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3. S. rubra, Walt. (Red-flowered Trumpet-leaf ) Leaves elon- 

 gated, ereet, slender, narrowly winged, paler above, and reticulated with purple 

 veins; lamina ovate, ereet, beak-pointed, tonientose within; flowers reddish- 

 purple. — Sandy swamps in the middle districts, Georgia to North Carolina and 

 westward. May. — Leaves 10'- 18' long, shorter than the scapes. 



4. S. Drummondii, Croom. Leaves elongated, erect, trumpet-shaped, 

 narrowly winged ; lamina erect, rounded, short-pointed, hairy within, and like 

 the upper portion of the tube white, variegated with reticulated purple veins. — 

 Pine barren swamps, Florida to the middle districts of Georgia and westward. 

 April. — Leaves 2° long. Scapes longer than the leaves. Flowers 3' wide. 



* * Flowers yellow. 



5. S. flava, L. (Trumpet-leaf. Watches.) Leaves large, erect, 

 trumpet-shaped, narrowly winged ; lamina yellow, erect, orbicular, slender- 

 pointed, tomentose within, reddish at the base, or reticulated with purple veins. 



— Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina and westward. April and May. 



— Leaves yellowish, 2° long. Lamina 3' - 4' wide. Scapes as long as the leaves. 

 Flowers 4' -5' wide. 



6. S. variolaris, Michx. (Spotted Trumpet-leaf.) Leaves erect, 

 trumpet-shaped, broadly winged, spotted with white near the yellowish summit; 

 lamina ovate, concave, arching over the orifice of the tube, hairy and reticulated 

 with purple veins within. — Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina and 

 westward. May. — Leaves 6'- 12' long, longer than the scapes. Flowers 2' 

 wide. 



Order 10. PAPAVERACE^G. (Poppy Family.) 



Herbs with colored juice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and solitary hy- 

 pqgynous flowers. Sepals 2-3, caducous. Petals 4-12, imbricated in 

 the bud, deciduous. Stamens numerous. Anthers introrse. Ovary 

 1 -celled, with parietal placenta?. Capsule many-seeded. Embryo mi- 

 nute, at the base of oily or fleshy albumen. 



1. ARGEMONE, L. Mexican Poppy. 



Sepals 2-3, hooded or horned. Petals 4-8. Stigmas 4-7, free, radiate. 

 Capsule oblong-obovate, hispid, opening at the summit by 3 - 6 valves, which 

 separate from the filiform persistent placentae. Seeds globular, crested, pitted. — 

 Glaucous herbs with yellow juice, sessile, pinnatifid, bristly leaves, and showy 

 white or yellow flowers. 



1. A. Mexicana, L Annual; leaves pinnatifid-lobed, bristly and prickly, 

 blotched with white; flowers white or yellow; calyx bristly. — Waste placea, 

 apparently native in South Florida. April and May. — Stem branching, 1°-2 C 



high 



