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24. P. Rhaeas, L. Common Red Fopyy. 



Colonist ; among corn and other crops ; in waste spots and on 



banks about arable land. Very common. June to September. 



Area general. 



The slight var. stigosum, having peduncles with adpressed hau's, seems 



common. I have seen it in Districts iii. iv. v., and Mr. Keys has recorded 



it from District ii. I have also noticed a variety with light flowers. 



25. P. dubium, L. Long Smooth-headed Poppy. 



Colonist ; on dry or stony banks and wall-tops, and sometimes as 

 a garden weed. Rather common, yet local. JMay, Jime. 



a. Lamottei, Bor. 

 c. I. Tregimnus. Downderry. Timipike- road between Antony Lodge 

 and the village. 

 II. Border of a field by the Tamar, between Saltash and Weard 

 Quay; 1872. 

 D. III. In plenty on a dry hedge-bank between Milehouse and Penlee 

 Villas, Stoke Damerel, 1875. Plymouth and Saltash Road. 

 Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Crabtree ; Keys, Fl. ii. 32 (as dubium) ; ! 1875. 



b. Lecoqii, Lamotte. 

 D. III. Two plants on a dry bank behind Peverell Terrace, Mutley, June, 



1875. A few on both sides of the Devonport and Tavistock 

 Road, near Pounds, 1875. 



IV. Cattedown quarries; Hore ; Keys, ibid, (simply as P. dubium). 

 On old walls between Deadman's Bay and Cattedown, 1875. A 

 single plant in the waste ground at West Hoe, Plymouth, June, 



1876. Plentifully as a weed in a garden at South Devon Place, 

 Plymouth, 1871. Hartley, 1871. Bank at Lipson, June, 1871, 

 and May, 1875. 



Professor Babington's character of " sap becoming dark yellow in the 

 air " has been relied on to mark Lecoqii. I have failed to find any other 

 characters whereby to distinguish it from Lamottei. 



The damp summer of 1878 was singularly unfavourable for the pro- 

 duction of F. dubium, for I could not find a single example throughout 

 it. Perhaps the wet caused all the young plants to be eaten up by slugs. 



26. P. Argemone, L. Long Frickly-headed Foppy. 



Colonist ; in corn-fields and dry waste spots. Rare and local. 

 May to September. 



