POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA” os} 
Oss. The Ch.'smajus produces along pod of 1 cell; the 
Ch. glaucium and Ch. corniculatum a long pod of 2 capsules, and 
the Ch. hybridum a long pod with 3 valves. Linn. Ch. majus 
has a capsule resembling a pod, with knots where the seeds are 
placed, it has 1 cell and 2 valves. The seeds are egg-shaped, 
with a kind of crest along the back, and fixed by each end to 
a thread-shaped receptacle, and between the edges of the 
valves. The Ch. glaucium et hybridum have a very long pod- 
like capsule, compressed transversely, of 2 cells, 2 valves, and - 
@ partition inserted between the edges of the valves.. The seeds 
"are globular, and fixed in hollow cavities to the middle of the 
spongy receptacle. (Geertn.) ; 
PAPA’/VER. Tourn. 119, 120. Gaertn. 60. 
Car. Cup 2-leauatiedgsshaped, nicked at the end. Leafits 
2, somewhat € haped, concave, blunt, shedding. 
Boss. Petals 4, circular, flat, expanding, large, narrowest 
at the base, alternately smaller. 
Sram. Filaments numerous, hair-like, much shorter than 
- blossom. Anthers oblong, compressed, upright, 
lunt. ; | 
Pist. Germen nearly globular, large. Style none, Summit 
target-shaped, flat, radiating. . 
S. Vess. Capsule of 1 cell, divided half way into many 
cells, opening by several apertures beneath the crown 
formed by the large and flat summit. sa ‘ 
- SEEDS numerous, very small.» Receptacle consisting of as 
many longitudinal plaits as there are rays in the sum- 
“mit, connected to the sides of the capsule. 
Oss. The seed-vessel varies in figure, from globular to ob- 
jong, and the number of rays in the summit are likewise vari- 
ous. The species may be divided into such as have smooth and 
such as have rough havry seed-vessels, Linn. 
NYMPHZ’A. Tourn. 137 8138. Gaertn. 19. 
Cat. Cup beneath, 4-leaved, large, coloured on the upper 
surface, permanent. pede a 
Bioss. Petals numerous, (often 15,) fixed to the side of 
the germen, in more than] row. | 
Sram. Filaments numerous, (often 70,) flat, crooked, 
blunt, short. -Anthers oblong, fixed to the edge of the 
filaments. | : 
Pist. Germen egg-shaped, large. Style none. Summit 
circular, flat, central, sitting, marked with rays, scol~ 
loped at the edge, permanent. 
