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PAPAVER NUDICAULE /3 COCCINEA. 



Scarlet Naked-stalked Poppy. 



POLYANDRIA. MoNOGYNIA. 



Class 13. Order 1. 



Papaver, from Pappa. 



Linn. gen. n. G48. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth two-leaved^ ovate, emarginate ; leaflets subovate, con- 

 cave, obtuse, caducous. Cor. Petals four, roundish, flat, spreading, 

 large, narrow at the base, alternately less. Stam. Filaments nu- 

 merous, capillary, much shorter than the corolla. Anthers oblong, 

 compressed, erect, obtuse. Plst. Germ roundish, large. Style 

 none. Stigma peltate, flat, radiate. Per. Capsule crowned with 

 the large stigma, one-celled. Seeds numerous, very small. Recept. 

 longitudinal plaits, the same number with the rays of the stigma, 

 fastened to the wall of the pericarp. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx egg-shaped, hairy, rough. Leafstalks radical, very long. Leaves 

 downy, lobed ; lobes acutely dentated. 



Root biennial. Root-leaves hispid, broader, shorter, less 

 deeply divided, and fewer segments than in the others, which 

 are divided into narrower and longer segments : they are of 

 a very glaucous green, more particularly so underneath. 

 Stems herbaceous : tliey rise about a foot in height, they are 



