22 FUMARIACEJE. 



Stigmas sessile, united in aflat, 4 to 20, radiated crown, 

 resting on the summit of the ovary and capsule. Capsule 

 obovoid, 1-celled, opening by minute valves under the margin 

 of the stigma. — Exotic Zeros, mostly biennial, icith a white 

 juice abounding icith opium. 



1. P. dubium, L. Field or Com Poppy, 



Leaves pseudo-pinnate ; segments lance-obleng, pinnatifidly incised, sessile, decur- 

 rent; Sttm hispid with spreading hairs: peduncles with appressed bristly hairs; 

 $epals hairy: capsule obovoid-oblong, smooth. 



Sparingly naturalized in cultivated grounds. June and July. Stem about 3 

 feet high. Flowers light red or scarlet. Native of Europe. 



2. P. somxiferum, L. Common Popjoy. 



Smooth and glaucous; haves clasping, incised, and dentate, wavy: cejMli 

 smooth: capsule globose. Native of Persia. Common in cultivation. " Scarcely 

 naturalized. Stem 1 to 3 feet high; Lea res 4 to 8 by "2 toGinches. with rather obtuse 

 dentures. Flowers large brilliant white, red and purple : sometimes very double. 



3. P. Rheas. Common Red Poppy. 



Stem many-flowered, hairy : leave* incisely pinnatifid: capsules smooth, nearly 



J globose. Distinguished from the last species chiefly by its more finely divided 

 eaves and globular capsules. Flowers very large and" showy, of a deep scarlet 

 red, sometimes variable. Cultivated. 



6. ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



In honor of Eschschaltz, a German botanist, known by his researches in California 



Sepals 2, cohering by their edge, caducous. Petals 4. 

 Stamens many, adhering to the claws of the petals. Stig- 

 mas 4 to 7, sessile, 2 to 3 of them abortive. Capsules 

 pod-shaped, cylindric 10-striate, many seeded. — Annual, 

 glaucous herbs with a colorless juice, 2 to 3 pinnatifid leaves 

 with linear segments, and showy yellow flowers on solitary 

 peduncles. 



E. DouGHSlT, Hook. California Poppy. 



Stem branching, leafy: torus obeonic: cdyx ovoid, with a very short abrupt 

 aeumination. Petals bright yellow, with an orange spot at the base. 2 inches 

 broad. Native of California and Oregon. Common in cultivation. 



2. E. Californica, Hook. 



Stem branching, leafy; torus funnel-form with a much dilated limb: cilys 

 obeonic, with a long aeumination; fio;v.r S orange-yellow. From California. Culti- 

 vated. 



Order 11. FUMARIACEiE. 



Delicate smooth herbs, with watery juice, compound dissected lear-cs. arid irregular 

 /lowers. Flowers irregular, purple, white, or yellow. Sepals 2, deciduous. Petals 

 4, cruciate, hypogynous, very irregular. Stamens 6, in two sets of G each, placed 

 opposite the larger petals, hypogynous, their filaments more or less united ; the 



