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solving into several follicles. Plant villous. 
Flowers cream color.—©. 
1. P. Catirornicus Benth. Common. Spring. 
2. Platystigma Benth. Cream Cups. 
Sepals 3. Petals 6. Stamens o; filaments 
flattened only at the base. Ovary 3-angular, 
1-celled; placente 3; stigmas 3. Fruit a cap- 
sule, 3-angular, 3-valved, w-seeded.—@. Ex- 
ternal petals yellow, internal cream color. 
1. P. pINEARE Benth. Filaments flat.— 
Common. Spring. 
2. P. Cairornicum Benth. & Hook. Fila- 
ments terete.—San Mateo. Spring. 
3. Dendromecon Benth. 
Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens o. Ovary 
terete, linear with 2 placent; ovules «; stigma 
sessile, 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule 1-celled, 2- 
valved; seeds on the margin of the valves. 
Flowers yellow. Leaves rigid, entire.— b. 
1. D. nicipus Benth.—Tamalpais. Wright’s 
Station. Summer. 
4, Eschscholtzia Cham. CALIFORNIA Poppy. 
Calyx and corolla inserted into a turbinate 
thalamus. Calyx gamosepalus, circumscissile 
at base. Petals 4. Stamens o, adhering to 
the base of petals; filaments very short; an- 
thers extrorse. Ovary free, terete, 1-celled, 
with 2 placentw; stigmas 4, Fruit a capsule, 
