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often black at the base ; capsule nearly globular, hispid with spread- 

 ing bristles. — Sandy fields, not common. — Fl. May — July. Annual. 



2. Meconopsis (Welsh Poppy). — Perennial herbs with yellow 

 juice. Leaves pinnate ; flowers on long stalks, pendulous in the 

 bud ; differing from Papdver in having a short, persistent style, 

 and a stigma of 4 — 6 free-spreading lobes. (Name in Greek 

 signifying bearing resemblance to a Poppy.) 



I. M. cdmbrica (Yellow Welsh Poppy). — The only British 

 species, easily distinguished from any of the foregoing by its pale 

 yellow flowers and juice of the same colour ; and from the Horned 



GLAUCIUM flAvum {Horned Poppy'). 



Poppy by its slender growth, and green, not glaucous, foliage. — 

 Rocky and shady places in the west. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



3. Glaucium (Horned Poppy). — Glaucous herbs with yellow 

 juice. Leaves lobed or cut ; flowers on long stalks ; carpels 2, 

 forming a long pod-like capsule; stigma 2 lobed. (Name from 

 the glaucous hue of the foliage.) 



I. G.fldvum (Yellow Horned Poppy). — The only indigenous 

 British species. Leaves wavy, embracing the stem ; pod 6 — 1 2 

 in. long, curved, with minute tubercles. A handsome plant, 

 conspicuous on the sea-shore from its hoary foliage, large 4olden- 

 yellow flowers, and long pods, which might at first sight be mistaken 

 for flower-stems bare of leaves. — Fl. June— August. Biennial. 



