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pale-green. Sepals hairy; petals pale-yellotw, shading to orange in the center, 3 to 6 

 lines long. 



2. PLATYSTIGMA, Benth. 



Sepals 3. Petals 4 to 6. Stamens few or many, with narrow filaments. Ovary 

 3-angled, oblong or linear; stigmas 3, ovate to linear. Low, slender annuals, resemhUng 

 Platystemon in habit, with pale-green, entire, opposite or verticillate leaves and long- 

 peduncled pale-yellow or creamy-white flowers. 



1. P. lineare, Benth. Hairy, short-stemmed; stamens many, with dilated fila- 

 ments; stigmas broad; capsule ovate. 



2. P. Calilornlcum, Benth. & Hook. Smooth, long-stemmed; stamens few (10 to 

 12) with filiform filaments; stigmas narrow; capsule linear. 



3. MECONOPSIS, Viguier. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with filiform filaments and oblong anthers. 

 Style distinct; stigma 4-8-lobed. Seeds numerous. 



1. M. heterophylla, Benth. Annual, smooth, slender, 1 to 2 ft. high; lower leaves 

 long petioled, pinnately divided, the segments oval to linear and 2 to 12 lines long; upper 

 leaves sessile; flowers scarlet to orange, the petals 2 to 12 lines long; peduncles elongated. 

 Very variable. 



4. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Chamisso. 



Sepals coherent into a narrow pointed hood, which drops off from the top shaped torus 

 when the flower opens. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with short filaments and long 

 anthers. Smooth annuals, with colorless, bitter juice; finely dissected, pale-green alter- 

 nate petioled leaves, and bright orange or yellow (rarely white) flowers. 



1. E. Californica, Cham. Has stout branching stems, 1 to IJ ft. high; flowers 2 

 to 4 inches in diameter, brilliant orange toward the center; capsule 2J inches long, curved. 



Var. Douglasii, Gr. More slender; flowers yellow. 



Var. csespitosa, Brewer. Scape-like pedimcles; small yellow flowers. 



5. DENDROMECON, Benth. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens numerous, with short filaments and linear anthers. 

 Ovary linear; style short; stigmas 2, short and erect. The many seeded capsule dehis- 

 cent the whole length by 2 valves separating from the placental ribs. A smooth 

 branching shrub, with alternate vertical entire thick and rigid leaves and showy yellow 

 flowers. The only true woody plant belonging to the order. 



1. D. rigidum, Benth. A shrub 2 to 8 ft. high, with slender branches and whitish 

 bark; leaves ovate to linear-lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches long, very acute or mucronate, 

 sessile or nearly so, twisted into a vertical position, margin rough or denticulate. 



