20 BRITISH BOTAJ^Y. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE G3;NEEA. 



Papavee. — Annual herbs, with white milky juice. Leaves pinnatiiid or pin- 

 nate. Flowers large, solitary, on long peduncles. Stigmas 4-20, radiate. 

 Partitions of the fruit incomplete. 



Meconopsis. — Perennial herbs, with nulky, yellow juice. Stigmas 4-6, ra- 

 diate. Partitions wanting. 



EcEMERiA. — Stigmas capitate. Fruit capsular, one-celled, linear (like a 

 pod). 



Glaucium. — Stigmas capitate. Fruit capsular, elongate, two-celled, with a 

 spongy partition. 



Chelidonitjm. — Stigmas 2, oblique. . Fruit capsular, one-celled and tico-valved. 



Papaver^ Lin. — Stems erect, witli sinuate^ pinnatifid, or pin- 

 nate leaves. Flowers large, on very long peduncles, drooping 

 before they expand. Sepals 2, herbaceous, hairy, rarely gla- 

 brous. Petals red, rarely variegated or white, usually with a 

 dark patch above the claw. Stigmas 4—20, radiated and united. 

 Capsule round or oblong, one-celled, with incomplete partitions, 

 opening by pores under the disc of the stigmas. Seeds without 

 an aril. 



P. somniferuni, Lin. White Poppy. — e.b.2145. l.b.s.43. 



Stem erect, simple or branched, stout, very glaucous and gla- 

 brous. Leaves all glabrous and glaucous, deeply toothed, crenate 

 or sinuate, undulate; stem-leaves oblong or obovate, cordate, 

 amplexicaul (embracing the stem) . Sepals glabrous. Petals very 

 large, purple, violet, or white. Stigmas 8-15. Capsule nearly 

 round, with a lobed stigmatiferous disc. 



Pretty well established in the Thames valley, particularly in 

 Kent. It is only sub-spontaneous on the Continent, where it is 

 cultivated for its juice (Opium), but chiefly for its oleaginous 

 seeds. Annual ; June-September. 



P. Rhoeas, Lin. Common Red Poppy. — e.b. 645. l.b.s. 42. 

 A. 16. C. 75. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-47°. 



Stem erect, branched, hairy. Leaves usually pinnate-pinna- 

 tifid, with oblong-lanceolate, toothed, or incised lobes. Pedun- 

 cles and sepals furnished with rough spreading hairs. Petals 

 large, roundish, deep red, with a black spot above the claw. 

 Stigmas 8-12. Capsule obovate-7'oundish, glabrous. Disc of 

 the stigmas lobed, the margins overlapping. 



Fields; rubbish, etc. Annual; June-July. 



P. hybridum, Lin. e.b. 43. l.b.s. 39. 



A. 9. G. 25. Lcit. 50-55°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 51-48°. 



Stem erect, branched at the top, with spreading or erect hairs. 



