POLYAND. MONOG. 



HAB. ^ea-coasts. Near Queensferry and at Charlestown, Light}. 

 Sandy shores near Gosford and N. Queensferry, Maugh. Shores 

 at Helensburgh, plentiful, Hopk. Arran, abundant, Mr. Murray. Fl. 

 July, Aug. . 



One foot to two feet high, every where glaucous. Leaves scabrous, 

 especially on the upper side, lower ones pinnatifkl, upper ones va- 

 riously lobed. Flowers very large, beautiful, bright yellow, suc- 

 ceeded by pods of from 6 10 inches in length. 



4. PAPAVER. 



* Capsules hispid. 



1. P. Argemone (long-prickly -headed Poppy], capsule clavate 

 hispid, stem leafy many-flowered. Light), p. 279. E. B. /.64'3. 



HAB. Corn-fields, but not common, Dr. Parsons. Fl. June. 0. 



Whole plant hairy, 1 foot or more high, mostly a good deal branched 

 upwiircls. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate and cut, the segments nar- 

 row ; lower leaves on long footstalks, flmvers small. Petals nar^ 

 row, scarlet. 



** Capsules glabrous. 



2. P. dubium (long- smooth- headed Poppy), capsules glabrous 

 oblong, stem many-flowered hairy, bristles of the flower-stalks 

 appressed, leaves pinnatifid. Llgktf, p. 280. E. B. t. 644. 



HAB. Corn-fields, &c.j the most common kind in N. Britain, Light/. 



Fl. July. 0. 

 Stems 1 foot to 2 feet high, hispid with spreading hairs. Flowers large. 



Petals broad, palish scarlet. 



3. P. Rhceas (common red Poppy), capsules glabrous nearly glo- 

 bose, stem many-flowered bristly, bristles of the flowerstalks 

 (as well as of the stem) spreading, leaves pinnatifid. LightJ\ 

 p. 279. E.B.t.645. 



HAB. Abundant amongst corn. FL June, July. Q. 

 Admirably distinguished from the last by its short capsule, and spread- 

 ing hairs on the footstalks of the flowers. Pet. broad, deep scarlet. 



4. P.somniferum (white Poppy), capsule globose glabrous, stem 

 many- flowered and, as well as the glaucous amulexicaul leaves, 

 glabrous. . B. /. 2145. 



HAB. Published as British in E. B. on the authority of specimens sent, 

 by Miss Watson, from the neighbourhood of Delvine House, Angus- 

 shire, growing in newly-trenched ground, by road-sides, &c. Ft, 

 July. O - 



Two to four feet high. Leaves subovate, erect and lobed. Flowers very 

 large, generally white, with a purple eye j but varying extremely in 

 colour, Caps, large, globose, with a spreading lobed stigma. From 

 the unripe capsules opium is extracted : and on this account plants 

 have been cultivated, the seeds of which have escaped into adjoin- 

 ing fields. Native of the S. of Europe. 



5. P. cambricum (yellow Poppy), capsules glabrous oblong, stem 

 many* flowered nearly glabrous, leaves pinnated, leaflets petio* 

 late ovato-lanccglate cut. E, B.t. 66, 



