. 
2 CHELIDO’NIUM, de a aa 
[' Greek, Chelidon. 
that b 
2. Petals 4. REE ee sub- 
sessile. Pod linear, mal 1-celled, opening 
from the me by 2 va conspicu 
ously eres ie ‘al herbs with brittle 
stems, =s pa yellow ite small yellow 
flowers and divided leaves 
lL. C. Ma’, "ras L. Leaves twice pinnatifid, 
glaucous ; flowers in umbel-like clusters. 
Grearer CueLipoxtum. Celandine. 
Stem about 2 feet high, hs = Leaves 3-5 inches 
long. Pods about a oe torulose. 
Fence rows an conan ne Sop s. Native of Europe. 
May ~ August. 
Fic..19. A capsule of the Prickly P ‘Argemone Mexicana’ valves eh 
the top, 20. sh ageal of te Packly Poy ( a ee 3 | 
