﻿POPPY 
  FAMILY 
  97 
  

  

  Petals 
  oMong 
  or 
  obovate, 
  quickly 
  deciduous. 
  Capsule 
  1 
  -celled, 
  2- 
  

   valved, 
  the 
  valves 
  separating 
  from 
  the 
  persistent 
  placentae 
  at 
  ma- 
  

   turity. 
  In 
  rich, 
  open 
  woods.* 
  

  

  HI. 
  CHELIDONIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Erect, 
  branched, 
  perennial 
  herbs, 
  with 
  yellow 
  juice. 
  Leaves 
  

   much 
  divided. 
  Flowers 
  yellow. 
  Sepals 
  2, 
  falling 
  as 
  the 
  flower 
  

   opens. 
  Petals 
  4. 
  Ovary 
  1-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  

   with 
  2 
  joined 
  stigmas. 
  Capsule 
  linear. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  majus 
  L. 
  CELANDINE. 
  Stem 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  brittle, 
  slightly 
  

   hairy, 
  leafy. 
  Leaves 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  pinnate. 
  Flowers 
  small. 
  A 
  rather 
  

   common 
  weed 
  in 
  yards 
  and 
  along 
  fences. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  IV. 
  PAPAVER 
  L. 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs 
  with 
  milky 
  juice. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  

   smooth, 
  or 
  rough-hairy, 
  branching 
  above. 
  Leaves 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  lobed 
  or 
  dissected. 
  Flower 
  buds 
  nodding, 
  flowers 
  showy. 
  

   Sepals 
  commonly 
  2, 
  falling 
  off 
  as 
  the 
  flower 
  opens. 
  Petals 
  

   4-6. 
  Stamens 
  many. 
  Stigma 
  disk-like 
  ; 
  ovules 
  many, 
  borne 
  

   on 
  many 
  inwardly 
  projecting 
  placentae.* 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  somniferum 
  L. 
  OPIUM 
  POPPY. 
  Annual. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  branched 
  

   above, 
  smooth 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  bloom, 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  oblong, 
  irreg- 
  

   ularly 
  lobed 
  or 
  cut, 
  sessile, 
  clasping. 
  Flowers 
  nearly 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  

   purple 
  center, 
  large 
  and 
  showy, 
  on 
  long 
  peduncles. 
  Capsule 
  globose, 
  

   seeds 
  minutely 
  pitted. 
  About 
  old 
  gardens 
  and 
  waste 
  places. 
  Culti- 
  

   vated 
  in 
  southern 
  Asia, 
  where 
  the 
  juice 
  of 
  the 
  capsules 
  is 
  dried 
  to 
  

   make 
  opium.* 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  Rhceas 
  L. 
  CORN 
  POPPY. 
  Annual. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  hairy, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  

   high. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  petioled, 
  upper 
  ones 
  sessile, 
  all 
  pinnately 
  cut, 
  

   the 
  lobes 
  serrate. 
  Corolla 
  scarlet, 
  often 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  center, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  

   in 
  diameter. 
  Capsule 
  smooth, 
  obovoid. 
  Waste 
  ground, 
  sometimes 
  

   in 
  fields. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Europe 
  and 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  3. 
  P. 
  dubium 
  L. 
  SMOOTH-FRUITED 
  POPPY. 
  Annual. 
  Stem 
  slender, 
  

   branching, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  tall. 
  Leaves 
  pinnatifid, 
  the 
  lower 
  petioled, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  sessile. 
  Flowers 
  large 
  and 
  showy, 
  usually 
  red 
  ; 
  capsule 
  long- 
  

   obovoid, 
  smooth. 
  In 
  cultivated 
  ground. 
  Both 
  this 
  and 
  No. 
  1 
  are 
  

   often 
  cultivated 
  in 
  gardens 
  and 
  produce 
  double 
  flowers.* 
  

  

  4. 
  P. 
  orientale 
  L. 
  ORIENTAL 
  POPPY. 
  A 
  large, 
  rough-hairy 
  peren- 
  

   nial. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  deep 
  green, 
  almost 
  pinnate. 
  Flower 
  very 
  large, 
  

   deep 
  red. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  Mediterranean 
  region. 
  

  

  