PAPAVERACE^E. VIII. MACLEAYA. IX. ESCHSCHOLZIA. X. ROMERIA. XI. GLAUCIUM. 



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VIII. MACLEAYA (Alexander MacLeay, F.R.S. F. L. S. 



colonial secretary New South Wales, a profound entymologist) 

 R. Br. in Clapp. and Denham's trav. append, p. 18. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, caducous (f. 40. 

 a.). Petals none. Stamens 24-28 (f. 40. 6.). Stigmas 2 (f. 

 40. c.) spreading. Capsule elliptical, with many-seeded placentas. 

 Seeds fixed to parietal placentas. Albumen fleshy. Embryo 

 very minute, erect. A perennial herbaceous plant, 4 or 5 feet 

 high, with roundish cordate, ob- FIG 40 



soletely-lobed leaves, glaucous on 

 the under surface. Flowers dis- 

 posed in large panicles, brown- 

 ish. 



1 M. CORDA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) 

 I/ . H. Native of China. Boc- 

 conia cordata, Willd. spec. 2. p. 

 p. 841. Jacq. fragm. 63. t. 93. f. 

 1. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1905 (f. 40.). 



Cordate-leaved Macleaya. Fl. 

 Ju. Jul. Clt. 1795. PI. 3-5 ft. 



Cult. This is a very ornamental, 

 stately, herbaceous plant, when 

 grown in a rich soil ; it is easily 

 increased by dividing the roots in 

 spring. 



IX. ESCHSCHO'LZIA (in honour of Fred. Eschscholz, 

 M.D. a celebrated naturalist, who accompanied Kotzebue round 

 the world.) Cham, in horffi, phys. berol. p. 74. t. 15. Hook, 

 fl. bor. amer. p. 34. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Tetragynia* Calyx mitre-shaped, 

 deciduous (f. 41. f.), never separating into 2 sepals. Petals 4 

 (f. 41. o.), with their claws inserted into the throat of the recep- 

 tacle. Receptacle dilated, with an expanded, fringed, or entire 

 border (f. 41. &.). Stamens indefinite. Styles 4, 2 long and 2 

 short (f. 41. c.). Capsules silique-formed (f. 41. </.), 2-valved. 

 Seeds fixed to the margins of the valves (f. 41. e.). A perennial 

 herb with tuberous roots. Leaves glaucous, tripinnatifid, the 

 segments linear. Flowers large, yellow, not unlike those of 

 Glaucium luteum. 



1 E. CALIFO'RNICA (Cham. 1. c.) FIG. 41. 



3. H. Native of the north-west 

 coast of America on the dry sandy 

 banks of streams. Lindl. bot. reg. 

 1168. Hook. bot. mag. 2887. 

 Stigmas 4, 2 longer than the others. 

 Seeds globose, almost black. This 

 plant is a ber.utiful ornament to 

 our gardens. It was first disco- 

 vered by Mr. Menzies more than 

 40 years ago, and plants were raised 

 about that time in Kew Gardens 

 (f. 41.). 



Californian Poppy. Fl. May, 

 Nov. Clt. 1790? PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. A very ornamental plant 

 of easy culture. It will thrive in 

 any kind of soil, and is easily increased by seeds. It is well 

 adapted for borders. 



X. ROME'RIA (in honour of John James Rb'mer, M. D., 

 Professor of Botany at Landshut, died 1820, author of several 

 botanical works). Medik. in ust. ann. 1792. vol. 3. p. 15. 

 D. C. syst. 2. p. 92. prod. 1. p. 122. but not of Mcench nor 

 Thunb. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, pilose. Pe- 

 VOL. i. PART n. 



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tals 4. Stamens indefinite. Stigma bilamellate, or 3-lobed. 

 Capsules elongated, 1 -celled, 2, 3, or 4-valved ; valves opening 

 from the top to the base. Seed kidney-shaped, scrobiculate, des- 

 titute of a glandular crest. Annual herbs, yielding yellow juice. 

 Leaves pinnate-parted ; lobes narrow, multifid ; lobules linear, 

 terminated by a hair-like point. Flowers violet. 



1 R. HY'BRIDA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 92.) siliques 3-4-valved, 

 erect, beset with stiff bristles at the top. O H. Native of 

 the south of Europe and the north of Africa in cultivated fields 

 and vineyards, especially in the region of the Mediterranean. 

 In England rare in corn fields between Swaffham and Burwell, 

 Cambridgeshire, and other parts of that county, and about 4 

 miles from Aylsham towards Cromer. Glaucium hybridum, 

 Dum. cours. bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 472. Chelidonium Iiv- 

 bridum, Lin. spec. 724. Smith, engl. bot. 201. Chel. violaceum, 

 Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 169. R. violacea, Medik. in ust. ann. p. 15. 

 Glaucium trivalve, Mcench. meth. 249. Glaucium violaceum, 

 Juss. gen. 236. Smith, fl. graec. t. 490. Flowers violet, 

 bluish, or purple. 



Var. ft, eriocarpa (D. C. syst. 2. p. 93<) siliques beset with 

 stiff hairs from the base to the top. Chelidonium dodecandrum, 

 Forsk. fl. aegyp. p. 100. O- H. Native of Egypt. 



Var. y, veluttna (D. C. syst. 2. p. 93.) stems clothed with 

 soft villi. Chelid. hybridum, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 3. Native of 

 Tauria. 



Hybrid Romeria. Fl. May. June. Brit. PI. ^ foot. 



2 R. REFRA'CTA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 93.) siliques 3-4-valved, 

 glabrous; pedicels a little recurved. O- H. Native of Tauria 

 about Derbent. Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 8. Glaficium refractum, 

 Stev. in litt. Very like R. hybrida, but differing in the 

 leaves being bipinnatifid, and by the segments being more 

 blunt. Capsules drooping, or refracted from the recurved pedi- 

 cels. Flowers violet. 



Refracted-capsu\ed Romeria. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. ft. 



3 R. BIVA'LVIS (D. C. syst. 2. p. 93.) siliques 2-valved, setose, 

 somewhat incurved. 0. H. Native of Syria. Leaves pin- 

 nately-multifid ; lobes linear, pinnate-parted. Petals violet. 



Trvo-valved-Caysuled Romeria. Fl. Ju. Jul. PI. f foot. 



Cult. This is a beautiful genus of annuals ; they only re- 

 quire to be sown in the open border, where they are intended 

 to remain, early in the spring. 



XI. GLAU'CIUM (rXavicoc, Glaucos, in mythology, the name 

 of a fisherman who leaped into the sea and became a sea-god ; 

 also sea-green or glaucous, in allusion to the colour of the plants 

 and their habitation by the sea-side.) Tourn. inst. 254. t. 130. 

 Cart, fruct. 2. p. 165. 1. 115. Juss. gen. 236. D. C. syst. 2. 

 p. 94. prod. 1. p. 122. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Sepals 2. Petals 4. 

 Stamens indefinite. Capsules elongated, 2-valved ; valves 

 opening from the top to the bottom, 2-celled, with a cellular 

 dissepiment. Stigma bilammellate. Seeds ovate, reniform, 

 destitute of a glandular crest. Evergreen, glaucous, biennial 

 or annual herbs, abounding in a copper-coloured acrid juice, 

 which is said to be poisonous and to occasion madness. Roots 

 perpendicular. Radical leaves stalked ; stem ones sessile, stem- 

 clasping ; more or less cut ; lobes broad, blunt. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, or terminal, 1-flowered. Flowers yellow or crimson. The 

 English name of the genus, Horn-Poppy, is given to it on 

 account of the long horn-like pods. 



1 G. FLA'VUM (Crantz. fl. austr. 2. p. 114.) stem glabrous; 

 stem-leaves repand ; capsules scabrous with tubercles. $ . H. 

 Native of south and middle Europe on the sea-shore in the sand 

 or mud ; plentiful in Britain ; also on the sea-shore of Carolina 

 and Virginia. Chelid. Glaucium, Lin. spec. 724. Fl. dan. 585. 

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