22 FUMARIACEjE. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



2. SANGUINARIA, L. Puccoon. Blood-root. 



Sepals 2. Petals 8-12. Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-valvcd, the valves separat- 

 ing from the filiform persistent placentae. Seeds crested — A stcmless peren- 

 nial lurb, with orange-colored juice. Rhi/.oma thick. Leaves reniform, with 

 5 - 7 wavy or toothed lobes. Flowers white, solitary at the summit of the naked 

 scape, fugacious. 



* S. Canadensis, L. — Pich woods, Florida and northward. March. — 

 Scape 4' -6' high. Flowers 1' wide, appearing with the leaves. 



The Corn-Poppy (Papaver dubium, L.) is occasionally met with in grain 

 fields and around dwellings. 



Order 11. FU31 ARIACE^E. (Fumitory Family.) 



Smooth herbs with watery juice, alternate compound dissected leaves, 

 without stipules, and irregular flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4 ; the two outer 

 or one of them spurred or gibboiu at the base ; the two inner callous at the 

 apex, and cohering over the stigma. Stamens 6, commonly united in two 

 sets of three each, placed opposite the outer petals, hypogynous : anther of 

 the middle stamen 2-celled, of the lateral ones 1-celled. Capsule 1-celled 

 and 2-valved, with two parietal placenta?, or 1-secded and ind'~niscent. 

 Embryo minute in fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. ADLUMIA. Petals united, persistent. — A tender vine. 



2. DICENTUA. Petals connivent, deciduous ; the two outer ones gibbous at the base. -Stem- 



less herbs. 



3. CORYDALIS. Petals distinct, deciduous, one of the outc res gibbous at the base. — 



Caulescent herbs. 



1. ADLUMIA, Paf. 



Sepals minute. Petals united, free at the summit ; the two outer ones gibbous 

 at the base, withering-persistent. Capsule linear-oblong, 4- 8-seeded. Seeds 

 reniform, not crested. Stigma 2-erested. — A smooth biennial vine. Leaves bi- 

 ternatc, with tendril-like petioles. Flowers pale violet, in axillary and drooping 

 pani' .es. 



l A. cirrhosa, P:»f. (Corydalis fungosa, Pen*.) — Mountains of North 

 Carolina and northward. July - September. — Stem 8°-15° long. Leaflet 

 thin, obovate, 2-3-lobed. Corolla thick and spongy. 



2. DICENTKA, Bork. Dutchman's Prfk< hes. 



Sepals minute. Petals conniving, but scarcely united, deciduous or withering ; 

 the two outer ones spurred or gibbous at the base. Filaments slightly united 

 in two sets. Stigma 2-erested. Capsule 10- 20-secded. Seeds crested. — 





