308 AN ACCOUNT OF THE GENUS ARGEMONE. 



cm. longis; bracteis foliaceis 2-2*5 cm.; sepalis 2 cm. ; alabastris 

 1-25 cm. latis ; floribus majusculis 7-8 cm. latis ; capsulis 1-5-2 cm. 

 longis ; seminibus 2 mm. latis. 



This very distinct species cannot possibly be confused with any 

 of the others. 



2. Argemone mexicana Linn. Glaberrima glaucescens ramis 

 ascendentibiis gracilibus cauleque undique foliosis aculeis ascen- 

 denti-patentibns sparse armatis vel glabris ; foliis herbaceis siniiato- 

 pinnatifidis margine cnicoideo-spinosis, venis albidis ; floribus inter 

 bracteas 2-3 foliaceas ad apicem ramorum floralium perbrevium 

 (var. typica) vel plus minus elongatorum (var. ochroleuca) aggre- 

 gatas singulis termiualibus ; sepalis sub apicem in cornu teretiformi 

 Igeve productis, extus aculeis paucis munitis ; petalis flavis vel 

 aurantiacis (var. typica) vel ochroleucis (var. ochrolexica) obovatis 

 apice semicircularibus basi saepissime late cuneatis ; capsulis late 

 oblongis 4-6 valvis ; stylo subnullo (var. typica) vel distincto (var. 

 ochroleuca), valvis coriaceis sparse aculeis subfequalibus in lineas 3 

 instructis armatis vel raro iuermibus, aculeis basi parum dilatatis ; 

 seminibus globosis distincte reticulatis. 



Var. tyinca : stylo subnullo, stigmatum lobis suberectis, cap- 

 sula basi apiceque rotundata, floribus aurantiacis vel luteis, ramis 

 fioralibus magnopere abbreviatis. Aryemone mexicana [Tournef. 

 Klem. 204, t. 121 (1G94), et Inst. Bei Herb. 239, t. 121 (1700) ; 

 Merian. Insect. Surinam, t. 24 (1705) ; Boerhaave, Ind. Alt. i. 280 

 (1720) ; Sabbati, Hort. Rom. 4, t. G5 (1745).] Linn. Sp. PL i. 508 

 (1753), et Syst. Nat. ii. 1073 (1759) ; Mill. Vict. i. 35, t. 50 (1760); 

 Lamk. Eiicyc. Meth. i. 247, et III. t. 452 (1784) ; Gaertn. Fmrt. i. 

 287, t. 60 (1788); Vitm. Stimma Plant, iii. 297 (1789); Alton, 

 Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. 255 (1789); Brez, Flor. Insect. 211 (1791); 

 Curt. Bot. May. t. 243 (1794); Willd. Sp. PL ii. 1148 (1799); 

 Lestib. Bot. Pely. ed. 2, iii. pt. 2, 131 (1799) ; Pers. Synops. ii. 62 

 (1807) ; Schultz, Ohs. 97 (1809) ; Merr. Handb. d. Pflanzenkund. i. 

 244 (1809) ; Dum. de Cours. Bot. Cultir. ed. 2, iv. 468 (1811) ; 

 Alton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 290 (1811); Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med.m. 

 195 (1812) ; Vig. Hist. Nat. Pav. 49, f. 2b, & f. 4 (1814) ; Lunan, 

 Hort. Jamaic. ii. 312 (1814) ; Pursh, FL N. Amer. ii. 366 (1814) ; 

 Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 489 (1815); Nutt. Gen. ii. 9 (1818); DC. 

 Syst. Vey. ii. 86 (1821) ; Elliott, Bot. Carol, d- Georq. ii. 13 (1824) ; 

 Spreng. Siist. ii. 604 (1825) ; Darlington, Florul. Cestric. 57 (1826); 

 St. Hil. Flor. Bras. ii. 118 (1829); Wall. Cat. 8126, sched. E. ex- 

 clus. (1830) ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. ii. 571 (1832) ; Hook. Joiirn. Bot. i. 

 190, quoad Drummond n. 15 tantum (1834) ; Wight & Arn. Prodr. i. 

 18 (1834); Barton, Flor. Cestric. 316 (1837); Blanco, Flor. de Filip. 

 454 (1837); Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. i. 61, vars. ^. y. exclus. 

 (1838) ; Wight, III. t. 11 (1840) ; Eaton & Wright, N. Amer. Bot. 

 134 (1840) ; Walp. Rep. i. 109 (1842) ; A. Gray, Gen. i. 112, t. 47 

 (1848); Seem. Bot. Herald, 23 (in parte), 67, 78, 363 (1852); 

 Schmidt, Flnr. Cap. Verd. Is. 261 (1852) ; Richard, Flor. Cub. ii. 

 23 (1853); Schlecht. in Heller, Reis. Mexic. 417 (1853); Hook. f. k 

 Thoms. Flor. Ind. i. 251 (1855); Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 02 

 (1859); Chapm. Flor, S. Unit, St. 21, planta albiflora exclus, 



