VASCULAR PLANTS. 99 



10-nerved, 1-locular, 2-valved; seeds on the 

 margins of the valves. 



. 1i . flowers orange, yellow. 



5 Meconopsis, Viguier. 



Sepals 2, caducous. Petals 4. Stamens oo; 

 anthers laterally dehiscent. Ovary obovate, 

 1-locular, with more than 2 placentae; style 

 short, persistent ; stigmas several, radiating. 

 Fruit a 1-locular capsule, dehiscing by several 

 valves near the apex. 



0. 21- flowers red, orange. 



6. Ar gem one, Tournef. 



Sepals 2 — 3. Petals 4 — 6. Stamens go; an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary ' ovate, 1-locular with 

 more than 2 placentae; stigmas nearly sessile, 

 radiating. Fruit a capsule dehiscing by several 

 valves near the apex. 



. prickly, flowers large, white, yellow. 



ORDER XXH. POLYCARPIC^E. 



Floral parts with a tendency to arrange them- 

 selves spirally, and gradually merge into each 

 other. 



Family LXVII. Laurineae. 



Perigonium 6-parted; lobes 2-seriate, imbri- 

 cate in aestivation. Disk adnate to the base of 



