POLYAXDKIA MOXOttVXIA 817 



Hcrhweo '48 : with a lactescent sap; leaves alternate, mostly ptanaliG 1 ; tl >wt 8 

 terminal, on long naked paduaoles. Nat. Ord. 4. Idndl* Pab&vbbjlq&m. 



1. P. DUBitrar, /,. Leaves pseudo-pinnate, segments lance-obl> i.r, 

 pinnatifidly incised, sessile, decurrent; stem with spreading hairs ; pe- 

 duncles with appressed bristly hairs; capsules obovoid-oblong, s:n > >th« 

 l)(\ Prodr. I. p. 118. 



l>rniou9 Paiuviik. Vulgb — Poppy. Field Poppy. 

 GalL — Pavot b:\tard. Germ. — Saal-Mohn. Hispaniot — Amapola. 



Rool annua). Slain 1 to 2 feet high, somewhat branched below, clothed vi 

 slender Spreading hairs. Leaves 2 to 5 inches Ion?, deeply pinnatifid, or pseud- •- 

 pinna to, hairy ; segments half an inch to an inch long, mostly incised, sometimes 

 entire, acute, hairy, and mucronate with a slender bristle. Peduncles 6 to 12 

 inches I Dg, ftexuose, and nodding before flowering*, leafless, hairy, the hairs bel >w 

 more slender and commonly spreading, those above, or hear the flower* m i 

 rigid, erect,* or closely a] id, and shining. Sepals ovate, hairy. Petdts j ale 



red or cinnabar-colored, abdut 3 fourths of an inch long, obovate, truncate and 

 entire i x. Stipna convex, mostly 6-raycd. ( le half an in.: nr- 



lers in 1 :i rth, and one fourth to 1 third of an inch in diameter, clavate, i ;. » •'.!> 

 obuv id ol ilon r . 



Hub. Cultivati I rounds; Downingtown: not common. F?.May. Fr. July— A 



Obs. This foreigner has made its appearance in the cultivated groua ul 



Downingtown; r ifj : i I, may b come a troublesome weed jg-as it and 

 1'. R'laasart said :.> be, in Eur i] e. There are, probably, no native sp in h< 



U. Slates. 



250. SANGULVARIA. L. Xutt. Gen. 464. 

 [Latin, 5 -. . b! i I; in r fa re nee to I hr of the sap. J 



Calyx of 2 caducous sepals. Petals S to 12. Stigma subsc&silo, bi- 

 Qd, persistent. Capsule oblong, ventrieose, tapering at each t>ml, 1- 

 celled, 2-valvcd; valves deciduous. 



Herbaceous i with an orange ml sap; leaf solitary, radical; scare naUV.. 

 1-11 >wered. Nat* Ord. 1. Lindl. Papav::race;e. 



1. 8*, canadensis, /,. Leaf covdatc-reniform, sinuatc-lobed, smooths 

 glaucous beneath, on a long petiole. Beck, Bot. ft. 21. 



Canadian- Sanguixarta. Vulgo — Red-root Turmeric. Indian Paint. 

 Root perennial, fibrous,— from a rhizoma, or reddish brown fleshy horizontal sub- 

 terraneous stem, which is about 2 inches long, and half an inch in diameter. Leaf 

 m »8tly s ditary, about 3 inches long, and 4 or 5 inches broad, sinuate-] >bed ab ml 

 halfway to the base; lobes usually 7, entire, or repand on the margin ; petiole 

 at first shorter than the scape, finally 6 to 9 or 10 inches long, purplish, sheathe* 4 . 

 at base, together with the scape, by 2yor 3 oblong obtuse membranaceous stt'pxles. 

 Scape 4 to 6 or 8 inches 1 rag, slender, smooth, purplish. Sepals ovate-obloni 

 obtuse, membranaceous, smooth, very caducous. Petals white, usually 8 (s una- 

 times 13 or 11) longer than the sepals, cuneate-oblong, the alternate ones interim 

 and narrower. Stamens about as long as the ovary. Ovary narrowed at b 

 and tapering to a short style at apex: stigma bifid (or stigmas 2, BC)\ \ I , 

 ovate, acute, erect, margins revolute. and covered with a short coarse pubescen re. 

 Capsule about an inch long. Seeds numerous, roundish, crested on one side, af- 

 ftxed to 2 marginal placentas, or receptacles, reddish brown when mature 



Hub. Rich woodlands: very common. Fl, April. Fr. June. 



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