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Argemone albiflora. White-flowered 

 Argemone. 



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Generic Character. 

 Cor. 6-petala. Cat. 3-phyllus. Caps, semivalvis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Argemone albiflora; capsulis quinque-valvibus, peduncu- 

 latis, foliis subspinosis. Hornem. Hort. Hafn.p. 489. 



Argemone alba. Lestib. Bot. Belg. 4. p. 131. 



Argemone mexicana, 0. albiflora. De Cand. Syst. veg. 2. 

 p. 86. 



Argemone mexicana., «. floribus albis. Hist. Nat. medic, 

 et. econom. des Pavots et des Argemones. (3. ham. 

 Encycl. 1. p. 247. De Freylin Catal. du. Jard. de 

 Buttigliera. 1810. Syn. Plant. Mus. Florent. 1806. 

 Cat. Plant. Hort. Patavini. 1812. 



Argemone albiflora, has generally been considered to be 

 only a variety of mexicana, but seems to be a distinct 

 species, and is recorded as such by Professor Horneman in 

 his Catalogue of the Copenhagen garden. Nuttall men- 

 tions by report only " not merely a variety, but distinct 

 species with white flowers" as occurring in Georgia. In 

 our plant, for which, as well as for the principal part of the 

 above synonymy, we are indebted to Philip Barker Webb, 

 Esq. of Milford House, near Godalmin, Surrey, who raised 

 it from seeds sent him from Italy by Mr. Albert Parolini 

 °f Bassano. 



The leaves are narrower than in mexicana, much less 

 sharply spined, with the veins only faintly marked with 



white ; 



