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ESCHSCHOLTZIA* californica 



Mr. Menzies' Eschscholtzia. 



POLYANDRIA TETRAGYNIA, 



Nat 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA Chamisso. — Calyx inferus, indivisus, calyptriforniis, 

 deciduus, in apice pedunculi infundibulari carnoso marginato insertus. 

 Petala 4, fauce apicis pedunculi inserta. Stamina circa 40 multiseriata, 

 basibus petalorum inserta. Antherce lineares posticse. Stigmata 4, quorum 

 duo placentis opposita depauperata. Pericarpium siliquiforme {Cerafium 



Nob.), uniloculare, bivalve, valvis ad margines polyspermis. Herba pe- 



Tennis (AmericcB boreali-occidentalis temperatcB), radicibus camosis succosis, 

 foliis decompositis , floribus luteis, Jove pfuvio inapertis. 



Eschscholtzia californica. Chamisso in hor.phys. Berol. p. 73. t, 15. Decand. 

 prodr. 3. 344. 



Radix carnosuSy multiceps, succo luteo scatens. Caules decumbentcs, 

 ramosi, striati. Folia glauca, triternatay carnosiusculay laciniis linearibus 

 obtusis. Flores terminates, longissimk pedunculati. Calyx injerus, in apice 

 pedunculi infundibulari , carnoso^ marginato, crenulato insertus, membrana- 

 ceus, calyptrijormisy deciduus* Petala 4, lutea, hasi aurantiaca, cuneata, 

 Integra, fauce cavitatis pedunculi inserta. Stamina 10-11, ad basin ca- 

 jusque petaliy serie quadruplici inserta. Filamenta brevia. Antherae pos' 

 ticce, innatcB, lineares, biloculareSy longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium 

 in f undo cavitatis pedunculi, cylindraceum, lO-striatiim, uniloculare, pla- 

 centis duabus parietalibus oppositis polyspermis. S.tigmata 4, linearia, 

 quorum 2 perfecta placentis alterna, 2 semi-abortiva placentis opposita. 

 Pericarpium siliquiforme, bivalve, rnarginibus valvularum seminiferis. 



For the introduction of this most lovely plant to our Gardens, we are 

 indebted to Mr. Douglas, who transmitted seed of it to the Horticultural 

 Society, in 1826. It was found by him on the north-west coast of America, 

 from the sources of the Multnomah River, in about 43^ north latitude to 

 40*^ south, in open prairies on the banks of streams. 



With us, each plant forms a wide patch of decumbent stems, covered 



• So named by Chamisso, in honour of Dr. Eschscholtz, the companion 

 of his voyage round the world. 



