FUMARIACEAE (FUMITORY FAMILY) 



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leaf and a i-flowered scape. The bud is erect and the flower 

 white and handsome. (Name from the color of the juice.) 



S. canadensis, Bloodroot. Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. 

 24. Style short. Stigma 2-grooved. Pod ellipsoid 

 large crest. Common in open rich woods. April- 

 May. 



STYLOPHORUM 



A perennial low herb. The naked stems 

 bear at the top 2 opposite leaves and a i-few- 

 flowered umbel. Leaves pinnately parted or 

 divided. Juice yellow. 



S. diphyllum, Celandine Poppy. Sepals 2, 

 hairy. Petals 4. Style distinct, columnar. Pods 

 bristly. Seeds conspicuously crested. Leaves 

 pale beneath, deeply pinnatifid into S or 7 oblong- 

 divisions. Damp woods. May. 



Stamens about 

 Seeds with a 



FUMARIACEAE (Fumitory Family) 



Sanguinaria canadensis, 

 Bloodroot. 



Delicate smooth herbs with thin juice, com- 

 pound dissected leaves, irregular flowers, with 4 somewhat united 

 petals, and 6 diadelphous stamens. The leaves are delicate, 



usually alternate, and without stipules. 



DICENTRA 



Low stemless perennials with ter- 

 nately compound leaves and race- 

 mose nodding flower. The petals co- 

 here slightly, forming a heart-shaped 

 or 2-spurred corolla. (Name from 

 dis, twice, and kentron, a spur.) 



D. Cucullaria, Dutchman's Breeches. 

 A very delicate plant having a cluster 

 of grain-like tubers crowded together 

 in the form of a bulb. From this arise 

 in early spring the finely cut leaves and the slender scape which bears 

 4-10 flowers. The flowers are white, tipped with cream color. The 



Styhphorum diphyllum, 

 Celandine poppy. 



