PAPAVERACER. ‘POPPY FAMILY.) 20a 
Ozprr 4. PAPAVERACE ZI, 
On the left above is represented ais 
an opening bud of Eschscholtzia. a nee 
The cap-like calyx has been split at nisl 
the bottom and shoved upward by 
, the expanding petals. Next to this : 
bud is an open flower of Meconopsis and one of its nodding buds. Behind the flower, 
and projecting above it to the right, is a stem from which the petals have just fallen. 
The slender filaments bending to one side, as they often do, show the curious pistil 
which in time becomes the pretty fluted capsule seen below. To the right of the Meco- 
nopsis pod is the three-sided capsule of Platystigma lineare. The stem should have a 
few hairs upon it. The two flowers with hairy stems, the nodding buds below, and the 
rough seed pod above, belong to Platystemon. Observe the three-caducous sepals, just 
ready to drop from the opening bud. The smooth plant on the right is Platystigma 
Californicum. If you choose you may call this the Smooth Platystigma, and the other 
species, with the triangular pod, Hairy Platystigma. The exceedingly prickly Bristly 
Argemone is represented on the right, below, by a bud and a couple of bracts. A pistil 
with its white prickles is imperfectly shown against one of the bracts. 
The Order Papaveracee is characterized by flowers with 2 or 3 caducous sepals, 
