48 POPPY FAMILY. 



S. rilbra, Red-flowered Tkumpet-Leaf of S. States : sometimes cult, 

 in greenhouses. Leaves trumpet-shaped, slender, a foot long, with a narrow 

 wing and an erect ovate pointed hood ; flower crimson-purple. 



S. Drumm6ndii, Great Trumpet-Leap of Florida : sometimes cult. 

 Leaves much like the last, but 2° or 3° long, upper part of the tube and the 

 roundish erect hood variegated and purple-veiny ; and the deep-purple flower 

 very large. 



S. psittacina, Paekot Pitcher-Plant of S. States, and rarely cult. 

 Leaves short and spreading, with a narrow tube, a broad wing, and an inflated 

 globular hood, which is incurved ovet the mouth of the tube, spotted with white ; 

 flower purple. 



S. variol&ris. Spotted Trumpet-Leap of S. States. Leaves erect, 

 trumpet-shaped, white-spotted above, longer than the scape, with a broad wing, 

 and an ovate hood arching over the orifice ; flower yellow. 



S. flkva, Yellow Trumpet-Leaf of S. States : cult, more commonly 

 than the rest, as a curiosity, and almost hardy N. Leaves trumpet-shaped, 2° 

 long, erect, yellowish or purple-veiny, with a narrow wing, and an erect round- 

 ish but pointed hood, a tall scape, and yellow flower. 



8. PAPAVERACE^ffi, POPPY FAMILY. 



Herbs with milky or colored juice, regular flowers, a calyx mostly 

 of 2 sepals which fall when the blossom opens, petals twice or 3 - 5 

 times as many, numerous stamens on the receptacle, and a com- 

 pound 1-celled ovary, with 2 or more parietal placentas. Fruit a 

 pod, many-seeded. Juice narcotic, as in Poppy (opium), or acrid. 

 No. 5 has watery juice, with the odor of muriatic acid, and the 

 calyx like a cap or lid ; No. 7 has no petals and few seeds. 



* Petals crumpled in the flower-bud, which droops on its peduncle before opening. 



1. PAP AVER. Stigmas united into a many-rayed circular body which is closely 



sessile on the ovary. Pod globular or oblong, imperfectly many-celled by 

 the projecting placenta; which are covered with numberless seeds, opening 

 only by pores or chinks at the top. .Juice white. 



2. STYLOPHORUM. Stigma 3 - 4-Iobed, raised on a style. Pod ovoid, bristly, 



opening from the top into 3 or 4 valves, leaving the thread-like placentae be- 

 tween them. .Juice yellow. 



3. CHELIDONIUM. Stigma 2-lobed, almost sessile. Pod linear, with 2 placentae, 



splitting from below into 2 valves. Juice orange. 



* * Petals more or less crumpled in the bud, which is erect before cpening. 



4. AEGEMONE. Stigma 3-6-Iobed, almost sessile. Sepals and oblong pod 



prickly ; the latter opening by valves from the top, leaving the thread-like 

 placentae between. Juice yellow. 



5. ESCHSCHOLTZIA. Sepals united into a pointed cap which falls off entire. 



Receptacle or end of the flower-stalk dilated into a top-shaped body, often 

 with a spreading rim. Stigmas 4-6, spreading, unequal ; but the placenta 

 only 2. Pod long and slender, grooved. Juice colorless. 



* * * Petals not crumpled in the bud, xohich does not droop. 



®" ^^,?v?."'^4^'m S«P^'s 2:^"' '*'«?«'?'= 8 -12. Stigma 2-lobed, on a short 

 style. Pod oblong, with 2 placentae. Juice orange-red. 



* « « * Petals none. Flowers in panicles, drooping in the bud. 

 ''' ^?eddish*'^' ^''^'''' ^' °°'°'"^'^" ®"^'"'' ^-'^obei. Pod few-seeded. Juice 



1. PAP AVER, POPPY. (Ancient name.) We have no truly wild spe- 

 cies : the following are from the Old World. ^ 



« Anmmls, flowering in summer : cult, and weeds of cultivation 

 fln-^: somniferum Opium Poppt. Cult, for ornament, especially double- 

 flowered varieties, and for medical uses. Smooth, glaucous, with clasping and 

 wavy leaves, and white or purple flowers. v-iaopiug auu 



