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PAPAVERACE^;. I. PAPAVER. 



obovate-globose ; sepals pilose ; peduncles radical ; leaves pin- 

 nately-lobed ; lobes cut or toothed, acutish. 1. H. Native of 

 Kamschatka. A species between P. nudicaule and P. Pyrenai- 

 cum, but distinguished from them in the capsules being small 

 obovate-globose. Flowers small, of a copper-colour. Stigmas 4. 

 Small-capsuled Poppy. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1822. PL | to ^ ft. 



4 P. PYRENA'ICUM (Willd. enum. 563.) capsules hispid, ob- 

 ovate ; sepals bristly ; peduncles radical ; leaves pilose, pinnate- 

 ly-lobed ; lobes cut or toothed, bluntish. If. . H. Native of the 

 south of Europe, on calcareous mountains, among rocks and 

 stones in sunny places, Pyrenees, Mount Baldo, Italy, Cevennes. 

 Stigmas usually 4. 



Var. a, luteum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 71.) 3/ . H. Argemone 

 Pyrenaica, Lin. spec. 728. P. aurantiacum, Lois. not. 84. P. 

 suaveolens, Lapeyr. suppl. 72. Barrl. icon. t. 764. P.' alpi- 

 num, Gouan. hort. 253. Vill. daup. and All. ped. Lapeyr, pyr. 

 abr. 296. Flowers yellow or citron-coloured, sweet-scented. 



Var. ft, puniceum (D. C. syst. 2. p. 72.) i; . H. P. Pyre- 

 naicum, Willd. enum. 563. P. alpinum ft, Lapeyr. abr. 296. 

 Native of the Pyrenees at a place called Port-de-Plan. Flowers 

 scarlet, with a yellow spot at the base of each petal. 



Pyrenean Poppy. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. ? PI. | to |- foot. 



5 P. ALPI'NUM (Lin. spec. 725.) capsules hispid, obovate- 

 oblong ; sepals rather pilose ; peduncles radical ; leaves smooth- 

 ish, bipinnate, with fine acutish lobules. T(. . H. Native of the 

 higher Alps in sunny places, among rocks and stones in Austria. 

 Carinthia, Carniola and Switzerland, &c. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 83. 

 Sweet, fl. gard. t. 247. P. Burseri, Crantz. austr. 2. p. 132. t. 6. 

 f. 4. Petals white, nearly orbicular, each furnished with a greenish- 

 brown claw. Stigmas 5-6. 



Alpine Poppy. Fl. Ju. to Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. to % foot. 



2. Capsules hispid. Stem leafy. 



6 P. HY'BRIDUM (Lin. spec. 725.) capsules hispid, obovate- 

 globose, torose ; sepals pilose ; stem leafy, many-flowered ; 

 leaves pinnate ; lobes multifid, linear. 0. H. Native through- 

 out Europe, a pest in cultivated fields. Smith, engl. bot. t. 43. 

 P. hispidum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 147. Flowers small, scarlet, each 

 petal with a dark claw. Stigmas 5-8. 



Hybrid Corn Poppy. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



7 P. ARGEMO'NE (Lin. spec. 725.) capsules hispid, club- 

 shaped, elongated ; sepals smoothish ; stem leafy, many-flowered; 

 leaves bipinnate; lobes linear. Q. H. Native throughout 

 Europe in sandy places and cultivated fields. Smith, engl. bot. 

 t. 643. Oed. fl. dan. t. 867. Curt. fl. lond. 5. t. 38. Schkuhr. 

 handb. 2. p. 69. t. 140. P. clavigerum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 175. 

 Petals pale scarlet, with a black spot at the base of each. Stigmas 

 4-6. 



Var. ft, uniflora ; stem 1-flowered. P. maritima, With. brit. 

 486. 



Argemone-like Corn Poppy. Fl. May, July. Britain. PI. 1 f. 



3. Capsules smooth (f. 38. d.\ or at the top alone a little 

 pilvse. 



8 P. DU'BIUM (Lin. spec. 726.) capsules smooth, obovate ; 

 sepals pilose ; stem many-flowered, hispid with spreading bris- 

 tles ; bristles on the peduncles appressed ; leaves pinnate-parted ; 

 lobes deeply-toothed. 0. H. Native of sandy and cultivated 

 fields throughout the whole of Europe. Smith, engl. bot. t. 644. 

 Schkuhr. handb. 2. p. 69. t. 140. Oed. fl. dan. 902. Schrank. 

 fl. mon. 3. t. 229. P. parviflorum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 173. Flowers 

 small, deep-scarlet. Stigmas 4-6. 



Var. ft. fore-albo (Balb. fl. taur. 85. P. dubium, Jacq. fl. 

 austr. 1. p. 17. t. 25.) Native of Tauria and Austria. Flowers 

 white, with the claws of the same colour or darker. A species 



between P. Argemone and P. Rhceas. Flowers varying from in- 

 tense scarlet to a pale red and even white, furnished with a 

 blackish or self-coloured claw. 



Doubtful Corn Poppy. Fl. Ju. Jul. Britain. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



9 P. OBTUSIFO" LIUM (Desf. atl. 1. p. 407.) capsules smooth, 

 obovate ; sepals pilose ; stem few-flowered, somewhat hispid 

 with spreading bristles ; leaves bipinnate-parted ; lobules ovate. 

 O.K. Native of the North of Africa near Belida. Like P. 

 dubium, but the capsules are one half shorter. Flowers rose- 

 coloured, about the size of those of P. Argemone. Stigmas 8-10. 



Blunt-leaved Corn Poppy. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1828. PL 1 ft. 



10 P. RHOJ'AS (Lin. spec. 726.) capsules smooth, obovate; 

 sepals pilose ; stem many-flowered, scabrous with spreading 

 bristles ; leaves pinnate-parted ; lobes elongated, deeply-toothed, 

 acute. O- H. Native throughout Europe, North of Africa, 

 and Asia ; very common and a great pest in corn fields, imported 

 with wheat. Smith, eng. bot. t. 645. Curt. fl. lond. 3. t. S2. 

 Woodv. med. bot. 512. t. 186. Flowers varying from scarlet 

 to flesh-coloured and white, with or without a spot at the base, 

 and scarlet with white margins, and white with scarlet mar- 

 gins, double, and semi-double. Being a very common weed 

 it has many provincial names in English, besides its more 

 classical ones of Corn Poppy, Red and Scarlet Poppy, Corn 

 Rose, Cop Rose, Cup Rose, Canker or Canker Rose, Red- 

 need, Head-nark, &c. The petals of this plant give a fine 

 red colour when infused, and are supposed to possess slightly 

 anodyne qualities. The young plants are admitted among 

 esculents in Occitania, and the juice of the capsules as a succe- 

 daneum for opium. An extract from them has been success- 

 fully employed as a sedative ; and some foreign practitioners 

 even prefer this extract to opium. The flowers and tops are 

 enumerated among the narcotics. Poiac signifies a wild poppy. 



Rhceas or Common Corn Poppy. Fl. June, July. Britain. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



11 P. TRI'LOBUM (Spreng. fl. hal. suppl. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 1 1 9.) capsules smooth, roundish ; sepals pilose ; stem many- 

 flowered, smooth ; leaves cuneated at the base, 3-lobed at the 

 top. . H. Native of Halle in corn-fields. Like P. Rhceas, 

 but will be found to be sufficiently distinct by comparing the 

 characters. Flowers small, red. Stigmas 6-7. 



Three-lobed-\ea.\ed Corn Poppy. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 ft. 



12 P. UEVIGA'TUM (Bieb. suppl. p. 364.) capsules smooth, 

 obovate ; sepals smooth ; stem 1 or few-flowered, nearly smooth ; 

 leaves profoundly pinnatifid ; lobes entire, linear, acute. O- H. 

 Native on hills about Odessa, and of Caucasus. P. glabellum, 

 Steven, ined. Flowers small, red, size of those of P. dubium. 

 Stigmas 6-7. 



Smooth Corn Poppy. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1823. PL 1 foot. 



13 P. ROU'BLEI (Vig. diss. 39. no. 4. t. 1. f. I. good) cap- 

 sules smooth, roundish ; sepals pilose ; stem many-flowered, 

 pilose ; leaves bipinnate-parted, villous ; lobes linear, terminated 

 by a hair. O- H. Native of sandy places near Montpelier. 

 Like P. Rhceas, but distinct from the leaves being bipinnate- 

 parted, and a truly distinct habit. Plant scarcely -j foot high. 

 Flowers like those of P. Rhce'as, but of a paler red. Stigmas 7-8. 



Roubieu's Corn Poppy. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. | ft. 



14 P. ARENA'RIUM (Bieb. suppl. p. 364.) capsules oblong, 

 smooth, or with very few bristles ; sepals hispid ; leaves bipin- 

 natifid ; segments linear ; stem many-flowered, covered with 

 spreading bristles, those on the peduncles appressed, all caducous. 

 . H. Native of Caucasus in sandy fields at the river Terek. 

 Corolla red, with a dark bottom. 



Sand Corn Poppy. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1828. PL 1 foot. 



15 P. FLORIBU'NDUM (Desf. choix. cor. 62. t. 46.) capsules 

 smooth, oblong ; sepals pilose ; stem many-flowered, hispid ; 

 leaves rather pilose, lower ones pinnate-parted, upper ones pin- 



