j>2 ORDER 9. PAPAVERACE.E. 



4. MECONOFSIS, Viguier. YELLOW POPPY. (Myxwv, a poppy, 

 o^>r5, resemblance.) Sep. 2, hirsute. Pet. 4. Style conspicuous. Stig. 

 46, radiating, convex, free. Capsule ovoid, 1-celled, opening by 4 valves. 

 U Herbs with a yellow juice, pinnately-divided leaves, and stems 2-leaved, 

 bearing an umbel. 



J*l. dipliylla DC. Lvs. sinuately 5-7-lobed, the canline but 2, opposite ; fls. few, large 

 (20, yellow ; pod bristly, oval. Woods, W. States. 12 IS'. Pet. orbicular ; style 

 surpassing the stamens ; pod 3'. May. 



5. ARGEMONE, L. PRICKLY POPPY. ("ApyE/j.05, a disease of the 

 eye, which this plant was supposed to cure.) Sep. 2 or 3, caducous, 

 smaller than the 4 or 6 roundish petals. Stig. sessile, capitate, 4 or 6-rayed. 

 Capsule ovoid, prickly, opening at the top by valves. @ Herbs with 

 yellow juice, spinous-pinnatifid leaves, and showy flowers. 



A, Mexica.ua L. Calyx prickly ; caps, prickly, 6-valved ; fls. axillary and terminal, 

 23' diam.. yellow, varying to white. Waste grounds, South. 



6. PAP AVER, L. POPPY. (Celtic, papa, pap, a soporific food for 

 children, composed of poppy seeds, &c.) Sep. 2, caducous. Pet. 4. Caps. 

 1-celled, opening by pores under the broad, persistent 4-20-rayed stigma. 

 Exotic herbs, with white juice, abounding hi opium. Fl. buds nodding, 

 erect in flower and fruit. Figs. 148, 404-6. 



1 P. Komit i ferum L. Opium Poppy. Glabrous and glaucous ; Ivs. clasping, cut- 



dentate ; caps, globous. with large white or purplish flowers, often double. l\ 3f. 

 Extensively cultivated for opium. June, July. . 



2 I". DUBIUM L. St. hispid with spreading hairs ; Ivs. pinnately-parted ; segm. incised ; 



sep. hairy ; caps, club-shaped. Fields. 2f. Slender. Fls. light red or scarlet. 

 June, July. . 



3 P. RILEAS L. St. many-flowered, hairy ; Ivs. incisely pinnatifid ; caps, globous. ( 



Fls. very largo, deep scarlet, more or less double. June, July. 



4 P. ORIENTALE L. St. 1-flowcred, rough ; Ivs. scabrous, pinnate, serrate ; caps, smooth. 



%. Levant. 3f. Fls. very large, scarlet, too brilliant to be looked upon in the sun. June. 



7. ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Cham. (Named for EscTischoltz, a German 

 botanist well known for his researches in California.) Sep. 2, cohering, 

 caducous. Pet. 4. Stam. GO, adhering to the claws of the petals. Stig. 

 sessile. Caps, pod-shaped, cylindric, 10-striate, many-seeded. @ Lvs. 

 finely pinnatifid, glaucous. The juice, which is colorless, exhales the odor 

 of hydrochloric acid. 



1 E. DOUGLASII Hook. St. branching, leafy ; torus obconic ; cal. ovoid, with a very 



short, abrupt acumination ; pet. bright yellow, with an orange spot at base. Cal. Oreg. 

 Foliage smooth, abundant, and rich. Fls. 2' 3' broad. 



2 E. CALIFORNICA Hook. St. branching, leafy ; torus funnel-form, with a much-dilated 



limb : cal. conic, with a long acumination ; flowers orange-yellow. Cal. 



8. BOCCONIA, Plum. Sep. 2, colored. Pet. 0. Sty. bifid. Caps. 2 

 valved, l--3-seeded. U Cult, for the handsome glaucous Ivs. Fls. in panicles. 



1 B. CORDATA. Lvs. roundish, cordate, many-lobed, veiny ; flowers white or yellowish, 



numerous in the ample pyramidal panicle, in Summer. From China. Hardy. 



2 B. rnuTKSCENs. Lvs. oblong, large, einnate-lobed, splendid ; fls. in Spr. wh. W. Ind 



