PAP AVERAGES. (POPPY FAMILY.) 51 



than loug. Anthers oblong or ovate. Capsule obovate, club-shaped, 

 or oblong. Stigmas 6 to 10 — Spring — Fields and waste places, 

 common everywhere. 



This variable species should include P. iniibo- Fig. 7 



natum, Boiss. with umbonate capsule, (Fig. 6, c), 

 probably P. slyJatiim, Boiss. et Bal., and P. 

 caavatiiiJi, Boiss. et Haussk. It also includes 

 var. g-cstiiiiiui!i, Boiss. with short obovate cap- 

 sules, (Fig. 6, I) ; var. obloei^atum, Boiss. with 

 obovate-oblong capsules ; var. Syriactim, Boiss., 

 with oblong, club-shaped capsules. All these («) Disk with overlap- 

 varieties vary with leaves entire or nearly so, or ?'"§ scallops (&) Disk 

 with segments more or less acute, sometimes ^'^^ ^«P^^^*^^ ^^^"°P^- 

 linear, entire or toothed, sometimes obtuse, rarely ^. Plants of both vane- 



,' ,_. T IT J \ 1 ties in all other respects 



lyrate. P. diitomm, L. would seem to be only ^s in P. rhieas. 

 a variety with the scallops of the disk not overlap- 

 ping. The scallops of fully ripe capsules seldom overlap, (see Fig. 7, ?>). 



5. P. polytricliiim, Boiss. et Ky. More or less hirsute. 

 Leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid or pinnatisect, with sliort, oUusely Med 

 segments. Petals crimson. Anthers ovate-globose. Capsule club-shaped, 

 obovate-oblong, with convex, or umbonate disk. Stigmas 7-8 — Spring 

 — Rocky places and fields, Beirut, El-Koura, Antilebanon, Damascus, 

 and northward. Too near the last. 



&. Stem leaves clasping. 



6. -P. i^lauciim, Boiss. et Haussk. © Glaucous, glabrous with 

 exception of a few bristles along peduncles. Radical leaves obovate- 

 oblong tapering to a petiole ; stem leaves cordate at base, pinnately 

 lobed or parted, lobes triangular, obtusely toothed. Sepals glabrous. 

 Petals crimson. Capsule ovate, stipitate. Disk flat, with broad scallops. 

 Stigmas less than 12 — Early Summer — Tchermalik, in northern 

 Syria. 



X X Filaments cltib-shaped at apex. 



7, P. somiiiferHin, L.0 Common Poppy. Glaucous, glabrous, 

 or sparingly bristly. Leaves oblong, unequally dentate below, cordate 

 at base. Petals white, or rose-colored with eroded-lobed margin. Capsule 

 obovate, stipitate, with flat disk — Spring. 



Var. glabrum, Boiss. Stouter, glabrous, leaves less deeply 

 lobed. Capsule large, flattened-spherical. Stigmas 10 to 12 — Es- 

 caped from cultivation. Cultivated for Opium. 



t t Capsule bristly, 



8. P. liytoridiim, L. Setulose. Leaves bipinnatipartite, 

 with linear segments. Petals vinous-red. Capsule (Fig. 6, d) ovate- 

 globular, copiously beset with strong, needle-like, curved bristles. ^ Disk 

 one-third as broad as capsule, sulcate, obsoletely crenate — Spring — 

 Fields; common. 



