POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Papaver. 11 



Annual. June, July. 



Of a stouter more luxuriant habit than the foregoing, with broader 

 leaves. Stem clothed with spreading hairs ; Jiower-stalks with 

 close-pressed bristles. Petals broader than they are long, of a 

 light scarlet, the margin mostly crenate. Stam. linear. Pollen 

 yellow, Stig7na of from 6 to 8 rays. Caps, oblong, swelling 

 upwards, abrupt, with as many ribbed angles as there are rays, 

 perfectly smooth, and somewhat glaucous. 



Jacquin, in Fl. Austr. t. 25, has published a white-flowered variety, 

 bearing a dark purple spot on the base of each petal. This has 

 not been observed in Britain ; nor have I seen any variation in 

 the hue of the flowers, which are always known from our other 

 red Poppies by their paleness. 



4. P. Rhoeas. Common Red Poppy. Corn Rose. 



Capsule smooth, nearly globular. Stigma many-rayed. 

 Stem many-flowered, rough, like the flower-stalks, with 

 spreading bristles. Leaves pinnatifid, cut. 



P. Rhoeas. Linn. Sp. PI. 726. JVilld. v. 2. 1146. Fl. Br. 567. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. t. 645. Curt. Land. fasc. 3. t. 32. IVoodv. 



t. 186. Hook. Scot. 168. Lob. Ic. 275./. Ger. Em. 371./. 



DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 76. Fl. Dan. t. 1580. 

 P, n. 1064, Hall. Nomencl. 95. Hist. v. 2. 16. 

 P. laciniato folio, capitulobreviore glabro, annuum, Rhoeas dictum. 



Raii Syn. 308. 

 P. erraticum. Matth. Valgr. v. 2, 404./ Camer. Epit. 802./. 

 P. erraticum primum. Fuchs. Hist. 515./ 

 Argemone. Trag. Hist. 120. f. 



In corn-fields, a troublesome weed. 



Annual. June, July. 



In habit like the last, but the segments of the leaves are broader, 

 and less numerous. Stem, as well an Jiower-stalks, clothed all 

 over with tawny hairs spreading horizontally. Calyx rough with 

 similar, but more upright hairs. Pet. large, undulated, of a 

 deep rich scarlet, sometimes black at the base. Stigma of 10 

 or 12 rays. Caps, ovate, abrupt, short, quite smooth and even. 



Beautiful varieties of this species, with semidouble flowers, varie- 

 gated with rose-colour and white, are easily cultivated for orna- 

 ment, but liable to degenerate in luxuriance. Its medical qua- 

 lities are mildly narcotic. 



5. P. somniferum. White Poppy. 



Capsule nearly globular, smooth as well as the calyx and 

 stem. Leaves notched, clasping the stem, glaucous. 



P. somniferum. Linn. Sp. PI. 726, mild. v. 2. 1 147. Ft. Br. 

 568. Engl. Bot. «. 30. t. 2145. Woodv. t. 185. Hook. Scot. 

 168. DeCand. r. 2. 81. Bull. Fr. t. 57. 



