276 PLANTS GROWING IN DRY SOIL. 
The ancients gave poppies to the dead, and as typifying 
sleep they were regarded as the world’s great comforter. 
L£. cespitosa is the name of the smaller and brilliant poppy 
that is represented in the illustration, 
CELANDINE POPPY. 
Styléphorum diphyllum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ‘ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Poppy. Deep yellow. Scentless. Pennsylvania westward. April, May. 
The celandine poppy resembles very closely the smaller 
flowers of the celandine. It is not so tall, and its generic name, 
meaning style-bearded, expresses another difference between it 
and the celandine. 
CELANDINE, 
Chelidontum mdajus. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Poppy. Yellow. Scentless. General, Summer. 
Flowers ; small ; growing in loose umbellate clusters. Ca/yx : of two sepals 
that fallearly. Corolla; of four spreading petals. Stamens: numerous. /is- 
til: one; stigma, two-lobed. Leaves : pinnately divided into lobed and toothed 
segments; hairy. Svem: erect; branching; hairy. /eéce : acrid; poisonous. 
In dry soil, especially about gardens, we find the bright 
flowers of this plant. It has come to us from Europe, and its 
juice has quite a reputation for curing diseases of the eyes, also 
warts and jaundice. 
BUTTERFLY PEA, (Plate CXL///.) 
Clitorta Marana. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Pulse. Lavender. Scentless. New Jersey south- Suly. 
: ward and westward. 
Flowers : showy; one to three borne on ashort peduncle. Ca/yx: tubular ; 
five-cleft. Corol/a: papilionaceous ; the banner petal much larger than the 
others; erect and notched at the apex. Stamens: ten, not distinct; style, 
bearded. Pods: long; appearing late in theseason. Leaves: of three lanceo- 
late leaflets on separate stalks with stipules at their bases; the under surface 
of.a much lighter shade of green. Stem: smooth; twining. 
It may be that there has been a slight disagreement in the 
household of the butterfly pea. The large banner petal seems 
to believe in gaiety and showing itself to the world, while the 


