46 GUERNSEY. 
PAPAVERACEAE. 
Papaver Argemone, L. Long Prickly-headed Poppy. 
Casual or Colonist. First record: Babington, 18309. 
Noted by Babington in the 77. Sarn. as having been found by 
him at Lancresse Bay. Has not been seen in the island of late 
years. 
Papaver hybridum, L. Round Prickly-headed Poppy. 
Colonist. First record: Babington, 18309. 
In cornfields and cultivated ground, very rare. Two plants near 
the Déhus Cromlech (1x.) in 1889. One or two near the Round 
Tower, Mont Saint. A few in a cornfield at Clos au Comte (VvIm.) 
in 1891, This plant is rather common in Alderney. 
Papaver Rhoeas, L. Corn Poppy. 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common throughout the island: especially so in the lowlands. 
One plant which I found in June, 1891, on the Vale Castle quarry 
heap, had narrow leaf-segments, and long, reddish-purple, bristly 
hairs on the sepals and upper part of the peduncles, giving the plant 
a very distinct appearance. This is the var. Pryori7, Druce (see 
Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. 1888, p. 199). In 1894 I found the Corn 
Poppy still in flower in December. Var. strigosum, Boen. 
Rocquaine Bay, in lane coming down from Paysans Road, in good 
quantity. Etiennerie lane (vu1.) a few plants. Sandy fields at 
Grandes Rocques, frequent. Portinfer (Andrews). 
The common French name of the Corn Poppy is Coguedicot, but 
in the Guernsey patois it is called Rose de Tchen, literally Dog Rose. 
The belief is current in some parts of England that the fresh flowers, 
if placed too near the eyes, will cause blindness, and if applied to 
the ear a violent earache will ensue. The flowers of Poppies, like 
those of Roses, secrete no honey, and insects visit them for the sake 
of the pollen alone. 
Papaver dubium, L. Long Smooth-headed Poppy. 
Colonist. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Common in the lowlands at the north and north-west, becoming 
more rare southwards. In sandy fields about Grandes Rocques 
growing in company with P. Rhoeas and its var. strigosum. Often 
dwarf, two or three inches high, in dry places. Babington did not 
recognise this plant in Guernsey, but records it on the authority of 
H. O. Carré, and questions whether P. Rhoeas var. strigosum may 
not have been mistaken for it. 
Papaver somniferum, L. Opium Poppy. 
Casual. First record: Marquand, 1891. 
Very rare. Two or three plants in a cornfield near the Vale 
