Papaver.] vin. PAP AVERAGES. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 117 



1. P. nudicaule, L. ; perennial, hairy, flowers orange-yellow, capsule 

 obovoid hispid. //./. <fc T. Ft. Ind. 249. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 16-17,000 ft., T. T., &c. DISTEIB. Affghanistan, Mts. of 

 Central and Northern Europe, N. Asia, Arctic regions. 



fiootstock scaly. Leaves 2-4 in., all radical, obovate or oblong, pinnatifid ; lobes 

 linear-oblong, hairy. /Scapes several, 4-12 in. Flowers 2-3 in. diarn. /Sepals densely 

 hairy. 



2. P. hybridum, L. ; leaves 2-3-pinnatifid sparingly hispid, filaments 

 dilated upwards, capsule subglobose hispid, stigma convex rays 4-8. 



PUNJAB near Peshawar, Vicary ; JELAM valley, Jacquemont. DISTRIB. Affghanis- 

 tan, W, Asia, N. Africa, Europe. 



Annual, sparingly branched, 10-18 in. Leaves more or less cut into linear awned 

 segments ; radical petioled, cauline sessile. Flower 1-2 in. diam., scarlet, with a black 

 disk. Sepals hairy, obtuse. Capsule % in. long. /Stigmatic rays reaching or exceeding 

 the edge of the disk. 



3. P. Rhcoas, L. ; leaves 1-2-pinnatifid, filaments filiform, capsule sub- 

 globose glabrous, stigma convex rays 8-12. 



KASHMIR, Falconer, &c. Europe, W. Asia, N.Africa. 



Annual, branched, hispid, 1-2 ft. Leaf -lobes more or less cut, ascending, awned. 

 Scapes with spreading or appressed hairs. Flowers 3-4 in. diam., scarlet ; pairs of 

 petals unequal. Stigmatic rays overlapping. Capsule stalked. 



4. P. dubium, L. ; leaves 1-2-pinnatifid, filaments filiform, capsule 

 obovoid glabrous, stigma 6-1 2- rayed. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 250. P. glabrum, 

 Royle III. 67. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA from Garwhal to Hazara, in cornfields. DISTRIB. Affghanistan, 

 Europe, W. Asia. 



Habit of P. Rhoeas, but often glabrous, and leaf segments usually narrower ; hairs of 

 scape appressed. Petals scarlet, in unequal pairs. Capsule sessile. 



P. SOMNIFERUM, L. ; leaves oblong amplexicaul lobed toothed and ser- 

 rate, filaments slightly dilated, capsule globose, glabrous, stigmatic rays 5-12. 

 Roxb. Fl.Ind. ii. 571 ; W. & A. Prodr. 17 ; Watt.Cat. 8118 ; H.f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 250. P. arnsenum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxv. Misc. 56. 



Cultivated throughout India. DISTRIB. Cultivated in temp, and warm regions of 

 Europe, Asia, and N. Africa. 



Annual, 2-4 ft., glaucous, simple, rarely branched, usually quite glabrous. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong or linear-oblong. Flower large, white purple or scarlet. Sepals glabrous. 

 Capsule 1 in. diam., stalked. Seeds white or black. Opium poppy. 



P. orientale, L., and P. Argemone, L., are common garden plants in India. 



1.* ARGEIVIONE, Linn. 



An erect prickly annual ; juice yellow. Flowers bright yellow. Sepals %-S. 

 Petals 4-6. Stamens indefinite. Ovary 1 -celled ; style very short, stigma 

 4-7-lobed; ovules many, on 4-7 parietal placentas. Capsule short, dehiscing 

 at the top by short valves, that alternate with the stigmas and placentas. 

 Seeds many. DISTRIB. A small American genus, of which the following 

 species is naturalized throughout India. 



A. MEXICANA, L. ; leaves sessile ^-amplexicaul sinuate-pinnatifid varie- 

 gated green and white. Roxb. Fl.Ind. ii. 571; W. & A. Prodr. i. 18 ; Wig/it 

 III. t. 11 ; Wall. Cat. 8126 H. /. & T. Fl Ind. 251. 



