PAPAVER. PAPAVERACEJE. - i7 
55. (1) N. stellata (Willd. :) leaves quite entire but with the margin waved, 
glabrous on both sides, without dots; lobes at the base diverging; petiole 
attached a little within the margin: anthers with the connectivum prolonged 
into an appendage: stigma 8-12-rayed.— DC. prod. 1. p. 115; Spr. syst. 2. 
P. 604; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 519; Wall.! L. n. 7253; Wight! cat. n. 55.—N. 
cyanea, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 577.—N. Nouchali, Burm.—Rheed. Mal. 11. 
t. 27.— Frequent in tanks in Tanjore. 
56. (2) N. rubra (Roab.:) leaves sharply toothed, downy but not spotted 
beneath ; lobes diverging ; petiole intramarginal: flowers red: connectivum 
not prolonged: stigma 10-20-rayed.—Roab. fl. Ind. 2. p. 576; DC. Prod. 1. 
D. 115; Spr. syst. 2. p. 605 ; Wall.! L. n. 7255; Wight! cat. n. 53; Sims Bot. 
Mag. t. 1280 and 1364. Tanks and ditches in Tanjore. 
57. (3) N. pubescens (Willd.:) leaves sharply toothed, reniform-orbicular ; 
under side densely and softly pubescent, spotted ; lobes divaricated ; petiole 
Intramarginal: flowers white: connectivum not prolonged: stigma with about 
20 rays.—DC. prod. 1. p. 115; Spr. syst. 2. p. 605; Wall.! L. n. 7250; Wight! 
cat. n. 54.—N. Lotus, Burm.; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 577.—Rheed. Mal. 11. t. 26. 
ORDER VIIL—PAPAVERACEJE. Juss. 
Sepals two, deciduous. Petals hypogynous, four cruciate (or a mul- 
tiple of four), regular; rarely wanting. Stamens eight, or some multi- 
ple of four, usually indefinite, inserted in four parcels one of which ad- 
heres to the base of each petal: anthers bilocular, erect. Ovary solitary: 
style short or none: stigmas alternate with the placente, two or many, 
in which case they are stellate on the flat apex of the ovarium. Fruit 
one-celled, either siliquzeform with two, or capsular with several, parietal 
Placentz. Seeds numerous. Albumen between fleshy and oily, at the 
base of which is a minute straight embryo, with plano-convex cotyle- 
dons.—Plants herbaceous or shrubby, with a milky juice. Leaves al- 
ternate, divided. Peduncles long, one-flowered. 
I. PAPAVER. Linn. ; Gert. fr. t. 60; Lam. ill. t. 451. 
Sepals 2, convex, deciduous. Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Style none. 
Stigmata 4-20, radiating, sessile on the disk that crowns the ovary. Capsule 
obovate, 1-celled, consisting of 4-20 carpels included in a membranaceous 
expansion of the torus, opening by short valves under the crown formed by 
the stigmas.  Placéntte between the yalves, produced internally into spurious 
incomplete dissepiments.—Herbaceous plants with a white juice. Peduncles 
drooping at the extremity before flowering. 
* 58. (1) P. somniferum (Linn. :) stem smooth glaucous : leaves amplexicaul, 
Tepand, cut and toothed ; teeth somewhat obtuse: capsules obovate or : 
» and the calyx glabrous.—DC. prod. 1. p. 120; Spr. syst. 2. p. 5 wd 
ill. t. 451; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 571; Wight! cat. n. 57. 
II. ARGEMONE. Linn. ; Gert. fr. t.60; Lam. ill. t. 452. 
_ Petals 4-6. Stamina numerous. Style scarcely any: stigmas 4~7, radiat- 
mg, concave, free. Capsule obovate, l-celled, opening by valves at the 
apex ; placente linear. Seeds spheerical, pitted.—Annual glaucous herbs, 
abounding in a yellow juice, and covered with rigid prickles. Leaves sessile 
B 
