Chek, 
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36 Nymphcacce—Nuphar. 
Vory much like the last, Int differing in the smaller more 
orbicular petals, shorter anthers, and the stigma lobed at the 
Fig. 27. Nuphar lutea. (3 nat. size.) 
margin. Also British, but limited to the lakes of Scotland and 
Shropshire in England. 
N. ddvenu is similar to No. 1, but rather larger, and the 
flowers of a brighter colour. It is a native of North America. 
Orper VIIL—PAPAVERACEZ. 
Herbs, or very rarely shrubs, glaucescent or pilose; juice 
often coloured. Leaves alternate, or the floral occasionally 
opposite, entire, lobed, or finely divided, destitute of stipules. 
Peduncles 1-flowered, or rarely subumbellate, often lengthened, 
terminal, or from the axils of the upper leaves. Flowers re- 
gular or irregular. Sepals 2 or 3, rarely 4, very caducous. 
Petals 4 to 6, occasionally more, in two or three series, often 
crumpled. Stamens numerous, frec, or few, and with connate 
filaments. Ovary free, 1-cclled, with many-ovuled parietal 
placentas, or 2- or many-celled. Styles short or obsolete ; 
stigmas radiating or lobed. Ovules anatropous. Capsule de- 
hiscing by pores or valves, more rarely indehiscent. Seeds 
few or many, albuminous. The species of this order are widely 
distributed, chiefly in the temperate parts of the northern 
hemisphere. Narcotic, acrid, or poisonous plants. Opium is 
the product of a species of Poppy. Chictly valuable to the 
gardener for the showy annuals it abounds in. 
Sus-Orper 1—Papaveree. 
Petals similar ; stamens numerous. 
