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PAPAVRRACF./E. (POPPY FAMTT.Y.) 



9. P. Ar^euiouc, L. Setulose, Leaves bipiii- 

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

 pale scarlet. Capsule (Fig. 8) oldonrj-elUjjticaJ, sparingly 

 beset with weak, draight bristles. Disk a little narrower 

 than cafmle — Spring — Fields ; less commx)n than last. 



2. RCEHERIA, Medik.. 



Fig. 8 



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 lierbs, with violet or crimson flowers. 



Capsule of p. 

 argemone, L. 



1. R, liybrida, L. © Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, with Fig. 

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

 mithfeiiy, short dj'istles, or gJah'eficejit, little hroader than ps- 

 dunde, and generally much longer — Spring — Fields ; 

 common. 



2. R. Orieiitalls, Boiss. Salthh. Leaves pinnati- 

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

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

 consideraMy hroader than peduncle, and usually shorter — 

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

 ward and southward. 



3. OLAUCIUM, TouRN. Horn Poppy. 



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

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

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

 Annual, biennial, or. perennial, herbs, with safEron-colored 

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



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s hairy or hristly. 



L. HasMshat-ul-Mam.Ua. 



* Ovary more or le 



1. O. coriiiculatum, 



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, hair,y. Pods appressed- 

 hairy, hairs dilated at base — A})ril to June. 



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

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



2. G. Arabicum, Fresen. @ Glaucous. Radical leaves lyrate- 

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

 ping, d-6-lobed. Sepals papillose-hairy. Petals yellow. Pods beset 

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

 Stony places, Khan Khadrun, l)etween Jerusalem and Jericho, and 

 southward to Sinai. 



Var. g-raiidifloruni, Post. Flowers as large as O. luteuin. Pods 

 hirsute with long appressed hairs — Qaldun, N. of Daranscus {perhaps 

 G. grandifioruhi, Boiss.) 



