6 FAPAVERAGE^. 



Order III. PAPAVERACSJE. 



PAPAVSR Linn. Poppy. 



1. P. arg-emone Linn. Prickly Long-headed Poppy. 

 Roadsides, and sandy or gravelly fields and waste ground — rare. Fl. 



June— Aug. 



Down — Near Bangor ; Flor. Vlst, Roadsides Sydenham, Belmont, and 



Knock, also gravel pit at Dundonald ; S.A.S. Sand pit near 



Giant's Ring ; U. Dickson. 

 Antrim— Curran of Lame, also among com at Malone ; Teinpleton, 1823 ; 



and T.H.C., 1878. Railway bank at Glynn ; S.A.S. 

 Derry— Dunboe, and Tamlaghtard ; D.M. Magilligan ; S.A.S. 



2. P. hybrldum Linn. Prickly Round-headed Poppy. 

 Sandy cultivated fields— very rare. Fl. mid. June till mid. Aug. 



Down— Sandy field a little below Holy wood ; Templeton, 1797. On the 



coast beyond Groomsport, plentiful ; Flor. Belf. The plant 



continues to grow in this latter locality, having been seen by 



us repeatedly since Mr. Tate's record. 



Mr. Templeton's note on this species is of much interest — " In a sandy 



field a little below Holywood, along with P. rhceas., and P. dubium, but at 



this time, July 15th, 1797, from its being among Reseda luteola, the seed 



of which came from Sicily, I reckon it a doubtful native." The fact that 



F. hybridum has held its ground in County Down, having neither become 



extinct, nor yet spreading to any extent during a period of 90 years, would 



seem, however, to negative the suggestion that it was an introduced plant. 



All our species of poppies are by some, on perhaps insufficient grounds, 



considered doubtful natives ; as far as they occur in our district there is 



but little apparent ground to dispute their claim. 



3. P. rlioeas Linn. Smooth Round-headed Poppy. 



Sandy cultivated fields— rare, and only in the southern end of our dis- 

 trict. Fl. June and July. 



Down— Common on south side of Lisburn towards Moira ; Templeton, 

 1796. Near Groomsport Church ; P^r. P^//. Fields around 

 Killough Bay, and very sparingly at Groomsport, and New- 

 castle ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim — Ballast heaps at Magheramome (introduced) ; S.A.S. 



4. P. dublum Linn. Smooth Long-headed Poppy. 



Sandy cultivated fields, and sandy or gravelly waste ground ; abundant 

 in Down, less common in Antrim and Deny. Our plant seems to be the 



