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Leaves bipinnate, with lanceolate-linear lobes. Sepals covered 

 with spreading hairs (bristles). Petals oblong- obovate. Stig- 

 mas 4-8. Capsule roundish, armed with spreading rigid bristles, 

 with 4-8 prominent angles. Disc not lobed. 



On cretaceous and calcareous soils. Annual; June-July. 



P. Argemone, Lin. e.b.643. l.b.s.40. 



A. 18. C. 75. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 52-46°. 



Stems solitary or few, erect or ascending, branching above, 

 with spreading or erect hairs. Leaves bipinnate, with lanceo- 

 late or linear lobes. Sepals hairy. Petals oblong or obovate, 

 bright red. Stigmas 4-6. Capsule oblong -clav ate, hairy at the 

 apex, 4-6-sided. Disc not lobed. 



Corn-fields. Annual; June- August. 



P. dubium, Lin. e.b. 644. l.b.s,41. 

 A. general (18). C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 51-45°. 



Stems solitary or few, erect, simple or branching. Leaves 

 glaucous, with a few hairs, or glabrous, bipinnate, with oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire lobes. Sepals furnished with rigid hairs. Pe- 

 tals very large, roundish, deep red. Stigmas 5-10. Capsule 

 oblong -clav ate, glabrous. Disc lobed ; lobes not overlapping. 



Fields. Annual; June- July. 



Meconopsis, Vig, — Plants with yellow juice. Flowers soli- 

 tary, yellow, drooping before expansion. Sepals 2, caducous. 

 Petals 4. Stigmas 4-6, radiate, concave, free. Capsule obovate, 

 opening by 4-6 valves. 



M. cambrica, Vig. Welsh Poppy. — e.b. 66. l.b.s. 44. 

 A. 5. C. 10. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-700 yds. Tem. 48-41°. 



Stem erect, branching. Leaves pinnate, with pinnatifid, in- 

 cised leaflets. Flowers large, orange-yellow, on long peduncles. 

 Sepals glabrous. Capsule oblong, tapering at the base, glabrous, 

 with 4-6 sides. Stigmas radiate. Seeds brown. 



Shady places on the ledges of rocks, on old walls, etc. About 

 Settle, Yorkshire, not uncommon ; also in the Vale of Llanberis, 

 North Wales. Per. ; July. 



RcEMERiA, DC. — Annual herbs. Sepals 2, caducous. Petals 

 4, crumpled before flowering. Style short. Stigmas capitate. 

 Capsule elongated, one-celled, without a partition, silicular, 3-4- 

 valved, opening from the summit to the base. 



R. hybrida, DC. — Glaucium violaceum, Sm. and l, b. s. 47. 

 E.B. 201. 



