48 POPPT FAMILY. 



S. rilbra, Eed-flowered Trumpet-Leap of S. States : sometimes cult, 

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

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



S. Drumindndii, Great Tkumpet-Leaf of Florida : somefi'mes 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. psittadua, Parrot^ Pitchek-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 over the mouth of the tube, spotted with white; 

 flower purple. 



S. variol^is, 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. fl&va, Yellow Trumpet-Leap 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. PAPAVERACEiE, 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 placentae. 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 ore 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 placentse which are covered with numberless, seeds, opening 

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



2. STYLOfHORUM. Stigma 3 - 4-lobed, raised on a style. Pod ovoid, bristlv, 



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

 tween them. .Juice j'ellow. 



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



splitting from below into 2 valves. Juice orange. 



» * Pftals more or less crumpled in the bud, which is erect before opening, 

 i. ARGEMONE. Stigma 3-6-lobed, almost sessile. Sepals and oblong pod 



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



placentse between. Juice yellow. 

 B. F-SCHSCHOLTZIA. 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 j but the placentse 



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



» « « Petals not crumpled in the bud, which does not droop. 

 6. SANGUINARIA. Sepals 2 ; but the petals 8 - 12. Stigma 2-lobed, on a short 



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



» « • « Petals none. Flowers inpanicles, drooping in the bud. 



y. BOCCONIA. Sepals 2, colored. Stigma 2-lobed. Pod few-seeded. Juice 

 reddish. 



1. PAP AVER, POPPY. (Ancient name.) TVe have no truly wUd spe- 

 cies : the following are from the Old World. 



* Annuals, flowering in summer : cuk. and weeds of cultivation. 

 P. somniferum, Opium Poppy. Cult, for ornament, especially double- 

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

 wavy leaves, and white or purple flowers. 



