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Plate 48. 

 STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. 



Sepala 2, pilosa. Petala 4, orbicularia. Stylus columna- 

 ris, longus : stigma 3 - 4-lobum. Capsula ovoidea, setulosa, 

 polysperma, 3 — 4-valvis, placentis intervalvularibus filiformi- 

 bus intus haud productis. Semina cristata. — Folia petio- 

 lata, 1 - 2-pinnatifida. Alabastra nutantia. Succus flavus. 



Stylophorum, Nutt. Gen. 2. p. 7. Bernh. in Linna?a, 8. p. 461. Meisn. 



Gen. p. 7. Endl. Gen. 4S20. 

 Meconopsis, Sect. Stylophorum, DC. Syst. 2. p. 87. Torr. & Gray, 



Fl. 1. p. CI. 



Celandine Poppy. 



Calyx of 2 rounded and very concave herbaceous sepals, 

 hairy outside, their margins slightly overlapping in aestiva- 

 tion, caducous. Petals 4, hypogynous, nearly orbicular, 

 imbricated two and two and slightly crumpled in aestivation, 

 spreading, early deciduous. Stamens indefinite (20 or more), 

 hypogynous : filaments filiform : anthers oblong, the cells 

 opening longitudinally by a slightly extrorse line. Ovary 

 ovoid, strictly one-celled, with 3 or 4 parietal placentae 

 which do not project into the cell : style columnar, slen- 

 der : stigma 3 -4-lobed, spreading (the lobes alternate with 

 the placentas). Ovules numerous, horizontal, in two or 

 three rows on each placenta, anatropous. 



Capsule ovoid, herbaceo-coriaceous, beset with weak bris- 

 tles, many-seeded, 3 - 4-valved to the base, leaving a replum 

 of as many filiform intervalvular placentas united by the 

 style. Seeds globular, with a conspicuously crested raphe : 

 testa crustaceous, minutely scrobiculate-reticulated. Em- 

 bryo minute and short at the base of the fleshy albumen. 



Herbs with perennial roots, yellow juice, and somewhat 

 hispid or setose stems ; the leaves alternate (or the floral op- 

 posite), petioled. 1 -2-pinnatifid. Flowers showy (yellow 



