PAPAVERACES. III. Meconopsis. IV. Stynornorum. V. HUNNEMANIA. 
White-flowered Mexican Poppy. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
3 A. ocHroLev ca (Sweet, brit. fl. gard. t. 242.) leaves pro- 
foundly sinuated or pinnatifid, glaucescent; nerves with prickly 
bristles ; flowers solitary ; stamens few ; capsules oblong, deeply 
5-6-furrowed, covered with somewhat reflexed prickles; stigmas 
5-6, distinct, spreading, purple. ©.H. Native of Mexico. 
Leaves blotched with white. Flowers pale-yellow ; calyx of 3- 
sepals; petals 6, crenated. Stem prickly. 
Cream-flowered Mexican Poppy. Fl. Aug. Sept. 
Pl. 2-4 feet. 
4 A. GRANDIFLORA (Sweet brit. fl. gard. t. 226.) leaves sinu- 
ated, smooth, spiny-toothed ; nerves unarmed ; flowers panicled, 
polyandrous ; calyx smooth ; capsules bluntly quadrangular, al- 
most unarmed. Y. H.or ©. H. Native of Mexico. Flowers 
large, white. Stigmas 4, with as many pale-blue pits. Anthers 
yellow. Plants raised from seed, not flowering till October ; but 
when the roots have existed through the winter, they will flower 
early in the summer. 
Great-flowered Mexican Poppy. Fl. July, Oct. 
Pl. 2-3 feet. 
Cult. Argemòne is a genus of beautiful hardy annuals, and 
should be sown in the open flower-border about the end of March 
or beginning of April; or the rarer kinds may be sown ona hot- 
and afterwards planted out into the borders. 
Clt. 1827. 
Clt. 1827. 
III. MECONO’PSIS (from pnkwv, mekon, a poppy; and oxic, 
ee resemblance ; appearance of plants.) Vig. diss. p. 20 and 
» 190. D.C. fi. fr. suppl. p. 586. syst. 2. p. 86. prod. 1. 
, Law, sver, _Polydéndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, pilose. Petals 
conv mens indefinite. Style short. Stigmas 5-6, radiated, 
convex, free. Capsules obovate, 1-celled; valves 5-6, open- 
the inside top; placentas thin, narrow, hardly drawn out on 
ina yell € into narrow membranes. A perennial herb, abounding 
uncles in Juice. Leaves pinnate, glaucous underneath. Pe- 
e ower inflexed, before the expansion of the flower ; hence 
twee ver- ud is drooping. Flowers yellow, erect. A genus be- 
n Papàver and Argemòne. 
. Ca’mrica (Vig. diss 
a g. diss. p. 48. f. 3.) capsules smooth ; 
lobes: toothan on the lower part of the stem, pinnate, stalked ; 
Parts of E, » Somewhat decurrent. %.H. Native of many 
&e. i urope, especially in the Pyrenees, Russia, France, 
Wales, abana humid places; and Britain particularly North 
anes near XK anbarris; about Kendal, Westmoreland; in shady 
ngl. bot. ¢ irkby Lonsdale. P. Cámbricum, Lin. spec. 727. 
m. fl. fr $6. Dill. elth. 300. t. 223. f. 290. P. lùteum, 
mòne Cambric p173. . P. flavum, Meench. meth. 247. Arge- 
e size of those of Rh dict. sci. nat. 2. p. 481. Flowers about 
Phur-yellow colour. - Rhœas. Petals very fugaceous, of a sul- 
Wels 
l foot. * Poppy. Fl. May, August. England and Wales. Pl. 
Cult. , 
grows be The Welsh Poppy is rather an ornamental plant. It 
st i ; : “ye . À 
either incr a rich light soil, in a shady situation. It may 
seeds, reased by dividing the plants at the root or by 
IV, g ; 
style; pr OPHORUM (from orvdoc, stylos, a column or 
2p 8. Me přoreo, to bear; having long styles.) Nutt. gen. 
Lin. sysr at ao sect. Stylophorum, D. C. syst. 2. p. 87. 
Petals 4 çJåndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, pilose, decidu- 
* Style long, columnar. Stigma 4-lobed or entire. 
135 
Capsule oblong or globose, 4-valved, echinated, opening at the 
top. Placentas narrow. Perennial herbs, yielding a yellow juice, 
with undivided or pinnate leaves. Peduncles inflexed before the 
expansion of the flower, and sometimes ever after. Flowers yel- 
low or crimson. i 
1 M. reETIoLA`rum (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 8.) capsules echi- 
nated ; leaves pinnate, stalked, smooth, 2-3 on each stem ; leaf- 
lets 5. X. H. Native of North America, in woods on the 
banks of the river Ohio. Meconópsis petiolàta, D. C. syst. 
2. p. 87. S. Ohiénse, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 570. Leaves pin- 
nate ; lobes 5, oblong, toothed ; teeth blunt. Flowers deep yel- 
low, about the size of those of Glaúcium flavum. Stigma 4-fur- - 
rowed. Capsule bristly. Seeds crested at the hilum. 
Stalked-leaved Stylophorum. Fl. May, June. Pl. 1 foot. 
2 S. DIPHY'LLUM (Nutt. gen. 2. p. 7.) capsules? leaves 2, 
pinnatifid, sessile, rather pilose. %. H. Native of North 
America, along the sides of rivulets, and in shady woods of Ken- 
tucky and Tennessee, and on the banks of the river Missouri. 
Cheliddnium diphyllum, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 309. Meco- 
nopsis diphylla, D. C. syst. 2. p. 88. Plant smaller than the 
S. petioldtum, and less glaucous, and furnished with shining hairs. 
Leaves 2 on each stem, lobately-pinnatifid ; lobes roundish or 
blunt. Peduncles usually proliferous. Flowers yellow. Cap- 
sule bristly. 
Two-leaved Stylophorum. Fl. March, May. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 S. panicuLa‘tuM ; plant very bristly ; stem branched; cau- 
line leaves undivided, oblong, sessile ; flowers panicled ; capsules 
spherical, beset with imbricate bristles. 4. F. Native of 
Nipaul in Gosaingsthan, where it is called Espoo swa by the 
natives. Meconépsis Napaulénsis, D. C. prod. 1. p. 121. S. 
Napalénsis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 570. Papaver paniculatum, D. 
Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 197. Flowers crimson or yellow, about the 
size of those of Papaver Rhœas. Calyx beset with starry down. 
Style erect, cylindrical, half an inch long. Stigma capitate, 
entire. Herb very poisonous. 
Panicled-flowered Stylophorum. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 
4. S. SIMPLICIFÒLIUM; plant beset with bristles; leaves un- 
divided, lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, stalked; scape 1-flow- 
ered; flower nodding; capsules oblong, very bristly. 2%. H. 
Native of Nipaul in Gosaingsthan in the alpine region of the 
Himalaya, where it is called Ohaee and Themei-Sowang by the 
natives. Papaver simplicifolium, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 197. 
Flowers crimson, with a dark purple claw at the base of each 
petal. Anthers spirally twisted. Style cylindrical, thick, one- 
half the length of the ovary. Stigma capitate, tetragonal. 
Simple-leaved Stylophorum. PI. 13 foot. 
Cult. A beautiful genus of plants. The species require to be 
planted in a shady situation, in a light rich soil. They may be 
either increased by dividing the plants at the roots or by seeds. 
They will all require to be protected during winter by a frame. 
V. HUNNEMA'NIA (John Hunneman, a very zealous bo- 
tanist, who has introduced more plants into Britain than any other 
individual.) Sweet. brit. fl. gard. 3. t. 276. 
Lin. syste Polydndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, concave, deci- 
duous. Petals 4 (f. 39. a.). Stamens numerous ; anthers linear 
(£.39. b.). Ovary oblong; style short, permanent ; stigma pel- 
tate, 4-furrowed, obsoletely 4-lobed. Capsule silique-formed, 
rather compressed, 10-ribbed, 1-celled, 2-valved; valves bear- 
ing many seeds at the edges (f. 39. c.). Seeds rather globose, 
tubercled on the outside. Albumen cartilaginous.—An erect 
somewhat suffruticose plant, with decompound glaucous leaves 
and solitary terminal yellow flowers, like those of Eschscholtzia 
Califérnica. 
