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PAPAVER CROCEUM. ORANGE-FLOWERED 
Poppy. 
So Sie Sh SS a a 
Class and Order. 
PoryanpriA Monoeynia 
( Nat. Ord.—Papaveraces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. diphyllus, caducus. Pet. 4. Stigma sessile, radia- 
tum. Caps. supera. Semina numerosa, receptaculis pari- 
etalibus dissepimentiformibus inserta. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Papaver * croceum; foliis subbipinnatifidis vix pilosis 
sepe pilis arcte appressis, germine ovali calycibusque 
densissime fusco-hispidis, capsula oblonga. 
Papaver croceum. Ledebour, Reise durch das Alt. p. 113. 
Ejusd. Fl. Alt. ined. 
Descr. Root apparently perennial, descending deep 
into the ground, andjbearing at its crown or summit, nu- 
merous, erecto- patent, pinnatifid leaves; the segments 
again somewhat divided ; three to five or six inches long, 
petioled, almost free from hairs, except at the margin of the 
base of the petiole, which is ciliated, and-at the extremity 
of each segment of the leaf, which is mostly terminated 
with a hair. Scape a foot and more high, hairy, or rather 
bristly, with the hairs erect, appressed. Flower terminal, 
solitary. Calyx of two elliptical, concave, green leaves, 
cloth ith lone, spreading, brown hairs. Petals four, 
. Z ets : subrotundate, 
from papa, in Celtic, a kind of soup or pap, 
* Derived, according to Taé1s , 
rived, § : to induce sleep in those that ate 
into which the seeds of the Poppy were put, 
of it, 
