26 ANALYSIS OF THE POPPY. 



You will perceive, on examining the formation of the 

 Rose, that its numerous stamens are attached to the calyx. A 

 more perfect idea of their situation may be obtained, by re- 

 moving the petals and cutting the calyx longitudinally. There- 

 fore, because it has more than ten stamens growing upon the 

 calyx, it belongs to the llth class, Icosandria. The pistils be- 

 ing more than ten, it is of the 13th order, Polygynia. It be- 

 longs to the genus Rosa. 



The shape of the calyx is " urnform ;" the calyx is " inferi- 

 or " or below the germ; it is "Jive cleft" or has five divisions 

 around the border; "it is fleshy" or thick and pulpy, "contract- 

 ed towards the top;" "petals 5," (this is always the case with a 

 rose in its natural state, unassisted by cultivation;)" seeds nu- 

 merous, bristly, fixed to the sides oj the calyx within." 

 < There is no seed vessel, or proper pericarp to the rose ; but 

 the calyx swells and becomes a dry, red berry, containing 

 many seeds. 



The genus Rosa contains many species, distinguished, one 

 from another, by the different shape of the germ, the smooth- 

 nessf or roughness of the stems, the presence or absence of 

 thorns, the shape of the leaves, and the manner in which the 

 flowers grow upon the'Wftks, whether solitary or crowded to- 

 gether in pairs or scattered, and whether erect or drooping. 



The Moss rose, (RosAmuscosa,) is distinctly marked by the 

 hairs, resembling moss, which cover the stems of the calyx ; 

 these hairs are a collection of glands containing a resinous 

 and fragrant fluid. 



The apple blossom ap'^pars like a little rose ; its calyx be- 

 comes thick ancP^Jjlpy, and at length constitutes that part 

 which we usually call the fruit, though strictly speaking, 

 the seed only, is the fruit. On examining an apple, you may 

 notice, at the end opposite the stem, the five divisions of the 

 calyx. 



Analysis of the Poppy. 



The B|J>py affords a good illustration of the 12th class, Po- 

 lyandria ; here are numerous stamens, always more than ten, 

 sometimes more than a hundred, growing upon the receptacle; 

 the Poppy has but one pistil, and therefore belongs to the first 

 order, Monogynia ; the genus is PAPAVER. The Poppy has a " ca- 

 lyx of two leaves" but these fall off as soon as the blossom expands, 

 and are therefore called " caducous ;" the corolla (except when 

 double) " is four petaled ;" it has no style, but the stigma is set 

 upon the germ, and is therefore said to be sessile. 



why is t in the llth class ? why the 13th order? Generic characters of 

 the rose Circumstances which distinguish the different species of the genus 

 Rosa Apple blossom and fruit Analysis of the Poppy. 



