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is a greater contraction above the torus, so that we have a nearer 
approach to the stipitate capsule which exists in P. Rheeas. The 
stigmatic disk is curiously bent over at the edge instead of project- 
ing outwards all round, and the stigmatic rays reach almost to the 
end of the lobes (which are slightly deeper than in P. Lamottei), 
but do not extend quite to the end in any of the specimens I have 
seen. 
I have followed Professor Babington in the nomenclature of this 
plant. He founds his opinion “ on the statement of M. Crepin that 
P. Lecogqii is the only species in which the sap turns yellow.” On 
the other hand, P. Lecoqii is described as having the stigmatic rays 
reaching quite to the edge of the disk. The Cambridge plant agrees 
well with specimens of P. modestum published in Billot’s “ Flora 
Gallize et Germaniz Exsiccata,’”’ No. 2610; but Jordan says nothing 
about the colour of the sap, nor whether the ends of the lobes of the 
disk are bent down or projecting; at the same time he designates 
it as widely different from P. Lecoqii. The convexity of the disk, the 
ereyish flesh colour of the seeds, and the lobes of the leaf segments 
being nearly entire, upon which M. Jordan appears to lay stress 
in his specific description of P. modestum, are characters upon 
which no dependence can be placed; they all occasionally occur in 
P. Lamottei, in which the capsule at last becomes flat at the top, 
and the seeds are usually simply grey. It will require a comparison 
of authentic specimens before this point can be fully cleared up. 
Reichenbach’s figure of P. dubium resembles P. Lecoqii in the 
leaves and form of the capsule, but the stigmatic disk is not bent 
down at the edges; it is, however, evidently carelessly drawn, as it 
bears no resemblance to the disk of that or any other species of the 
genus. 
Long Smooth-headed Poppy. 
Its Latin specific name “dubium,” signifies the doubtful nature of its distinctions 
to superficial observers. 
SPECIES IV.—PAPAVER ARGEMONE. Linn. 
Puate LXI.* 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. III. Pap, Tab. XIV. Fig. 4475. 
Leaves very deeply bi- or tri-pinnatifid, none of them amplexicaul. 
All the petals longer than broad. Filaments much dilated towards 
the top, nearly as long as the pistil. Capsule elongate, cylindrical- 
clavate, attenuated towards the base, not stipitate, with scattered, 
incurved, ascending bristly spines. Stigmatic disk convex, not 
lobed. Stigmatic rays 4 to 6, very thick and prominent, extending 
to or beyond the edge of the disk. 
* The Plate is E. B. 643, with dissections added by Mr. J. E. Sowerby. 
