PAPAVERACE^. (POPPY FAMILY.) 53 



S, Cr. graiicliflorum, Boiss. et Huet. 2f Glaucous, tomen 

 tellous. Radical leaves pinnatisect, sublyrate, with obovate-oblong 

 segments ; upper leaves clas^nng^ 2nn?iatipartite. Sepals 0.05 m. long, 

 papillose-hairy. Petals large, orange-colored, with a molet spot at lyase. 

 P(xl hirsute with long, app7'essed hristles — Spring — Valley of Cedron 

 (Barbey). 



4. €r. Aleppicii52i, Boiss. et Haussk. 21 Green, with sparse, 

 papillary hairs. All the leaves pinnatipartite, with oblong segments, 

 parted into oUong, mucronate lohes. Sepals 0.05 m. long, glabrous, or 

 papillose-hairy. Petals large, crimson. Young pod appressed-hirsute. 



- June — Calcareous fields among grain. Aintab to Aleppo. 



* + Ovary more or less tuberculate, not hairy. 



5. O. luteum, Scop.® Glaucous, more or less papillose-velvety. 

 Ptadical leaves iDinnatipartite-lyrate with ovate-oblong, lobed, rarely 

 parted, segments ; upper leaves ovate, sinuate-lobed, with Ijroad, cordate, 

 clasping dase. Sepals more or less papillose- hairy. Petals yellow, 

 large, 0.04 m. long. Pod very long, 0.15 m. to 0.20, scah'ous icith white 

 tubercles — Summer — Rocky and sandy places along coast. {G. 

 Jlavurn, Crantz). 



6. O. leiocarpum, Boiss. 2j; Papillose or glabrescent. Radical 

 leaves lyrate, segments oblong, sinuate-dentate; upper leaves clasping 

 at base, ovate or oblong, sinuate-toothed or lobed. Sepals sparsely 

 papillose, or glabrescent. Petals yellow, half as large as in last, 0.02 

 m. long Pods slightly tuberculate, 0.10 m. to 0.15 long, slightly torulose 



— Summer — Subalpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. Foliage 

 and inflorescence much smaller than in last. (.Perhaps G. vitellinum, 

 Boiss,- et Buhse, the only difference seeming to be the smooth pods of the 

 latter). 



4. HYPECOUM, L. 



Sepals 2. Petals 4, convolute in bud, in opposite pairs, the outer 

 entire or trilobed larger than the inner, which are tripartite. Stamens 

 4. Stigmas 2. Pod a loment, with 1 seeded cells, often separating 

 into joints when the pod is ripe — Annual herbs, with yellow, narcotic 

 juice, and bi pinnatisect, dissected leaves, intermediate between Papa- 

 veracese and Fumariacese, 



* Exterior petals {Fig. 10 a?id 11 a.) tri-lobed. Lobes of leaves oblong, 

 or oblong -linear. 



1. H. procuinbeiis, L. Stem ascending or Fig. 10 

 j)rostrate. Sepals more or less acuminate, denticulate or 

 entire. Lateral lobes of inner petals oblong, entire, 

 shorter than middle stipitate, subcordate, cocMeariform, 

 ciliate lobe. Pods (Fig.C),«7.) erect-recurved, striate, nodose 

 at joints — Spring — East of Jordan. Southern Palestine, 

 and southward. 



Outer petal of 



Var. g-randifloru]!!!, Post. Stems erect. Leaves h. procum- 

 more dissected and with longer lobes than in type, bens ; natural 

 Flowers larger, and vermng toward orano;e-color. Lateral ^^^■^- 



