1948 



* CHRY8EI8 compacta. 



Dwarf Chryscis. 



ICOSANDRIA? POLYAyoniAi. TKTRAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Papaveraces. 



CHRYSEIS. Snprd, vol. \A.fol. 1168, sub Eschscholtzia. 



C. compacta; caule denso humili ranioso, foliorum sctimentis lineari-cuneatis 

 apice tridentatis, pedunculi cyatho iiifundibulari: limbo maximo planiusculo. 



This plant seems to stand in much the same relation to 

 Chryseis californica and ci'ocea, as those to each other ; tliat 

 is to say, if they are distinct, so is this ; but if they are 

 varieties only of one species, this must be reduced to that 

 species also. 



It differs from both of them in having a much more 

 dwarf compact habit, the segments of the leaves very slightly 

 toothed, instead of deeply lobed, and in the flowers being far 

 smaller. From C californica it is distinguished by the limb 

 of its calyx-cup being much broader and slightly undulated, 

 while it is much less undulated than that of C. crocea. In 

 the plate, ^V/. 1. belongs to C. compacta; fig. 2. to C. crocea; 

 andfg. 3. to C. californica. 



With respect to the generic name, which, it will be per- 

 ceived, is altered from Eschscholtzia to Chryseis, I beg to 

 insert the following note from a botanical friend, on whose 

 correct judgment 1 place great reliance :- — 



"It is surprising that so great a violation of an esta- 

 blished botanical rule, as is contained in the generic name 

 Eschscholtzia, should have been so long permitted to remain. 

 The rule to which we refer, is, that two different genera 



* Chryseis a celebrated Homeric beauty ; the name allusive to the golden 

 colour of the flowers. 



