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PAPAVERACEiK. (POPPY FAMILY.) 



Fig 



9. P. Argemoiie, L. Setulose. Leaves bipin- 

 natisect. with acute lobes. Stem elongated, erect. Petals 

 pale scarlet. Capsule (Fig. 8) oUong- elliptical, sparingly 

 beset with ^ceah, straight bristles. Disk a little narrower 

 than capsule — Spring — Fields ; less common than last. 



2. r<i:iie:ria, Medik. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4, crumpled in the bud. Stamens 

 numerous. Style short ; stigmas capitate. Capsule slen- 

 der, cylindrical, 1-celled, splitting into 3 or 4 valves — 

 Annual herbs, with violet or crimson flowers. 



Capsule of 

 argemone, L. 



1. R. liyl»ricla, L. Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, with Fig. 9 

 linear lobes. Petals 0.02 m. long, and 0.03 broad. Pods 



withfeio, short hrisfles, or glalrescetit, little broader than j)a- 

 duncle, and generally much longer — Spring — Fields ; 

 common. 



2. R. Orieiitali§, Boiss. Salihh. Leaves pinnati- 

 sect or parted into ovate-oblong, lobed or dentate segments. 

 Petals 0.01 m. long. Pods with copious, spreading bristles, 

 considerably Irroader than peduncle, and usually shorter — 

 Spring — Tara, east of Dead Sea, lesser desert, and east- 

 ward and southward. 



3. GLrAUCSUI^I, TouRN. Horn Poppy. 



Sepals -2. Petals 4, crumpled in the bud. Stamens 

 numerous. Stigma sessile, 2-lobed or horned. Pod linear, 

 elongated, 2-celled by a spongy partition (siliquiform) — 

 Annual, biennial, or perennial herbs, with saffron-colored 

 juice, and buff, yellow, or rarely scarlet flowers. 



* Ovary more or less hairy or bristly. 



1. O. corniculatum, L. HasMshat-ul-MamUa. j,y|,rlda 

 All the leaves pinnatipartite, with oblong, dentate segments, 



and truncate, lobed or dentate apex, the lower leaves petioled, the upper 

 sessile, with truncate base Sepals papillose, hairy. Pods appressed- 

 hairy, hairs dilated at base — April to June. 



Var. Phfleniceum, D.C. Petals orange-colored, generally with 

 a purple spot at base — Fields and roadsides, throughout. 



2. O. Arabicum, Fresen. (f) Glaucous. Radical leaves lyrate- 

 pinnatipartite, with ovate, obtuse, dentate segments ; upper leaves clas- 

 ping, d-5-lobed. Sepals papillose-hairy. Petals yellow. Pods beset 

 with scattered bristles dilated at base, or glabrescent — Spring — 

 Stony places, Khan Khadrun, between Jerusalem and Jericho, and 

 southward to Sinai. 



Var. graiidiflorum, Post. 

 hirnUe with long appressed hairs ■ 

 O, grandijlorum, Boiss.) 



Flowers as large as G. luteum. Pods 

 - Qaldun, N. of Damascus {perhaps 



