604 FUMARIACE^E. 



Order NYMPELEACE^E. 



NYMPHJEA, Tourn. 



N. flava, Lcitner. Rhizoma short, oblong ; leaves broadly oval, more 

 or less wavy on the margins, with the lobes acute or obtuse; flowers yel- 

 low ; stigma 7-rayed. — St. John's River (Curtiss), Miami {Garber). — Leaves 

 3' -5' wide. Flowers 3'- 4' wide. 



Order PAPAVERACEJE. 



STYLOPHORUM, Nutt. 



Sepals 2, rounded, concave, hairy. Petals 4, orbicular. Ovary ovoid. 

 Style long; stigma 3-4-lobed, spreading. Capsule ovoid, bristly, with 3-4 

 parietal placenta?. Seeds globular, crested; albumen fleshy. — Perennial 

 herbs, with yellow juice, 1-2-pinnatifid leaves, and showy long-peduncled 

 flowers. 



S. diphyllum, Nutt. (Yellow Poppy.) Leaves petioled, divided 

 into 5-7 oblong sinuate lobes, the upper pair opposite; peduncles terminal, 

 single or clustered; flowers bright yellow. (Meconopsis, DC.) — Shady 

 woods, Tennessee, and northward. May. — Stems 1°-1^° high. Flowers 

 V wide. 



Order FUMARIACE.E. 



FUMARIA, L. FuMiTorvY. 



Posterior petal spurred, united below with the two inner ones. Stamens 

 united in two sets of three each. Style deciduous. Fruit globular, 1-secded, 

 indehiscent; seeds crestless. — Tender branching annuals, with finely dis- 

 sected leaves, and small flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. 



F. Officinalis, L. Leaves bipinnately divided, the narrow lobes widen- 

 ing upwards ; racemes many-flowered ; sepals sharply toothed ; petals flesh- 

 color, tipped with crimson.— Waste places, sparingly introduced. 



CORYDALIS, Vent. 



C. aurea, Wiild., var. australis. Stem roughish ; racemes stout, 

 many-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; corolla (£' long) three times 

 as long as the pedicel and straight spur, bright yellow ; outer petals crested ; 

 capsule erect, even ; seeds smooth and shining, the margins obtuse. — Waste 

 grounds in early spring. 



C. flavidula, Raf.— Stem smooth; racemes few-flowered, barely longer 

 than the leaves; corolla (3"- 4" long) as long as the pedicel, pale yellow, 

 crested ; spur very short ; capsule spreading or drooping, slightly knotted ; 

 seeds rugose reticulated, the margins acute. — Tennessee (Dr. Gaitinger),anci 

 northward. 



