PAPAVERACE^. (POPPY FAMILY.) 51 



than long. 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. umbo- Fig. 7 



natum, Boiss. with umbonate capsule, (Fig. (5, c), 

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

 elaTatuin, Boiss. et Haussk. It also includes 

 var. g[ciiiiinuiii, Boiss. with short obovate cap- 

 sules, (Fig. 6, V) ; var. obloiigatum, Boiss. with 

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

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

 varieties vary with leaves entire or nearly so, or P'"g scallops (6) Disk 

 with segments more or less acute, sometimes ^'^^ separated scallops. 



linear, entire or toothed, sometimes obtuse, rarely . ^'^"J" ''l^''^^ ''^"^; 

 , '_^,,. V IT ,1 1 ties in all other respects 



lyrate. P. dubium, L. would seem to be only ^^ .^^ ^ ^^^^^ 

 a variety with the scallops of the disk not overlap- 

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



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

 Leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid or pinnatisect, with shorty obtusely lobed 

 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, Antileba^on, Damascus, 

 and northward. Too near the last. 



&. Stem leaves clasping. 



6. P. glaueum, 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, ^m?i«^eZy 

 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 club-shaped at apex, 



7. P. somniferiim, L. © Common Poppy. Glaucous, glabrous, 

 or sparingly bristly. Leaves oblo7ig, unequally dentate below, cordate 

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

 obovate, stipitate, with /ai 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. hytoridum, L. © Setulose. Leaves bipinnatipartite, 

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

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

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

 Fields; common. 



