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ARGEMONE* grandifldra. 

 Large-flowered Mexican Poppy. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



■ Nat. ord. Papaverace*. 



ARGEMONE Unn. — Sepala 2-3 concava, mucrone superata, pilis 



aculeiformibus aspera. Petala 4-6. Stamina 00. Ovarium ovatum, stig- 



matibus 4-7, radiantibus persistenlibus concavis liberis (nee super discum 



sessilibus) coronatum. Capsula ovata, l-locularis, valvulis apice debiscens, 



placentis linearibus. Semina sphserica, strophiolata. Herba annua, 



succo Jiavescente donata, in caule, foliis, et calyce pilis rigidis subacideata. 

 FoHa sessilia penninervia, repando-sinuata, sinubus dentato-spinulosis, sceph 

 albo maculata aut picta. Pedunculi axillares, semjier erecti, nee ante 

 anthesin infiexo-cernui. Floras y?a^'^ aut albi. — Dec. syst. 2. 85. 



A. grandiflora ; foliis oblongis pinnatifidis planis pauci-dentatis, calycibus 



inermibus. 

 A. grandiflora. Hort. angl. 



Caulis erectus, teres, glaber, pallid^ viridis, undique striis acicularibus, 

 purpureis notatus. Folia oblonga, pinnatijida, medio maculata, pauci- 

 dentata. Flores terminates, subterni, matutini, bibracteolati. Calyx 

 caducus, tricornis, triphyllus, pallide viridis, inermis. Petala magna, alba, 

 membranacea, subplicata, sex, duplici serie. Stamina plurima, brevia, 

 hypogyna, antheris basi insertis, apice gyratis. Ovarium \-loculare, 

 placentis 4 parietalibus polysjjermis. Stigmata 4, lunata, incurva, sessilia 

 (incurid pictoris tria in icone). 



This is one of the multitude of fine plants with which 

 our Gardens have been enriched by the importations of 

 Robert Barclay, Esq. of Bury Hill. It is one of the most 

 ornamental hardy annuals we are acquainted with, and far 

 superior to any other of the Poppy tribe, except Esch- 

 scholtzia californica. 



A native of Mexico, flowering from June to September. 



* So called from argema, or a cataract of the eye, which it has been 

 thought to cure. 



