604 FUMARIACE^. 



Ordeb NYMPH^ACE^. 



IfYMPHiEA, Tourn. 



N. flava, Leitner. Rhizoma short, oblong ; leaves broadly oval, more 

 or less wavy on the margins, with the lobes acute or obtuse ; flowers yel- 

 low ; stigma 7-rayed. — St. John's Uiver ( Curtiss], Miami {Garber). — Leaves 

 3' -5' wide. Flowers 3' -4' wide. 



Oedbe PAPAVERACE^. 



STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. 



Sepals 2, rounded, concave, hairy. Petals 4, orbicular. Ovary ovoid. 

 Style long; stigma 3-4-lobed, spreading. Capsule ovoid, bristly, with 3-4 

 parietal placentae. Seeds globular, crested; albumen fle.shy. — Perennial 

 herbs, with yellow juice, 1-2-pinnatifld leaves, and showy long-peduncled 

 flowers. 



S. diphyllum, Nutt. (Yellow Poppy.) Leaves petioled, divided 

 into 5-7 oblong smuate lobes, the upper pair opposite; peduncles terminal 

 single or clustered; flowers bright yellow. (Meconopsis, DC.) — Shady 

 woods, Tennessee, and northward. May. — Stems 1°-!^° high. Flowers 

 1' wide. 



Okdbr FUMARIACE^. 



FUMAEIA, L. FcMiTOKY. 



Posterior petal spiirred, united below with the two inner ones. Stamens 

 united in two sets of three each. Style deciduous. Fruit globular, 1-seeded, 

 indehiscent; seeds crestless. — Tender branching annuals, with finely dis- 

 sected leaves, and small flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. 



F. OfELcinalis, L. Leaves bipinnately divided, the narrow lobes widen- 

 ing upwards ; racemes many-flowered ; sepals sharply toothed ; petals flesh- 

 color, tipped with crimson. — Waste places, sparingly introduced. 



CORYDALIS, Vent. 



\ 

 C. aurea, Willd., var. australis. Stem roughish ; racemes stout, 



many-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; corolla [i' long) three times 

 as long as the pedicel and straight spur, bright yellow; outer petals crested ; 

 capsule erect, even ; seeds smooth and shining, the margins obtuse. — Waste 

 grounds in early spring. 



, C. flavidula, Raf. — Stem smooth; racemes few-flowered, barely longer 

 than the leaves; corolla (3"- 4" long) as long as the pedicel, pale yellow, 

 crested; spur very short ; capsule spreading or drooping, slightly knotted ; 

 seeds rugose-reticulated, the margins acute. — Tennessee {Dr. Gaitinger),and 

 northward. 



