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cmacqrtainted with it with care. It is a stimulant in small doses ; in larger, produces 

 violent vomiting and much irritation. It is one of the earliest and prettiest flowera 

 of spring, and as an early border flower deserves the attention of the florist. 



Genus IV.— CHELIDO'NIUM. L. 12—1. {Celandine.) 

 (Prom the Greek chelidon, a swallow, the plant flowering at the return of swallows.) 



Septals 2, caducous. Petals 4, small. Stamens numerous. 

 Capsules 2-valved, 1-celled, many-seeded, linear, dehiscing from 

 the base upward. Yields a deep yellow juice. 



1. C. ma'jus, (L.) Leaves pinnate-lobed. glaucous. Segments ovate, 

 the terminal one obovate. Flowers in axillary umbels. — Yellow. If. 

 Naturalized. Grows in waste places. 



Genus V.—GLAU'CIUM. L. 11— 1. {Horned Poppy.) 

 (From the Greek glaukos, glaucous, from the appearance of the plants.) 



Sepals 2, caducous. Petals 4. Capsule linear, 2-valved, 2- 

 celled, many-seeded. Seeds somewhat reniform. Plant yield- 

 ing a yellow juice. 



1. G. fla'vum, (Crant.) Stem glabrous. Floral leaves repand; 

 cauline ones clasping and pinnatifid ; radical ones bipinnatifij, large, 

 pubescent. Peduncles 1 -flowered. Capsule tuberculate. — Yellow. %. 

 June. Introduced. 



The Eschscliolt' zia Califor'nica, extensively cultivated, belongs to 

 Papaveraceai. 



Order XII.— FUMARIA'CE^E. (Fumatory Family.) 



SejJals 2. Petals 4, cruciate ; one or both of the two 

 outer ones saccate or spurred at the base ; the two inner co- 

 hering at the apex, and inclosing the anthers and stigma. 

 Stamens 6, in two parcels. Anthers membranous, adnate, ex- 

 trorse ; the lateral ones of each parcel 1-celled, the middle one 

 2-celled. Ovary 1-celled, 2-valved, with parietal placentae. 

 Style filiform. Stigma with two or more points. Fruit a nut 

 or capsule ; if a nut 2-seeded, if a capsule many-seeded. Seeds 

 arilled, anatropous. Herbaceous plants, with watery juice. 



ANALYSIS. 



1. Climbing plant Adlumia, 2 



Plants not climbing 2 



2. Flowers yellow Co7'ydalis, 3 



Flowers purple 3 



3. Capsule many-seeded Dielytra, I 



Fruit 1-seeded Fumaria, 4 



Genus L— DIELY'TRA. Borh. 16—5. 



(From dis, two, and elytron, a sheath, in allusion to double spurs at the base of the 



petals.) 



Sepals 2. Petals 2-spurred or saccate at the base. Capsule 

 many-seeded, pod-shaped. Floivers in a compound raceme, 

 with cymose branches. 



