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PAPAVER bracteatum. 
Giant Poppy. 
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POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PAPAVERACER. Decand. syst. veg. 2. 67. 
PAPAVER. (Cal. 2-sepalus) sepala (foliola) concava, decidua. 
Pet. 4. Stam. indefinita. Germ. ovatum. Stylus O. Stigmata 4-20, ra- 
diantia, persistentia, sessilia super discum germini superimpositum. Caps. 
oblonga, obovata aut subglobosa, 1-locularis, è carpellis 4-20 in thalami 
productione membranaceá inclusis constans, sub stigmatum corona valvulis 
brevibus dehiscens. Placente ( receptacula) intervalvulares intüs in disse- 
pimenta incompleta product. Semina reniformia striatula. Herbe perennes 
aut annue, succo lacteo albo fete, sepiüs pilose. Radices simplices, fibrose. 
Caules teretes. Folia pinnatim lobata aut secta, lobis sepiús incisis, denti- 
bus sepé pilo terminatis. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, uniflori, nudi, ante 
florescentiam apice inflexi. Alabastra (flores ante expansionem ) ideo cernua, 
ovata aut globosa, levia aut setis pilosa. Flores erecti, albi rubri flavi aut 
variegati, facile dupli et pleni, petalis tunc interdèm dentatis aut laceris. 
Decand. loc. cit. 69. 
Div. Capsulis glabris ( aut "o tantúm parce pilosis). | i 
P. bracteatum, petalis 5, capsulis glabris obovatis bracteis persistentibus 
involucratis, sepalis pilosis, caulibus unifloris scabris foliosis, foliis pin- 
nato-partitis hispidis, lobis oblongis serratis. Lindley collect. 23. tab. 23. 
Habitus et characteres ut plurimùm PAPAVERIS orientalis. Differt ta- 
men caule nunquam ramoso; foliis concavis, nec planis; floribus semper 
bracteatis; stigmatis radiis 16, nec 12, quod sepiús in PAPAVERE orientali 
occurrit; dentibus disci stigmatici pos nec reflexis; demùm flor escentiá 
precociore et aspectú viridiore. ariat floribus immaculatis et petalis 5; 
talis varietas quoad petala dilineatur. Lindley loc. cit. 
The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Col- 
vill, in the King's Road; where the plant grows in the 
open border, and flowers constantly and abundantly during 
the summer, making the finest show of all the outdoors 
herbaceous plants. 
We missed the opportunity of describing it, and have 
trusted to Mr. Lindleys account for what we have to say 
concerning the history. 
The species differs most obviously from Papaver orien- 
tale, the closest congener, by the large involucral bractes 
that surround the base of the flower, which are always 
