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1. G. luteum. Yellow Horned Poppy. Stem smooth ; stem-leaves 

 embracing, waved ; pod roughish, with minute tubercles. Root taper- 

 ing : stem from one to two feet high : the whole plant glaucous : root- 

 leaves numerous, stalked, pinnatifid, hairy : flowers large, with bright- 

 yellow petals : pod nearly a foot long, curved. Biennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows on the sea-coast : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. 

 pi. 8 : Chelidonium glaucium. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 6. 794. 



2. G. phosniceum. Scarlet Horned Poppy. Stem hairy ; stem-leaves 



pinnatifid, cut; pod rough, with erect bristles. Root tapering: the 



whole plant glaucous : stem branched, erect : leaves all oblong, pin- 

 natifid, hairy : calyx very hairy : petals scarlet, with a black spot at the 

 base. Annual : flowers in June and July: grows on the sea-coast: very 

 rare, if now to be found. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1433. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 7. 795. 



3. G. violdceum. Violet Horned Poppy. Stem smooth ; leaves 

 doubly pinnatifid, linear, smooth ; pod three-valved and three-celled. 



Root slender : stem erect, about a foot high, branched, smooth : 



lower leaves stalked, upper sessile : petals violet-blue, large : pod two or 

 three inches long. Annual : flowers in May and June : grows in corn- 

 fields, in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire : rare. Eng. Bot. pi. 201. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 7. 796. 



4. PAPA'VER. POPPY. 



Calyx of two egg-shaped, obtuse, equal, caducous leaves. Co- 

 rolla of four circular, flat petals, two opposite ones of which are 

 smaller. Filaments very numerous, hair-like, much shorter than 

 the corolla; anthers oblong, compressed, obtuse. Germen globular 

 or oblong, large. Style none; stigma shield -shaped, flat, radiated. 

 Capsule egg-shaped or oblong, leathery, large, one-celled, partially 

 divided by marginal partitions. Seeds kidney-shaped, very nu- 

 merous, small, attached to the partitions. Name said to be 

 derived from the Celtic papa, signifying pap. 261. 



* Capsules bristly. 



1. P. hy'bridum. Round Rough-headed Poppy. Capsule nearly globu-- 

 lar, furrowed, bristly ; calyx hairy ; stem leafy, many-flowered ; leaves 



doubly pinnatifid. Stem twelve or eighteen inches high, covered with 



minute bristles : leaves with numerous, narrow segments, each tipped 

 with a minute bristle : flowers rather small, with scarlet petals, frequently 

 purple at the base. Annual : flowers in July : grows in sandy fields, in 

 England and Ireland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 43. Eng. FL vol. iii. 

 p. 9. 797. 



2. P. Argemone. Long Rough-headed Poppy. Capsule club-shaped, 

 ribbed, bristly ; calyx slightly hairy ; stem leafy, many-flowered ; leaves 



doubly pinnatifid. Stem from one to two feet high, hairy : leaves with 



narrow segments : flowers with pale-scarlet petals, blackish at the base. 

 Annual: flowers in June and July: grows in corn-fields: not uncom- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. rx. pi. 643. Eng. Ft. vol. iii, p. 10. 798. 



** Capsules smooth. 



3. P.dubium. Long Smooth-headed Poppy. Capsule oblong, angular, 

 smooth ; stem many-flowered, hairy ; bristles of the flower-stalks close- 



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