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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



exceeding nine inches in height, %\dth leaves divided into a few 

 narrow segments. The flowers are of a pale red colour, usually 

 less than two inches in diameter ; and, Hke those of the commonest 

 species, have usually a dark patch at the base of each petal. The 



The CoiDiON RED Poppr. 



fruit is narrow-oblong, tapering below, in fact, almost club-shaped, 

 and is clothed vnih a few stifle, bristly hairs. The time of flowering 

 is the same as that of the preceding species. 



In the corn-fields of several parts of England we may meet with 

 the White or Opium Poppy (P. somniferum) which is largely grown 

 in warmer countries for the opium it produces, and which was 



