NYMPHJEACE.X — 
PAPAVERACE/E. 
II 
awav into a mass of pulp. — Slow rivers, lakes and clear ditches. 
P. VII. White Water Lily. 
2. Nuphar Sm. 
1. N. lutea (Sm.) ; I. oblong cordate, sep. 5, stigma wit/i 
10 — 20 rays not extending to the entire margin, anthers linear 
oblong. — E. B. 159. Fl. Land. n. s. 141. — Fl. yellow, with a 
smell like brandy. Caps, bursting irregularly. — Lakes and 
ditches. P. VII. Yellow Water Lily . 
2. N. pumila (Hoffm.) ; 1. ovate deeply cordate with distant 
lobes, sep. 5. Stigma with 8 — 10 rays extending to the margin 
and forming acute teeth, anth. short. — E. B. 2292. R. Icon, 
t. 119. Fl. Land. u. a, 170. — Fl. yellow, small. Caps, furrowed 
upwards. According to Hooker closely allied to the N. kalmiana 
of N. America.— In small highland lakes. P. VII. VIII. S. 
Order IV. PAPAVERACE.E. 
Sep. 2. Cor. regular, of 4 petals. Stam. generally numerous, 
free. Ovary free, placentas parietal, seeds numerous. Stigmas 
as many as the placentas, simple or lobed, the lobes of adjoining 
stigmas combining thus appearing (falsely) to be opposite to the 
placentas. 
* Seeds not ei-ested. 
1. Papaver. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Style 0. Stigmas 
4 — 20, radiating, sessile. Caps, obovate, opening by pores 
beneath the stigma. 
2. Meconopsis. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Style short. Sliy- 
mas 5 — 6, radiating, free. Caps, obovate, opening by pores 
beneath the apex. 
3. Roemeria. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas2 — 4, sessile. 
Caps, elongated, 2 — i-valved, 1 -celled, placentas distinct. 
4. Glaucium. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2, sessile. 
Caps, elongated, 2-valved, placentas connected by a spongv 
dissepiment. 
** Seeds crested. 
5. Chelidonium. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2. 
Caps, elongated, 2-valved, 1-celled, placentas distinct. 
1. Papaver Linn. 
t 1. P. Argemone (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, cla- 
vate hispid with erect setae, stem leafy many -flowered, 1. bipia- 
natifid.— E. B. 643. R. 4475 — Fl.' small. Pet. pale scarlet, 
black at the base. — In corn-fields, rather rare. A. VI. VII. 
