PAPAVERACE. VIII. Macreaya. IX. Escuscnotzia. X. Romerra. XI. Gravcium. 
VIII. MACLE AYA (Alexander Mac Leay, F.R.S. F. L. S. 
colonial secretary New, South Wales, a profound entymologist) 
R. Br. in Clapp. and Denham’s trav. append. p. 18. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, caducous (f. 40. 
a.). Petals none. Stamens 24-28 (f. 40. b.). Stigmas 2 (f. 
40. c.) spreading. Capsule elliptical, with many-seeded placentas. 
Albumen fleshy. Embryo 
A perennial herbaceous plant, 4 or 5 feet 
FIG. 40. 
Seeds fixed to parietal placentas. 
very minute, erect. 
high, with roundish cordate, ob- 
soletely-lobed leaves, glaucous on 
the under surface. Flowers dis- 
posed in large panicles, brown- 
ish. 
r M. corpa'ta (R. Br. L c) 
y. H. Native of China. Boc- 
cònia cordàta, Willd. spec. 2. p. 
p.841. Jacq. fragm. 63. t. 93. f. 
1. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1905 (f. 40.). 
NN 
Cordate-leaved Macleaya. FI. Se NW A we 4 
Ju. Jul. Clt.1795. Pl. 3-5 ft. (SRW aR 
Cult. This isa very ornamental, YS) ASIN NS 
stately, herbaceous plant, when CRN W f | 
grown in a rich soil; it is easily G ANV | 
increased by dividing the roots in & ZAR ON 
Ə ( wl 
spring. 
IX. ESCHSCHO’LZIA (in honour of Fred. Eschscholz, 
M.D. a celebrated naturalist, who accompanied Kotzebue round 
the world.) Cham. in hore, phys. berol. p. 74. t. 15. Hook. 
fl. bor. amer. p. 34. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Tetragynia. Calyx mitre-shaped, 
deciduous (f. 41. f:), never separating into 2 sepals. Petals 4 
(f. 41. a.), with their claws inserted into the throat of the recep- 
tacle, Receptacle dilated, with an expanded, fringed, or entire 
border (f. 41. b.). Stamens indefinite. Styles 4, 2 long and 2 
short (£. 41. c). Capsules silique-formed (f. 41. d.), 2-valved. 
eeds fixed to the margins of the valves (f. 41.e.). A perennial 
erb with tuberous roots. Leaves glaucous, tripinnatifid, the 
segments linear. Flowers large, yellow, not unlike those of 
Glaúcium lùteum. > 
1 E. Carro'ryica (Cham. 1. c.) 
4. H. Native of the north-west 
Coast of America on the dry sandy 
banks ofstreams, Lindl. bot. reg. 
rei Hook. bot. mag. 2887. 
$ gmas 4, 2 longer than the others. 
Š reds globose, almost black.: This 
pant is a beautiful ornament to 
a gardens. It was first disco- 
cred by Mr. Menzies more than 
about} ago, and plants were raised 
(£ ni yee time in Kew Gardens 
FIG, 41. 
Californian Po 
ppy. Fl. May, 
Gy Clt. 1790 ? Phi, 1 foot. y 
of uit. A very ornamental plant 
easy culture. It will thrive in 
any kind of soil . ° . . i 
apted for borden is easily increased by seeds. It is well 
X. ROME: . 
Profess IE RIA (in honour-of John James Römer, M. D., 
tanical °t Botany at Landshut, died 1820, author of several 
C. s rors). Medik. in ust. ann. 1792. vol. 3. p. 15. 
Thunb. yst. 2. p. 92. prod. 1. p. 122. but not of Meench nor 
Lin. SYST, 
Pol 2 ° p. ; 
VoL, aa ‘yandria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, pilose. Pe- 
137 
tals 4. Stamens indefinite. Stigma bilamellate, or 3-lobed. 
Capsules elongated, 1-celled, 2, 3, or 4-valved ; valves opening 
from the top to the base. Seed kidney-shaped, scrobiculate, des- 
titute of a glandular crest. Annual herbs, yielding yellow juice. 
Leaves pinnate-parted ; lobes narrow, multifid; lobules linear, 
terminated by a hair-like point. Flowers violet. 
1 R. uy’sripa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 92.) siliques 3-4-valved, 
erect, beset with stiff bristles at the top. ©.H. Native of 
the south of Europe and the north of Africa in cultivated fields 
and vineyards, especially in the region of the Mediterranean. 
In England rare in corn fields between Swaffham and Burwell, 
Cambridgeshire, and other parts of that county, and about 4 
miles from Aylsham towards Cromer. Glaúcium hybridum, 
Dum. cours. bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 472. Chelidonium hý- 
bridum, Lin. spec. 724. Smith, engl. bot. 201. Chel. violaceum, 
Lam. fl. fr. 3. p.169. R. violacea, Medik. in ust. ann. p. 15. 
Glaticium trivalve, Moench. meth. 249. Glaticium violaceum, 
Juss. gen. 236. Smith, fl. grec. t. 490. Flowers violet, 
bluish, or purple. 
Var. B, eriocárpa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 93.) siliques beset with 
stiff hairs from the base to the top.. Chelidonium dodecandrum, 
Forsk. fi. egyp. p. 100. ©.H. Native of Egypt. 
Var. y, velutina (D.C. syst. 2. p. 93.) stems clothed with 
soft villi. Chelid. hybridum, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 3. Native of 
Tauria. 
Hybrid Romeria. Fl. May. June. Brit. Pl. $ foot. 
2 R. rerra‘cta (D.C. syst. 2. p. 93.) siliques 3-4-valved, 
glabrous; pedicels a little recurved. ©.H. Native of Tauria 
about Derbent. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 8. Glaficium refractum, 
Stev. in litt. Very like R. hybrida, but differing in the 
leaves being bipinnatifid, and by the segments being more 
blunt. Capsules drooping, or refracted from the recurved pedi- 
cels. Flowers violet. 
Refracted-capsuled Romeria. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl. 2 ft. 
3 R. siva’tvis (D. C. syst. 2. p. 93.) siliques 2-valved, setose, 
somewhat incurved. ©. H. Native of Syria. Leaves pin- 
nately-multifid ; lobes linear, pinnate-parted. Petals violet. 
Two-valved-Capsuled Romeria. FÌ. Ju. Jul. Pi. 4 foot. 
Cult. This is a beautiful genus of annuals ; they only re- 
quire to be sown in the open border, where they are intended 
to remain, early in the spring. 
XI. GLAU’CIUM (Tħawoc, Glaucos, in mythology, the name 
of a fisherman who leaped into the sea and became a sea-god ; 
also sea-green or glaucous, in allusion to the colour of the plants 
and their habitation by the sea-side.) Tourn. inst. 254. t. 130. 
Geert. fruct. 2. p. 165. t.115. Juss. gen. 236. D. C. syst. 2. 
p. 94. prod. 1. p. 122. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2. Petals 4. 
Stamens indefinite. Capsules elongated, 2-valved; valves 
opening from the top to the bottom, 2-celled, with a cellular 
dissepiment. Stigma _bilammellate. Seeds ovate, reniform, 
destitute of a glandular crest. Evergreen, glaucous, biennial 
or annual herbs, abounding in a copper-coloured acrid juice, 
which is said to be poisonous and to occasion madness. Roots 
perpendicular. Radical leaves stalked; stem ones sessile, stem- 
clasping ; more or less cut ; lobes broad, blunt. Peduncles axil- 
lary, or terminal, 1-flowered. Flowers yellow or crimson. — The 
English name of the genus, Horn-Poppy, is given to it on 
account of the long horn-like pods. 
1 G. rra‘vum (Crantz. fl. austr. 2. p. 114.) stem glabrous ; 
stem-leaves repand ; capsules scabrous with tubercles. &. H. 
Native of south and middle Europe on the sea-shore in the sand 
or mud ; plentiful in Britain; also on the sea-shore of Carolina 
and Virginia. Chelid. Glaticium, Lin. spec. 724. FI, dan. 585. 
