CHAP. I.] PAPAVERACE^. 261 



Poppy is, when ripe, a dry leathery capsule (d) 

 with numerous angles, each angle indicating a 

 carpel ; for tlie capsule of the Poppy, though 

 one-celled when ripe, consists, in fact, of a 

 number of carpels grown together. The re- 

 mains of these imperfect carpels are perceptible 

 in the little valves shown at f, which open at the 

 top of each to discharge the seed when it is ripe; 

 and in the slightly- peaked cover (e), which con- 

 sists of as many stigmas grown together as there 

 appear to have been carpels. When the capsule is 

 cut open (as shown in the capsule at c/, from 

 which the fourth part has been removed), re- 

 mains of the carpels will be found in several pro- 

 jections from the sides, which partially divide 

 the inside of the capsule into several imperfect 

 cells, in which the young seeds are formed ; 

 though none of these portions reach the centre. 

 The ovules, when first formed in the ovary, are 

 attached to these projections, which are called 

 parietal placentse ; but as the seeds ripen they 

 become loose, and if a dry Poppy-head be 

 shaken, they will be found to rattle. The leaves 

 of the Corn Poppy are what is called pinnatifid, 

 (see h in Ji(/. Ill,) that is, they are so deeply 

 cut as to appear almost in separate leaflets ; 

 and the whole plant (except the petals and the 

 capsule) is covered with short bristly hairs (i), 

 which stand out horizontally. 



