popp^ jfamili?. 



Celandine. Chelidonium majus. 



Found from May to August in waste grounds around dwellings, 

 and along hedgerows. 



The branching stalk grows from 2 to 3 feet in height ; it has a 

 saffron Juice, and is covered with scattering, weak hairs ; green. 



The deeply divided leaf is cut into 5 or more oval irregular lobes 

 which are not quite opposite in their occurrence, the teiminal lobe 

 being larger than the others ; it is short-stemmed, with a rather weak 

 fibre and smooth surface ; the margin is notched in large I'ounded 

 scallops and the color is yellow-green. The an-angement of the leaves 

 is alternate. 



The 4 oval petals of the flower are a lustreless orange-yellow color ; 

 the many stamens are yellow, and the pistil is green; the 2-pai*te(i 

 calyx falls early. 



This weak-fibred plant is of a somewhat sprawling growth ; the 

 leaf is more pleasing in shape than in color. 



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