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usually bluish-white, with a purple base ; capsules large, glo- 

 bular, glabrous. — Opium Poppy. — Saudy wastes, especially 

 near the sea, and in the fens of the eastern counties. Fl. 

 July. 



** Leaves not glaucous , hairy, once or twice 'pinnate. 

 t Capsule smooth, 



P. Rhceas : annual, erect, branched, 1-2 feet high, with 

 stiff spreading hairs ; lower leaves stalked, once or twice pin- 

 nately divided, the lobes lanceolate, pointed, more or less cut ; 

 flowers large, rich scarlet, with a dark eye ; capsule smooth, 

 globular or slightly top-shaped. — A cornfield weed. Fl. June, 

 July. 



tt Capsule hairy. 



P. hybridum : annual ; stem 1 -IJ feet high, branched, leafy; 

 leaves bipinnatifid, with short segments, and few short hairs ; 

 flowers smaller, purplish red, with a dark spot in the centre ; 

 capsule nearly globular, covered with stiff, spreading bristles. 

 — Sandy or chalky fields ; rare. Fl. July. 



P. Argemone : annual ; stems slender, 1-1 J feet high, leafy, 

 branched ; leaves bipinnatifid, the segments few and narrow ; 

 flowers rather small, pale red, often with a dark spot ; capsule 

 oblong, contracted at the base, i.e. clavate, with a few stifl', erect 

 bristles. — Sandy cornfields. Fl. June, July. ^ 



(13) Meconopsis. 



M. cambrica : stems erect, one foot high ; leaves long- 

 stalked, pale green, slightly hairy, pinnate, the segments ovate 

 or lanceolate, toothed or pinnately lobed ; flowers rather large, 

 pale yellow, on long stalks ; capsules narrow ovate or oblong, 

 glabrous. — Welsh Poppy. — Rocky shady places; rare. Fl. 

 June. 



