1264 
ARGEMÓNE* grandiflóra. 
Large-flowered Mexican Poppy. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PAPAVERACER, z 
ARGEMONE Linn. — Sepala 2-3 concava, mucrone superata, pilis 
aculeiformibus aspera. Petala 4-6. Stamina 00. Ovarium ovatum, stig- 
matibus 4-7, radiantibus persistentibus concavis liberis (nec super discum 
sessilibus) coronatum. Capsula ovata, 1-locularis, valvulis apice dehiscens, 
placentis linearibus. Semina spheerica, strophiolata. Herba annua, 
succo flavescente donata, in caule, foliis, et calyce pilis rigidis subaculeata. 
Folia sessilia penninervia, repando-sinuata, sinubus dentato-spinulosis, sepè 
albo maculata aut picta. Pedunculi axillares, semper erecti, nec ante 
anthesin inflexo-cernui. Flores flavi aut albi.— Dec. syst. 2. 85. 
A. grandiflora ; foliis oblongis pinnatifidis planis pauci-dentatis, calycibus 
inermibus. 
A. grandiflora. ‘Hort. angl. m 
Caulis erectus, teres, glaber, pallidè viridis, undique strus acicularibus, 
purpureis notatus. Folia oblonga, pinnatifida, medio maculata, pauci- 
dentata. Flores terminales, subterni, matutini, bibracteolati. Calyx 
caducus, tricornis, triphyllus, pallidè viridis, inermis. — Petala magna, alba, 
membranacea, subplicata, sex, duplici serie. Stamina plurima, brevia, 
hypogyna, antheris basi insertis, apice gyratis. Ovarium 1-loculare, 
placentis 4 parietalibus polyspermis. Stigmata 4, lunata, incurva, sessilia 
(incurid pictoris tria in icone). ` 
This is one of the multitude of fine plants with which 
our Gardens have been enriched by the importations of 
Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury Hill. It is one of the most 
ornamental hardy annuals we are acquainted with, and far 
superior to any other ofthe Poppy tribe, except Esch- 
Scholtzia californica. 
A native of Mexico; flowering from June to September. 
* So called from argema, or a cataract of the eye, which it has been 
thought to cure. ; 
