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posilis panlculacforniibus. Scpala 2 ovala cailuca. Pelala 

 0. Stiiinlna 8 — 28, 2 — 7-scrialia. Anthcvae elougalae 

 lineares, lalere tlcliiscentcs. Ovarium ovafuin coiupressuiu 

 subsllpltalum. Stylus brevis blfidus, raiiiis in iulcriore 

 lalere sligmala gerentibus. Capsula compressa bivalvis, a 

 basi tleblsccns sulura disseplnicnlali ammlii'oniii perslslenlc. 

 Semen ovaluni cristalnm. Tc.sta dura fragllls, pelllculam 

 tenuissimam tegens. Embryo 2 — 4-colyledoueus, plunui- 

 lam inter cofyledones evolvens. 



2. Bocconia L. Slamina 8 — 24 Sllgmatis divisiones 

 elongatae. Capsula monospcrma. Semen ope sli[)ills e 

 testa forma li iundo capsulae afiixum. Crlsla subpulposa, 

 slipilem seminisque basin invülvens. Colyledones oblongo^ 

 lanceolalae; albumen flavum lingens. SulTrulIces folils ob- 

 longis brcvller pcllolalis, americae tropicae et temperatae 

 indigenae. 



3. Maclaya R. Brown (Macleaya). Stamina 24 — 28. 

 Sligmalis divisiones oblongac in slylo brcvissimo. Capsula 

 4 — 6 -Sperma. Semina ad suluras ulrinque sessilia, in 

 facie superiori basi crlsla inslrucla. Colyledones sacpe 

 3 aequales, intcrdum 2 1. 4 plcrumque inaequales, ovato-- 

 subrolundae pellolalae; albumen albldum. Planta chincn- 

 sis perennis, radice repenle, ioliis cordatis subiolundis. 



C. Papavereae. Herbae annuae, biennes I. perennes 

 snccis densioribus plerumqne lacleis 1. flavis rarlus l!mpl<. 

 dls foetae. Radlces subsinipliccs. Caulcs iereles l'olils in- 

 cisis 1. varic seclis. Pcdunculi terminales 1. opposilifoHi, 

 plerumque solitavii, rarins iimbelliferi et dichotomi. Calyx 

 caducns 2- 1. rarlus 3-sepalus, scpalis in alabaslro dextrar- 

 sum imbricalls (in slyloplioro valvalls?) Petala 4 1. 6, in 

 alabaslro corrugato- plicata, 2 — 3 exterlora totidem inte- 

 ilora legenlia. Slamina numerosa multiserialia. Ovarium 

 ovatuni, üblongum 1. elongalum; slylus brevis 1. nullus; 

 sligmalis prolongationcs 2 — 20. Capsula polysperma, val- 



