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scape, and ac[uatic habitat ; but NijmphaacecB differ in their numerous several-seriate petals, placentation, 

 sessile stigma, and double albumen. Certain affinities or analogies have also been indicated, which link 

 iSarracOniacece with DroseracecB, Fyrolacem, Nepentheee, and Cephalotece. 



[All are natives of America, and chiefly of the United States. Darlingtonia inhabits the Rocky 

 Mountains, and JJeliamphora the Rorunia Mountains of Venezuela. j^ hu-xJ^ 



Of the properties of Sarruceniacece little is known. Sarracenia rubra has been vaunted in Canada as a 

 specific against small-pox, but has not proved such. The pitcher-shaped leaves are effective insect traps : 

 a sugary secretion exudes at the mouth of the pitcher, and attracts the insects, which descend lower in 

 the tube, where they meet with a belt of reflexed hairs, which facilitate their descent into a watery 

 fluid that fills the bottom of the cavity, and at the same time prevent their egress. — Ed.] 



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XII. PAPAVERACEJ^, Jussieu. 



Poppy. Vertical section of flower (mag.). 



Poppy. {Papaver Rhoeas.) 



Poppy. Fruifc, 



Poppy. Diagram. 



Poppy. 

 Seed, entire and cut vertically (mag.). 



Poppy. 

 Floffer-bud (mag.). 



Poppy. 

 Transverse section of ovary (mag.). 



Poppy. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



