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Papaver Orientale. Eastern Poppy, 
Clafs and Order . 
PoLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cor . 4-petala. Cal. 2-phyllus. Capfida , l-locularis fab ftigmate 
perfidente poris dehifcens. 
Specific Character and Synonyms . 
PAPAVER orientale capfulis glabris, caulibus unifloris fca- 
bris foliofis pinnatis ferratis. Linn . Syfi. Vegetab. 
p. 490. 
Papaver orientale hirfutiflimum, magno flore. Tournef, 
cor. 17. itin. 3. p. 127. 1. 127. 
Mod of the plants of this tribe are didinguifhed “by the 
fplendour of their colours, mod of them alfo are annuals, in 
gaiety of colour none exceed the prefent fpecies ; but it differs 
in the latter chara&er, in having not only a perennial root, 
but one of the creeping -kind, whereby it increafes very much, 
and by which it is mod readily propagated. 
Though a native of the Ead, as its name imports, it bears 
the feverity of our climate without injury, flowers in May, 
and as its bloffoms are extremely fhewy, it gives great bril- 
liancy to the flower-garden or plantation; prefers a dry foil. 
