4 POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Chelidonium. 



Root creeping, somewhat fleshy. Sletn triangular, 12 or 18 inches 

 high, leafy, but little branched. Whole plant nearly or quite 

 smooth. Leaves twice or thrice ternate ; lea/lets ovate, of a 

 deep shining green, an inch or two long, sharply serrated, cut, 

 partly lobed. Flowers .several, white with a slight blu.sh-colour, 

 in a rather close ovate cluster, resembling a spike ; each with a 

 small solitary bractea, under its downy partial stalk. Berries 

 purplish-black, juicy, the size of currants, not eatable. 



Toads are reported to enjoy the fetid odour of tliis plant. 



2(3. CHELIDONIUM. Celandine. 



Linn. Gen. 262. Juss. 236. FLBr.r>&>. Toitrn.t. 116. Lam. 

 t.450. GcBrtn. /. 1 15. 



Nat, Ord. RhceadecV. Linn. 27. Papaveracece. Juss. 62. 

 DeCand. Syst. v. 2. ord. 9. iV. 264-, 265 the same. 



Cal, inferior, of 2 roundish-ovate, concave, acute, decidu- 

 ous leaves. Pet. 4, equal, roundish, flat, spreading, nar- 

 rowest at the base. Filam. numerous, about 30, dilated 

 upwards, shorter than the corolla. Anth, vertical, erect, 

 compressed, obtuse, of 2 lobes. Germ, superior, cylin- 

 drical, the length of the stamens. Style none. Stigma 

 small, obtuse, cloven. Pod linear, somewhat cj'lindrical, 

 of 1 cell, and 2 undulated, deciduous valves. Seeds nu- 

 merous, nearly oval, dotted, polished, with a pale, com- 

 pressed, notched crest along the upper edge ; disposed in 

 2 rows, on short stalks, along a linear, permanent, mar- 

 ginal receptacle, at each side, between the edges of the 

 valves. 



Herbaceous, brittle, with orange-coloured juice. Root 

 perennial. Leaves pinnate, or pinnatilid. Fl. umbellate, 

 yellow. 



1. Ch. mqjiis. Common Celandine. 



Ch. majus. Linn. Sp. PL 723. IVilld. v. 2. I 141. Fl. Br Ci63. 



Engl. Bat. v.22.t.\58l. fVoodv. Suppl. t.263. Hook. Scot. 16/. 



DeCand. Si/st. v. 2. 98. Fl. Dan t. 542. Bull. Fr. t. 6\. Ger. 



Em. 1069./. Fuchs. Hist. 865. f. Trag. Hist. 107. f. Malth. 



Valgr. V. 1.576./. Camer. Epit. 402. /". 

 Ch. u. 1059. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 13. 



Ch. majus vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 144, Mill. Ic. 61. t. 92. f 1. 

 Chelidonia. Brunf. Herb. v. 1 . 236./. Bauh. Hist. v.3.p 2. 482./. 

 Papaver corniculatum luteum, Chelidonia dictum, Raii Syn. 309. 

 /3. Fl. Br. 563, 

 Ch. majus, foliis quernis. Bauh. Pin. 144. Dill, in Raii Syn. 



309. Mill. Tc.ei.t. 92. f.2. Fl. Dan. t.676. 

 Ch. majus, folio magis dissecto. G'er, Em. 1069./. 



