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Fapaver continued. 



and iin. or more broad ; the lower segments much divided, the 

 upper ones few and coarsely serrated ; stem leaves much smaller 

 and nearly sessile, h, lift, to 2ft Armenia. 



P. nudicaule (naked-stemmed).* /. bright orange, yellow, or 

 white, large and very showy, with nearly orbicular petals, and 

 rather pilose sepals. Summer. I. pinnate, glaucous; segments 

 finely cut into acute lobes, h. 9in. to 18in. Mountains of 

 Northern hemisphere, 1759. A beautiful alpine perennial. 

 (S. B. F. G. 247.) 



P. n. crocenm (golden). /I. orange-yellow or saffron, large and 

 showy, with the petals slightly waved at the margin. Summer. 

 1. erect, glaucous underneath, delicate green on the upper side, 

 rough, with spreading hairs. A. Sin. to 15in. Siberia, 1829. A 



~ Vieo in habit 



name 



, 



pretty perennial, resembling Meconopsis cambrica 

 (B. M. 2344, under name of P. croeeuwi. 



FIG. 27. PAPAVER BRACTBATUM. 



P. orientate (Eastern).* fl. deep scarlet, usually with a dark 

 purple spot at the base of each petal, 6in. or more across : 

 sepals three. Early summer. 1. pinnate, about 1ft long, clothed 

 with white bristly hairs. Stem rough and leafy. A. 2ft. to 3ft 

 Armenia, 1714. A well-known plant, and one of the showiest of 

 hardy perennials. (B. M. 57.) There are several more or less 

 distinct varieties, including eoncolor, which has no spots at the 

 base of the petals ; and triumphant, a very floriferons and dwarfer 

 habited form. 



P. pavonium (peacock-like). K. scarlet, with a black horseshoe- 

 shaped blotch at the base of each petal ; ovary and capsule 

 setose. Summer. I. rather small, bipinnatifid. Central Asia, 

 1883. (R. G. 1095, f. 3-4.) 



Papaver continued. 

 P. persicum (Persian), jl. brick-red; sepals setose. June. 



1. pinnatifid, setose ; segments almost undivided, often aristate. 

 Stems leafv, paniculate, h. lift. Persia, 1830. (B. B. 1570.) 



(pilose).* JL pale lurid scarlet, or intense orange, with 

 rk at the bottom of each petal. Stem ma 

 I. stem-clasping, 

 Bithynia and Mount Olympus 



a white 



with spreading hairs. Summer. 



on both surfaces, h. 1ft to 2ft. 



use, with 

 -flowered, 

 cut, pilose 



Plant about the size of P. somniferum, but pale green, not 

 glaucous. A very showy perennial. (B. M. 4749, under name of 

 P. nudieauU.) 



FIG. 28. PAPAVER RHCEAS FLORE-PLE.NO. 



P. Rhoeas (common field).* Common Corn Poppy, Redweed, 

 Wind Rose, &c. jl. brilliant scarlet, large. Stem many-flowered, 

 scabrous, with spreading bristles. Summer. I. pinnate-parted, 



Europe 

 iis well- 

 nnder culti- 

 vation, both double (see Fig. 28) and single. The garden strains, 

 respectively known as the Carnation, Picotee, and Ranunculus- 

 flowered Poppies, are double forms of this species. 



scaorous, wiiu spreauing ensues, aummer. . pinnaie-pa 

 the lobes elongated and deeply toothed, acute, h. 1ft. Ei 

 (Britain), North Africa, West Asia. (Sy. En. R 58.) This 

 known annual has produced innumerable varieties nnder < 



FIG. 29. PAPAVER DANEBROG. 



P. R. nmbrosTun (shaded).* Jl. of a dazzling scarlet, with a jet- 

 black blotch on the inner base of each petal, which is sometimes 

 margined with ashy-grey ; scapes long, one-flowered. Summer. 

 h. 2ft. Caucasus, 1877. (G. C. n. s., jcdi. 49.) 



