[Papaveracea. 



2. P. dubium (Linn. Sp. PL 726); caule folioso multifloro setosa 

 hispido v. glabro, foliis pinnatipartitis v. bipinnatilidis, capsula oblongo- 

 clavata. — DC. Syst. ii. 75. 



0. lavigatum (Elkan, Monog. Pap. 25) ; caule foliisque glabris. 

 P. dubium, var. subglabrum, Led. Fl. Ross. i. 89. P. laevigatum, Bleb. 

 FL Taur. Cauc. iii. 364 ; DC. Syst. ii. 78, Prod. i. 119. P. glabrum, 



Royle, 111. 67. 



Hoc list 



lavigatum 



JEthiop. jFtjupt 



3ii lad Kashmir! Afghanistan, Griffith! Belu- 



chistan, Stocks! — (Fl. vere.) (v. v.) 



Djstrib. Var. Icevigatum. Tauria ! Rumelia ! Asia Minor ! jEgyptus I 



Persia ! Caucasus ! 



Rerba 1-3-pedalis, simplex v. ramosa. Folia intcrdtun glauca, utrinque sparse pi- 

 losa, pilis subappressis v. glabrata, laciniis iutegris v. inciso-dentatis. Scapi et se- 

 pala sparse pilosa. Flores maguitudine valde varii. Filamenta sabulata. Capsula 

 \-\ unc. louga. Stigma 5-8-radiatum, ambit u crenatum. 



This appears a very variable plant in India, though perhaps not more so than its 

 allies, or indeed than most annuals. Some of our specimens are hardly distinguish- 

 able from P. dubium itself in amount of hairiness, but it is usually nearly glabrous 

 in India. The perfectly glabrous aud glaucous specimens have been named P. Be- 

 caimei by Hochstetter aud Steudel, and form the var. C of Elkan. 



. 3. P. somniferum (Linn. Sp. PI. 726); caule simplici v. diviso, 

 foliis oblongis ainplexieaulibus grosse lobato-dentatis serratisve lobis 

 dentatis, capsula globosa glaberrima, stigmate 5-12-radiato. — DC. Syst. 

 ii. 81, Prod. i. 119 ; Ro.vb. Ft. Ltd. ii. 571 ; Wight et Am. Prodr. 17 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 8118!; Engl. Bot. t. 2115. P. amounuin, Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. N. S. xii. 56. No. 80. 



Hab. Per totam Indiam pracipue borealem cultum, et in ruderatis 

 quasi spontaueum ! — (Fl. hieme.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Europa temperata ! Africa borealis ! Asia subcalida ! 



Caulis 2-4-pedalis, simplex (rarius divisus), uninorus v. peduncidos 3-4 gereus. 

 Folia in stirpibus Indicia glaberrima, 4-8 unc. longa, late ovata, oblonga v. liueari- 

 oblonga, basi cordata, sa?pe duplicato-dentata. Flores ampli, albi, pajlide purpurei 

 v. coccinei. Sepala glaberrima. Filamenta superne paullo dilatata. Capsula 1 unc. 

 diam., fere spha?rica, pedicellata. Semina pleruinque nigra. 



This, the common Opium Poppy, is not known in a wild state in India, but is 

 found occasionally in roadsides and in waste places. 



4. P. cornigenim (Stocks, in Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 142) \ sparse 

 hispido-pilosum, caule basi ramoso, foliis pinnati- v. bipinnatisectis, 

 sepalis pilosis dorso infra apicem cornigeris, capsula globosa suban- 

 gulata ad angulos setis rigidis sparsis arcuatis hispida, stigmate 4-5- 



radiato. 



Hab. Punjab ad Peshawar, Vicar y ! Afghanistan, Griffith! Belu- 



chistan, Stocks! — (Fl. vere.) (t>. s.) 



Spithamteum v. pedale. Folia j leraque radicalia 2-4 -poll icaria, petiolata, in seg 

 meuta linearia secta. Caules v. scapi 3-6, ascendentes, puree foliosi, siraplices v. di 

 visi, cum pedunculis appresse setoso-pilosi. Flores coccinei, 1J-2 poll, diam., petali 



