230 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Qci,. XIII. 



pressed ; leaves doubly pinnatifid. Stems from one to two feet high 



with spreading bristly hairs : petals light-scarlet : capsule abruptly 

 oblong. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in corn-fields : 

 common. Eng. Bat. vol. ix. pi. 644. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 10. 799. 



4. P. Rhx'as. Common Red Poppy. Capsule nearly globular, smooth ; 

 stem many-flowered, bristly ; bristles of the flower-stalks spreading ; 

 leaves pinnatifid, cut. Stems from one to two feet high, with spread- 

 ing bristles : petals large, undulated, rich, scarlet, sometimes purple at 

 the base. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in corn-fields : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 645. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 11. 800. 



5. P. somnlferum. White Peppy. Capsule nearly globular, smooth ; 

 stem many-flowered, smooth ; leaves clasping the stem, notched, glau- 

 cous. Stem three or four feet high, erect : leaves broad, waved, lobed, 



heart-shaped at the base : flowers large, with bluish-white petals, having 

 a broad purple spot at the base. Opium is the inspissated milky juice of 

 this species, obtained by making incisions in the capsule. The seeds are 

 destitute of narcotic quality, and may be eaten. All the species of this 

 genus yields a similar milky juice. Annual : flowers in July : grows in 

 fields and waste places : frequent. Naturalized, but has been found in 

 a few places apparently wild. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2145. Eng. FL, 

 vol. iii. p. 11. 801. 



6. P. Cdmbricum. Yellow Poppy. Capsule oblong, smooth ; stem 



many-flowered, nearly smooth ; leaves pinnated, cut, stalked. Stem a 



foot high, generally with scattered erect hairs : flowers large, with lemon- 

 coloured petals. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in moist rocky 

 places, in Wales, and the north of England, as well as in a few places 

 in Scotland and Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 66. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 12. 802. 



5. NYMPH^'A. WHITE WATER-LILY. 



Calyx inferior, of four large, oblong, tough, permanent leaves, 

 coloured on their upper surface. Petals numerous, oblong, placed 

 in several rows upon the base of the germen. Nectary globular, 

 in the centre of the stigma. Filaments very numerous, flat, placed 

 on the germen, the lower gradually more dilated ; anthers linear, 

 two-celled. Germen sessile, globular. Style none ; stigma circu- 

 lar, of numerous rays, which are pointed and separate at the end. 

 Berry hard, globular, many-celled. Seeds numerous, roundish. 

 Named from its inhabiting waters, as the nymphs were fabled 

 to do. 262. 



1. N.dlba. White Water-lily. Leaves heart-shaped, entire; petals 

 oblong; rays of the stigma sixteen, recurved. Root tuberous, hori- 

 zontal: leaves floating, nearly circular, heart-shaped, smooth: stalks of 

 the leaves and flowers cylindrical : flowers about four inches in diameter, 

 floating when expanded : calyx-leaves white above : petals white. This, 

 in respect to beauty, is the queen of British flowers. Its large tuberous 

 roots are collected by the Hebridians, who from a decoction of them, 

 mixed with copperas, obtain a black colour for dyeing wool and yarn. 

 Perennial: flowers in July: grows in pools, lakes, and slow rivers: 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 160. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 14. 803. 



