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capsule obovoid to subglobose, with 4 to many intruded placentae. 

 Capsule dehiscent just below the stigmatic summit by pores or valve- 

 like openings. 



Juice milky; stigmas sessile and radiate upon the summit of the ovary 



1. P. Calif ornicum. 



Juice yellow; stigmas capitate upon the short slender style . 2. J', heterophyllum. 



1. P. Californicum Gray. WESTERN PopfY. Two ft. high or 

 less; glabrous or sparsely pilose-pubescent; juice milky; leaves pin- 

 nately divided, the segments oblong or roundish, toothed or lobed or 

 entire; petals red with a green spot at base; stigmas sessile and 

 radiate upon the summit of the ovary, persistent in fruit; capsule i 

 in. long or more, turbinate-obovate, 6 to 11 -nerved; pores or valve- 

 like openings just beneath the stigmas, quadrate. 



Mt. Tamalpais, M. A. Howe; otherwise of the southern part of the 

 State from the Santa Inez Mountains to Los Angeles. May. 



2. P. heterophyllum (Benth.) Greene. Wind Poppy. One and 

 one-fourth to 2 ft. high, glabrous; juice yellow; leaves pinnate or 

 pinnately cleft, or pinnate with pinnately cleft lobes, the segments 

 exceedingly diverse in shape on the same plant or even on the same 

 leaf, varying from oval and entire or lobed to narrowly linear; petals 

 broadl}^ cuneate-obovate, brick-red, with a dark spot at base, 1 in. 

 long or less; stigmas capitate at summit of a distinct and slender 

 style; capsule clavate-obovoid, 3 to 7 lines long; pores small with 

 rounded valves which separate from the stout parietal ribs. — (Mecon- 

 opsis heterophylla Benth.) 



Middle California: Berkeley; Livermore; Stockton; San Mateo; 

 southward to Southern California. Thought to be rare north of San 

 Francisco Bay. May. 



Var. crassifolium (Meconopsis crassifolia Benth.). Blood Drops. 

 Plant smaller, more branching and with more numerous flowers; 

 leaves smaller and thicker; flowers small, erect. — Interior fields; with 

 the preceding at Sunol Glen, acc. to Geo. B. Grant, May, 1900. 



37. FUMARIACE>E. Fumitory Family. 



Glabrous herbs with alternate compound dissected leaves and irreg- 

 ular perfect flowers borne in racemes. Sepals 2, small and scale-like. 

 Petals 4, in 2 dissimilar pairs, the outer larger, inner pair narrower, 

 carinate or crested on the back, cohering by the callous apex and 

 covering the anthers and stigma. Stamens in 2 sets of 3 each, placed 

 opposite the outer petals, the filaments of each set usually united; 

 middle anther of each set 2-celled, the lateral ones 1-celled. Ovary 

 superior. Capsule 1-celled, with 2 parietal placenta? from which the 

 valves separate, or indehiscent. 



1. DICENTRA Bernh. Dutchman's Breeches. 

 Perennial herbs with the stems and leaves from a tuber-like, grain- 

 bearing or scaly crown. Flowers racemose or paniculate. Corolla 

 flattened and cordate at base. Filaments of each set dilated and 



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