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224 NYMPH^EACEJE—WATER L I L Y FAMILY. Aquatic Perennial Herbs.

CABOMBA. Caroliniana, Gray—Wabash county, Schneck. In stagnant waters. BRASENIA, Water Shield. peltata—native, Lapham, Cook county, Babcock; also a native of Pugent Sound, J a p a n , Australia and E a s t e r n India. Gray. NELUMBITJM, Nelumbo. luteum, yellow nelumbo or water chinquepin—native, Lapham; Cook county, Babcock. T u b e r s and seeds both edible. STYMPH.EA, Water Lily. Pond Lily. Odorata, sweet scented water lily—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; cultivated. NTJPHAR, Yellow Pond Lily or Spatter Dock, advena—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county; cultivated for ornament, sagittifolia, P u r s h ; Wabash county, Schneck.

S A R R A C E N I A C E ^ E — P I T C H E R - P L A N T FAMILY.

SARRACENIA, Side-saddle Flower. Purpurea—native, Vasey: Cook county, Babcock.

Perennials.

P A P A V E R A G E S — P O P P Y FAMILY.

Herbs.

P A P AVER, Poppy. somniferum—annual; adventitious from E u r o p e , Vasey, and cultivated tor ornament and for t h e drug. rhreas, Corn Poppy—cultivated for ornament, from E u r o p e ; annual. orientate—perennial, cultivated for ornament, from E u r o p e . STYLOPHORUM, Celandine Poppy—perennial, diphyllum, native, Lapham, ARGEMONE, Prickly Poppy, annual. mexicana—Mexican poppy, cultivated for ornament. ESCHSCHOLTZIA-Annual. californiacu, cultivated for ornament. SANGUINARIA, Blood-root—Perennial. canadensis—native; L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign c o u n t y ; cultivated for o r n a m e n t . BOCCONI A—Perennial. cordata—cultivated for ornament, from China, Root hardy.

F U M A R I A C E J E — F U M I T O R Y FAMILY.

Herbs.

DICENTR A—Perennials. cucullaria, Dutchman's Breeches—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county; common, not cultivated for o r n a m e n t . canadensis, Squirrel Corn—native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. eximia—cultivated for o r n a m e n t . spectabillis, Bleeding Heart—cultivated for ornament, from n o r t h e r n China. ADLUMIA, Climbing Fumitory. Cirrhosa—Cook county, introduced (?) Babcock. CORYDALIS—Biennials. aurea—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Western Illinois, Gray. glauca, P u r s h ; Ogle county, Bebb. R a r e . flavula, Raf—Wabash county, Schneck. FUMARIA-Annual. officinalis—introduced from Europe, L a p h a m .

C R U C I F E R ^ E — M U S T A R D FAMILY.

Herbs.

BRASSICA, Cabbage, Mustard, etc. oleracea, Cabbage—cultivated from Europe, Avhere t h e original is a sea-coast a n n u a l plant. The variations from cabbage a r e : broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, k a l e . campestris—also from Europe, and represented in cultivation b y : colza, or rape, t u r n i p , r u t a b a g a . These plants a r e n o t so well adapted t o the warm a n d dry climate of t h e g r e a t e r portion of t h e United States as the moister and cooler elf-