Andersoniane. Tab. IS. 
PAPAVER BRACTEATUM. 
Nar. Orv. Papaveracee, Juss., Dec. Linn. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 
PAPAVER, Linn. Petala4. Stamina plurima. Stylus Rullus. Stigmata 4—20, radiantia, sessilia, super discum 
ovarium coronantem. Capsula obovata. Dec. Syst. 2. 69. 
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Papaver, petalis 5, capsulis glabris obovatis bracteis persistentibus involucratis, sepalis pilosis, caulibus unifloris sca- 
pris foliosis, foliis pinnatipartitis hispidis, lobis oblongis serratis. 
Descr. Habitus et characteres ut plurimim Papacveris orientalis. Differt tamen caule nunquam ramoso ; foliis concavis nec 
planis; floribus semper bracteatis ; stigmatis radiis 16 nec 12, quod sepius in Papavere orientale occurrit ; dentibus disci stig- 
matici patentibus nec reflexis ; demum florescentid precociore, et aspectu viridiore. Variat floribus immaculatis et petalis 5; 
talis varietas quoad petalorum numerum delineatur. 
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In the recent elaborate monograph of Papaveracee by M. Decandolle, we find no mention made of this plant ; 
which is undoubtedly distinct from Papaver orientale, although very similar to it at first sight. Besides flowering a 
month earlier, it is obviously distinguished by the great bracteze which surround the base of the flower ; and which 
never are absent, or even altered, in all the plants we have seen. There are also other differences, which we have 
noticed above. 
It sometimes varies with five instead of four petals, which is an unexpected circumstance in the order ; on which 
account we have represented it in that state, that the fact may not be neglected. 
The calyx is pushed off by the corolla when expanding, without any disunion of the three pieces of which it is 
made up. In rainy or cloudy weather, or at night, the petals close over the stamens, and thus afford them an effec- 
tual protection. 
Tournefort says the Turks eat the green heads of Papaver orientale, although excessively acrid. 
Mr. Anderson communicated our specimens from the Physic Garden at Chelsea ; where he has, by his unremitting 
assiduity, formed perhaps the finest and most interesting collection of hardy herbaceous plants ever in this country. 
He informs us that he has received it three different times from Dr. Fischer : first in 1818 under the name of Papaver 
orientale speciosum: secondly in 1819 by the name of Papaver orientale pulcherrimum: and thirdly in 1821 as 
Papaver orientale grandiflorum. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
il, Transverse section of the capsule half ripe. If this be compared with M. Richard’s account of the capsule of Papaver, in 
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serted in our note to the translation of his Analyse du Fruit, p. 6, it will be seen how completely it confirms his opinion of the 
nature of the septa; that is, une they are not, strictly speaking, dissepiments, but projecting placentas. 2. Stamen. 3. Pollen 
