999 



FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Argemone 



Macf. Jam. i. 20; A. Gr. Gen. 112, ^ 47 ; Griseh. FL Br. W. Lid. 

 13; Baill. Hist. Hi. U'S,figs. 125-127; Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 250; 

 Fedde in Engl. Pjianzenreicli iv. pt. 104, 273, Jig. 3Qh. Argemone 



Fig, 91. Argeinone mexicana L. 



A, L'ppev portion of plant with bud, fruit 



and flower x . 



B, Sepal X . 



C, Pistil cut lengthwise X . 

 I), Ditto, cut across x . 



E, E,ipe capsule X %. 



F, Seed cut lengthwise, e, endosperm ; 



c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 

 (After A. Gray.) 



spinosum &c. 

 Herb. Linn. 



Brovme Hist. Jam. 244. (Fig. 91.) Type in 



Prickly Poppy, Gamboge Thistle, Mexican Thistle. 



In fl. throughout the year; Barham (7697 in fr. coll. Sloane) ! Broiune ; 

 Kingston, Clute ! Spanish Town ; Hope ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 6760, 6979, 

 8456. West Indies, tropical continental America, and widely naturalised. 



Herb 1^-3 ft. high. Leaves 8-20 cm, 1. Flowers with 2 or 3 leafy 

 bracts. Sepals (incl. spiny apex) about 2 cm. 1. Petals yellow or 

 orange-coloured, 2-2*5 cm. 1. Capsule rounded at both ends, 4-6-valved, 

 2 -5-3 '5 cm. 1. ; style very short. Seeds globose, reticulate-pitted, about 

 2 mm. 1. 



2. BOCCONIA L. 



Herbs or shrubs wdth dark yellow juice. Panicles terminal, 

 much branched. Sepals 2. Petals none. Stamens 8-24. 

 Placentas of the ovary 2 ; ovule solitary, erect from the base ; 

 stigmas 2, spreading. Capsule opening by 2 valves from the 



