168 POLYAND. MONOG. 



Hab. Sea-coasts. Near Queensferry and at Charlestown, Lightf. 

 Sandy shores near Goslbrd and N. Queensferry, Maugh. Shores 

 at Helensburgh, plentiful, Ilopk. Arran, abundant, Mr.Murray. FL 

 July, Aug. ©. 



One foot to two feet high, every where glaucous. Leaves scabrous, 

 especially on the u})per side, lower ones pinnatifid, upper ones va- 

 riously lobcd. Flowers veiy large, beautiful, bright yellow, suc- 

 ceeded hy pods of from 6 — 10 inches in length. 



4. PAPAVER. 



■^- Capsules hispid. 



1. P. Argemone {long-prickly -headed Poppy) j capsule clavate 

 hispid, stem leafy many-flowored. Light}', p. 279. E. B. ^.64.3. 



Hab. Corn-fields, but not common, Dr. Parsons. FL June. 0. 



Whole j)]ant hairy, 1 foot or more high, mostly a good deal branched 

 upwai- '?;. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate and cut, the segments nar- 

 row ; lower leaves on long footstalks. Flowers small. Petals nar- 

 row, scarlet. 



** Capsules glabruits. 



2. P. duhium {loiig-svioolk-headed Poppy), capsules glabrous 

 oblong, stem many-flowered hairy, bristles of the flower-stalks 

 appresscd, leaves pinnatifid. Lightf. p. 280. E. B. t. 644. 



Hab. Corn-fieldy, &c. ; the most common kind in N. Britain, Lightf. 



H.July. ©. 

 Stems 1 foot to 2 feet high, hispid with spreading hairs. Flowers large. 



Petals broad, palish scarlet. 



3. P. Rliceas {cotnmoii red Poppy), capsules glabrous nearly glo- 

 bose, stem manv-flowered bristly, bristles of the flowerstalks 

 (as well as of the stenj) spreading, leaves pinnatifid. Lightf. 

 p. 279. E.B.t.6iD. 



Hab. Abundant amongst corn. i*?. June, July. O. 

 Admirably distinguished from the last by its short cai)sule, and spread- 

 ing hairs on the footstalks of the flowers. Pet. broad, deep scarlet. 



4. V . somnijerum [while Poppy), capsule globose glabrous, stem 

 nmny-flowered and, as well as the glaucous ample.xicaul leaves, 

 glabrous. £. B. /. 2145, 



Hab. Publish.ed as British in E. B. on the authority of specimens sent, 

 by Miss Watson, from the neighbourhood of Delvine House, Angus- 

 shire, growing in newly-trenched ground, by road-sides, &c. FL 

 July, G • 



Two to four feet high. Leaves subovate, erect and lobed. Flowers very 

 large, generally white, with a purple eye ; but varying extremely in 

 colour. Caps, large, globose, with a spreading lobed stigma. From 

 the unripe capsules opium is extracted : and on this account plants 

 have been cultivated, the seeds of which have escaped into adjoin- 

 ing fields. Native of the S. of Europe. 



5. P. cambricum [ijellow Poppy), capsules glabrous oblong, stem 

 many- flowered nearly glabrous, leaves j)innated, leaflets petio- 

 late ovato- lanceolate cut. E, B. t. 66. 



