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Notratyia Papaver. Papaver-tikr 
NUTTALLIA. 
Class and Order. 
Monapetrpaia Ponyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord —Matvacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. simplex (nunc duplex, ext. triphyllo), quinquefidus. 
Capsule plurime monosperme in annulo congeste. (Nutt. 
sub Callirhoen. ) 
Specific Name and Character. 
Nourrauuia Papaver ; foliis radicalibus lobatis palmatisve, 
caulinis inferioribus palmatis, superioribus simplicibus 
digitatisve, calycibus pilosis involucratis, involucro 
triphyllo, foliolis lanceolatis pilosis. Graham. 
In the Exotic Flora, at tab. 171 and 172, I had the plea- 
sure of figuring two distinct species of the present Genus, 
detected by Mr. Nurratt on the Arkansa River. Their dis- 
coverer has justly remarked, that this Genus, of which the 
species are hardy, ornamental, and perennial, “‘ appears to 
afford an additional link of connection between the Genera 
Sipa and Matva.” Had he been acquainted with the pre- 
sent individual, he would have found his idea still further 
strengthened, for here, with a habit altogether that of the 
other Nurraii&, there is the involucre of a Marva. The 
presence of this involucre does indeed appear to me to 
distinguish the species at once both from N. pedata and 
N. digitata: and this is constant in the wild specimens 
sent from Covington, Louisiana, by Mr. Drummonp, in the 
spring of 1833, as well as in all the cultivated ones raised 
from seeds transmitted by the same indefatigable Naturalist, 
and from the same place. These seeds have been distributed 
among different gardens, and have probably produced flow- 
ering plants in several collections. Scarcely was our draw- 
ing finished, from the Glasgow Botanic Garden specimens, 
when I had the satisfaction to receive a beautiful figure 
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