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Potyanpria TETRAGYNIA. | 
( Nat. Ord.—Papaveracedz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum ampliatum, hypocrateriforme, limbo ex- 
panso integro. Calyx mitreformis, caducus. Corolla 4- 
petala, petalis unguibus fauci receptaculi insertis, stamini- 
feris. Capsula siliqueformis, bivalvis ; Semina marginibus 
valvarum affixa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Escuscnourzis crocea; caule ramoso folioso, foliorum seg- 
mentis linearibus, pedunculi cyatho infundibuliformi 
limbo maximo dilatato, calyce longe acuminato. 
Benth. 
Escuscuoutzia crocea. Benth. in Hort. Soc. Trans. v. 1. 
N. S. p. 406. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1677. 
It has been remarked by several of my English friends, 
that the many beautiful, hardy, herbaceous plants which 
have been lately introduced to our gardens by the indefatig- 
able Douetas, succeed better in the humid climate of Scot- 
land, than in the vicinity of London ; they remain longer 
in perfection, the flowers are frequently larger, aud the 
colours brighter. The present individual is a striking in- 
stance of the correctness of this remark : for beautiful as it 
certainly is, in every situation, I have no where seen it dyed 
with so brilliant a saffron hue as in the specimen here figur- 
ed from the gardens of Hamilton Palace. Together with 
the true E. crocea and Californica, there came from the 
same 
