48 POFPT FAMILY. 



S. rtlbra, Red-flowered Tkumpet-Leap of S: States : sometimes cult, 

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

 ■K'in|T and an erect ovate pointed hood ; flower crimson-purple. 



S. Drummdndii, Gkeat Trumpet-Leaf of Florida : sometimes cult. 

 Loaves 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. psittaeina, Parrot Pitcher-Plant of S. States, and rarely cult. 

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

 plobular hood, which is incurved over the mouth of the tube, spotted with white ; 

 flower purple. 



S. vanoldris. Spotted Tkumpet-Leaf 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-Leaf of S. States : cult, more commonly 

 than the rest, as a curiosity, and almost hardy N. 1/eaves trumpet-shaped, 2» 

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

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



8. PAPAVERACE.2S, POPPY FAMILY. 



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

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

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

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

 pod, many-seeded. Juice narcotic, as iu 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 lias no petals and few seeds. 



« Petals crumpled in the flower-bud, whklt droops on its peduncle before opening. 



1. I' A PAVER. Stigmas united into a many-rayed circular body which is closely 



sessile on the ovary. I'od globular or otlong, imperfectly maiiy-celled by 

 the pvojeoting plncentse which are covered with numberless seeds, opening 

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



2. STYLOi?HORUjM. Stigma 3 - 4-lobed, raised on a stj-le. Pod ovoid, bristly, 



opening from the top iiito 3 or 4 valves, leaving the thread-lilie placentie be- 

 tween therr.. .Tnice yellow. 



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



splittinf^ from below into 2 valves. Juice orange. 

 * » Petals mare or less crumpled in the (nid, which is erect before opening. 



4. ARGEMONE. Stigma 3-6-lobed, alnnltet sessile. Sepals and oblong pod 



pnckly ; the latter opening by valves »om the top, leaving the thread-like 

 placentce between. Juice yellow. 



6. FSCHSCHOLTZIA. Sepals united into a pointed cap which falls off entire. 

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

 with a spreading rim. Stigmas 4-8, spreading, unequal : but the pfacents 

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



* # » Petals not crumpled in Ike bud, which does not droop. 



6. SANGUINARI A. Sepals 2 : but the petals 8 - 12. Stigma 2-lobed, on a short 

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



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



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

 reddish. ..,, 



1. PAPAVEK, POWY. (Ancient name.) We have no truly wild spe- 

 cies : the following are from the Old Worid. 



* Annuals, ^flowering in summer : cult, and icecds of cultivation. 



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

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

 wavy leaves, and white or purple flowers. 



