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[part XI. 



The common Corn Poppy (Papaver Rhceas) 

 has a showy flower, the corolla of which consists of 



four very large 



scarlet petals, 

 the outer two 

 much exceedino: 

 the others in 

 size (see a in^^. 

 111). The ca- 

 lyx is green, 

 and it is divided 

 into only two 

 sepals, (see ^,) 

 which ftill off 

 soon after the 

 expansion of the 

 flower. The pe- 

 tals are all curi- 

 ously crumpled 

 in the bud, and 

 they present 

 quite a wrin- 

 kled appearance 



FiQ. Ill, — Flower, LEAF, AND SEED-VESSEL ov when the flowers 



THE COMMON POPPY. „ , 



are nrst opened. 

 The stamens are very numerous, and the anthers, 

 which are black, are of the kind called innate ; 

 that is, the filament is only attached to them at 

 the lower part (c). The seed-vessel of the Corn 



