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PAPAVER* persicum. 



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Persian Poppy. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. PAPAVERACEit Juss* {Introduction to the natural system 



Sepala 2, convexa, decidua. Petala 4. Stamina 



of Botany 



PAPAVER L. 



plurima. Stylus 0. Stigmata 4-20, radiantia, sessilia, super discum 

 ovarium coronantem. Capsula obovata, l-locularis, 6 carpellis 4-20 in 

 thalami productione membranacea inclusis constans, sub stigmatum corona 

 valvulis brevibus dehiscens. Placenta intervalvulares inttis in dissepimenta 



incompleta products. Herbse perennes, succo albo foetce. Pedunculi 



xi. De Cand. prodr. 1. 117. 



fiorescentiam apice infl 



§ 1. Capsulis hispidis. 

 P. persicum ; capsulis hispidis ovalibus, sepalis setosis, foliis pinnatifidis 



setosis : laciniis subindivisis ssepiiis aristatis, caule folioso paniculato. 



Herba annua, l-l±-pedalis, caule setoso paniculato. Folia glauca, pin- 

 natifida, setis tecta, laciniis scepius indivisis, aristatis, nunc pinnatim lobatis. 

 Alabastrusy<?re exacte oblongus, villosus. Petala subunguiculata, lateritia, 

 basi maculd viridi notata, citissime decidua. Stamina brevia. Ovarium 

 radiis stigmaticis 4, apice conicum. 









Seeds of this Poppy were received by the Horticultural 

 Society from Mr. Otto, of Berlin, under the name of " Papaver 



sp. from Persia. 



It 



is an annual, which would be pretty 



if its petals were not so quickly deciduous. It grows a foot 

 or a foot and half high, and flowers in June and July. It 

 is easily propagated by seeds. 









* So called, according to the most learned etymologists, because it was 

 commonly mixed with the pap, papa, given to children in order to procure 

 sleep. This plant and its names have ever been associated with the idea of 

 sleep in most languages, in poetry and philosophy, in history and fable. Its 

 juice is still the best opiate known, and in general use. — Smith. The word 

 opium is derived from the Greek 0x0$, juice; it being the inspissated juice of 

 the poppy; Homer called it Nepenthe. 



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