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* CHRYSÉIS compacta. 
Dwarf Chryseis. 
ICOSANDRIA ? POLYANDRIA? TETRAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PAPAVERACEZ. 
CHRYSEIS. Suprà, vol. 14. fol. 1168, sub Eschscholtzia, 
C. compacta; caule denso humili ramoso, foliorum segmentis lineari-cuneatis 
apice tridentatis, pedunculi cyatho infundibulari: limbo maximo planiusculo. 
This plant seems to stand in much the same relation to 
Chryseis californica and crocea, as those to each other; that 
is to say, if they are distinct, so is this; but if they are 
varieties only of ‘one species, this must be reduced to that 
species also. T 
It differs from both of them in having a much more 
dwarf compact habit, the segments of the leaves very slightly 
toothed, instead of deeply lobed, and in the flowers being far 
smaller, From C. californica it is distinguished by the limb 
of its calyx-cup being much broader and slight] undulated, 
while it is much less undulated than that of C. crocea. In 
the plate, fig. 1. belongs to C. eompacta; fig. 2. to C. crocea ; 
and fig. 3. to C. californica. 
With respect to the generic name, which, it will be per- 
ceived, is altered from Eschscholtzia to Chryseis, I beg to 
insert the following note from a botanical friend, on whose 
correct judgment 1 place great reliance :— 
“It is surprising that so great a violation of an esta- 
blished botanical rule, as is contained in the generic name 
Eschscholtzia, should have been so long permitted to remain. 
The rule to which we refer, is, that two different genera 
* Chryseis a celebrated Homeric beauty ; the name allusive to the golden 
colour of the flowers. 
