228 PAPAVERACEAE 



4. Eschscholzia minutifldra S. Wats. Pygmy Poppy. Fig. 1894. 



Eschscholzia minutiflora S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 11: 122. 1876. 

 Eschscholzia modesta Greene, Pittonia 1: 169. 1888. 



Annual glabrous or rarely sparsely puberulent, somewhat glaucous, the stems leafy, branch- 

 ing 1-3 dm. high. Leaves rather finely to coarsely dissected, the divisions linear to oblong; 

 flowers scattered along the leafy stem; torus short-turbinate, without spreading outer rim; 

 petals yellow, 3-6 mm. long; seeds globose, reticulate. 



Dry desert slopes and plains, Upper and Lower Sonoran Zones; Washoe County, Nevada, and Inyo 

 County California. Several se^repates were proposed by Greene and Fedde. Type locality: From North- 

 western Nevada to Arizona and Southern Utah." March-May. 



Eschscholzia minutiflora var. darwinensis M. E. Jones, Contr. West Bot. No. 8:2. 1898. (Esch- 

 scholzia Parishii Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1:183. 1885.) Closely resembling the typical species, but the 

 petals 8-15 mm. long. Panamint Mountains south to the Colorado Desert, California. 



5. Eschscholzia Lemmonii Greene. Lemmon's Eschscholzia. Fig. 1895. 



Eschscholzia Lemmonii Greene, W. Amer. Sci. 3: 157. 1887. 

 Eschscholzia urceolata Eastw. Bull. Torrey Club 30: 488. 1903. 

 Eschscholzia delitescens Fedde, Pflanzenreich 4 10 *: 300. 1909. 



Annual, more or less canescent with short, usually curved hairs, the stems leafy, branching 

 and decumbent or ascending, 15-30 cm. long. Leaves finely dissected, pubescent; torus urceolate ; 

 calyptra usually densely white-pubescent; petals orange or yellow, 15-25 mm. long; capsule 3-6 

 cm. long ; seeds reticulate. 



Dry interior hills and plains, Upper Sonoran Zone; Inner Coast Ranges of California, from San Benito 

 County to San Luis Obispo County, also in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Type locality: Cholame, San 

 Luis Obispo County, California. April-June. 



6. Eschscholzia glyptosperma Greene. Mojave Poppy. Fig. 1896. 



Eschscholzia glyptosperma Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1 : 70. 1885. 

 Eschscholzia paupercula Greene, Pittonia 5: 262. 1905. 



Annual with many slender scapose stems arising from a dense tuft of nearly basal leaves, 

 1-2 dm. high. Leaves finely dissected into short crowded linear divisions, glaucous and glabrous ; 

 torus turbinate without a spreading outer rim; calyptra ovoid-lanceolate; petals yellow, 1-2 cm. 

 long ; seeds globose, rather remotely pitted and without reticulations. 



Dry hillsides, Lower Sonoran Zone; Mojave Desert, California, east to southern Utah. Type locality: 

 Mojave Desert, California. April-May. 



7. Eschscholzia Lobbii Greene. Rough-seeded Eschscholzia. Fig. 1897. 



Eschscholzia Lobbii Greene, Pittonia 5: 290. 1905. 

 Eschscholzia pulchella Greene, Pittonia 5: 291. 1905. 

 Eschscholzia graminea Fedde, Rep. Nov. Spec. 2: 146. 1906. 



Annual with many slender erect scapose stems, 1-3 cm. high. Leaves basal or nearly so, 

 forming a tuft, dissected into comparatively few narrowly linear elongated divisions; torus 

 short-turbinate; calyptra ovoid, acute; petals yellow, 8-15 mm. long; seeds strongly muriculate. 



Open hillsides and plains, Upper Sonoran Zone; Sacramento Valley and the surrounding Inner Coast 

 Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills, California. Type locality: northwestern Solano County, California. 

 March-May. 



Hunnemannia fumariaefolia Sweet, Brit. Flow. Card. 3: 54. pi. 276. 1828. The Mexican Tulip Poppy, 

 a native of Mexico, is occasionally found growing spontaneously in California. 



6. GLAUCIUM Mill. Gard. Diet. Abr. ed. 4. 1754. 



Glaucous annual or biennial plants, with alternate, clasping leaves, saffron-colored sap, 

 and showy yellow flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4. Stamens many. Stigma nearly sessile, 

 2-lobed, the lobes dilated, convex. Capsule long-linear, 2-celled, dehiscent to the base. 

 Seeds cancellate, crestless. [Name Greek, in reference to the glaucous foliage.] 



A genus of about 6 species, natives of the Old World, mainly of the Mediterranean region. Type species, 

 Chelidonium glaucium L. 



1. Glaucium flavum Crantz. Yellow-horned or Sea Poppy. Fig. 1898. 



Chelidonium glaucium L. Sp. PI. 506. 1753. 

 Glaucium flavum Crantz, Stirp. Aust. 2: 131. 1763. 

 Glaucium luteum Scop. Fl. Cam. ed. 2. 1: 369. 1772. 

 Glaucium glaucium Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 649. 1880-83. 



Stems stout, rigid, branching, 5-10 dm. high. Leaves ovate or oblong in outline, 5-15 cm. 

 long, scurfy, pinnatifid, the divisions toothed, or the uppermost merely lobed; flowers axillary 

 and terminal; petals broadly obovate, 2-3 cm. long; capsule 15-20 cm. long. 



In waste places, sparingly introduced in the Pacific States. Native of Europe. June-Sept. 



7. Stylomecon G. Taylor, Journ. Bot. Brit. & For. 68: 140. 1930. 



Annual with simple or branching stems, yellow juice, and pinnately parted or divided 

 leaves. Flowers on slender axillary peduncles. Sepals 2, caducous. Petals 4. Stamens 



