576 BULLETIN DE L'HERBIER BOISSIER. (7) 



Species 1, varietatibus 3 distinctioribus, Asise orientalis; in Europa et 

 in America tarnen late inquilina. 



Chelidoniam Tournef. Inst. Rei Herb. 254, syn. Sanguinaria exclus. 

 (1701). 



§ II Stylophorum Franch., Joum. de Bot VHI, 293 (1894) : Folia 

 radicalia pauca, caulina vel raro pauca alterna, floralia 2 subopposita 

 terminalia; caulis simplex; flores bracteolati, pedicellis inter folia flo- 

 ralia fasciculatim aggregatis ; capsula molliter puberula. Species 3 ; 

 2 sinenses, tertia arnericana. 



Stylophorum Nutt. Gen. II, 7 (1818). 



§ III. Hylomecon Prain: Folia radicalia pauca, caulina 0, flo- 

 ralia 2 subopposita subterminalia vel 3-4 alterna; caulis simplex; flores 

 ebracteolati, pedicellis cymosim dispositis vel summis 2 (rarissime 3) 

 pseudo-aggregatis ; capsula glabra. Species 1 ; japonico-sinensis. 



Hylomecon Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. 36 (1858). 



§ IV. Dicranostigma Prain : Folia radicalia numerosa, caulina 0, 

 floralia 3-<=o alterna; caulis simplex; flores ebracteolati, pedicellis cymo- 

 sim dispositis simplicibus vel iterumramosis; capsula molliter puberula 

 vel glabra. Species 3 ; 2 sinenses, tertia himalaica. 



Dicranostigma Hook. f. et Thoms. Flor. Ind. 255 (1855). 



§ I. EUCHELIDONIUM. 



1. Chelidonium majus Linn. ; glaucous glabrous or puberulous ; 

 rootstock slender fibrous; radical leaves few long-petioled pinnati- 

 partite, segments distant obovate-oblong, rarely lanceolate, obtusely 

 rarely acutely toothed, terminal lobe deeply 3-fid, lateral pinnatisect ; 

 stem tall branching leafy, leaves conformable to radical but with shorter 

 pétioles and largcr blades, with long leaf-opposed slender leafless 

 branches terminating, likc the apex of the stem, in a fascicle of long- 

 pedicelled flowers; sepals small ovate very sparingly puberulous or 

 glabrous; flowers small or medium, yellow, pedicels bracteate at the 

 base; ovary glabrous, linear, style distinct, stigmatic lobes small erect; 

 capsule narrowly cylindric, tapering upwards, glabrous; seeds small, 

 numerous, shining, smooth, crcsted. 



Var. typica; usually glabrous, radical leaves few disappearing, cauline 

 numerous; stems usually tall slender; segments of leaves obovate- 

 oblong obtusely toothed; petals entire rounded, usually small, sometimes 



