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st.-lvs. clasping, broadly oblong, lobed and serrate; 

 radical Ivs. oblong, long-petioled : fls. 2 in. across, brick- 

 red and showy, corymbose-racemose; petals roundish, 

 repand: caps, glabrous, oblong-club-shaped; stigmatic 

 ravs 6-7. Rocky alpine heights of Mt. Olympus in 

 Bi'thynia. B.M. 4749. Gt. 1:322. Gn. 41, p. 277; 42, 

 p. 585. 



EE. Fls. solitary, or in &s or S's. 



14. atlinticum, Ball (P. rupifragum var. aildnticum, 

 Ball). Perennial: hoary and everywhere covered with 

 copious spreading hairs except the glabrous caps.: 

 height 1-2 ft., from a thick woody root, the sts. scape- 

 like: Ivs. oblanceolate, coarsely and irregularly crenate- 

 serrate or pinnatifid, the segms. entire or crenate-ser- 

 rate; st.-lvs. smaller and sessile: bud broadly ovate, 

 hispid, nodding: fls. 2-3 in. across; petals orange-red or 

 scarlet ; stigmatic rays 6-8 : caps, club-shaped. Morocco, 

 6,000-7,000 ft. B.M. 7107. 



15. rupifragum, Boiss. & Reut. Perennial, cespitose 

 and many stemmed: Ivs. mostly radical, oblong-lanceo- 

 late in outline, pinnatisect with rounded sinuses, the 

 segms. irregularly oblong or lanceolate and dentate or 

 nearly entire, glabrous or pilose on the nerves, but the 

 scape-like sts. sparsely hispid; st.-lvs. smaller and nar- 

 rower: bud broadly ovoid, glabrous, nodding: fls. 5-6 

 in. diam.. pale red: caps, oblong-clavate, glabrous, the 

 disk 8-rayed. Spain. Gt. 2, p. 66. 



DD. Branching slight, the sts. mostly peduncle-like although 

 bearing Ivs. 



16. orientate, Linn. ORIENTAL POPPY. Figs. 2752, 

 2753. Plants grow 3-4 ft. high, perennial, stiff-hairy, and 

 bear fls. sometimes 6 in. or more across: Ivs. hispid, pin- 

 nately parted ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, the upper lobes 

 coarsely serrate and the lower incise-dentate: petals 

 sometimes 6, obovate, narrowed below, scarlet with 

 blackish base: caps, obovate, with a flat disk; stigmatic 

 rays 13-15. Medit. region to Persia. B.M. 57. Gn. 

 24, p. 459; 42:584. Gn. M. 5:16. V. 12:33. A popu- 

 lar perennial, new in many forms. The petals are 

 originally apparently scarlet with a black spot. It was 

 not until late in the 80's of the past century that this 

 species made a decided break hi color. A considerable 

 class of hybrids with P. bracteatum has arisen which 

 extends the color range through several shades of red to 

 orange, salmon, and pale pink. Some are unspotted, 

 some are adapted to cutting, and doubling has made 

 some progress. Among the Latin names of varieties 

 belonging to this class are grandiflonim, hybridum, 

 immaculatum, nanum, splendens, Parkmanii, plenum, 

 semi-plenum, and Sintenisii. Several have received 

 common or personal names. Possibly some of these 

 names belong rather with P. bracteatum. Oriental 

 poppies are better divided after blooming, in late July, 

 or Aug., when they are dormant; but the roots should 

 not be disturbed if the best bloom is expected the fol- 

 lowing season. They always grow hi the autumn, and 

 these divided plants would start away and make good 

 growth. If divided in spring, they would not recover 

 in tune to bloom. Any extra-good variety may be 

 increased largely by cutting the roots into short pieces. 

 This also is best accomplished hi summer. Xo plant is 

 more brilliant in late spring or early summer than the 

 oriental poppy, with its large fls., silken petals and 

 flaming colors, although its season of bloom is short. 



17. bracteatum, Lindl. (P. orientate yar. bracteatum, 

 Ledeb.). Differs from the preceding hi having large 

 leafy bracts below the fl. : perennial, erect, setose: 

 radical Ivs. pinnate-parted, the upper ones incised, 

 segms. lanceolate or oblong : petals sometimes 6, obovate 

 attenuate to base, blood-red and not spotted or the 

 claw dark violet: stigmatic disk 16-18-radiate. Medit. 

 region to Persia. B.R. 658. G.C. 1860:647. A variety 

 with petals more or less united into one was mentioned 

 in 1862-5 hi F.S. 15, p. 186. 



cc. Sts. very short, so that the plant is practically acaules- 



cent, the fls. solitary on scapes. 



D. Scapes very short, usually not exceeding 4 in. but some- 

 times twice that height. 



18. pyrenaicum, Kern. Low and cespitose perennial, 

 nearly stemless: Ivs. green, all radical and petiolate, 

 appressed pilose or setose (sometimes nearly glabrous), 

 pinnately parted, the segms. ovate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 entire, or seldom pinnatifid: scapes 1 or several, usually 

 2-4 in. high hi the wild but sometimes twice that 

 height, the bud ovoid, pilose, nodding: fl. yellow to 

 orange; petals round-obovate, more or less erose, nearly 

 1 hi. or less long: caps, oblong or obovoid, strongly 

 ribbed. Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines. 



19. alpinum, Linn. ALPINE POPPY. Low and cespi- 

 tose perennial, nearly stemless: Ivs. glaucous, all radi- 

 cal and petiolate, glabrous or nearly so, 2-3-pinnately 

 parted, the ultimate segms. linear or linear-lanceolate: 



2753. Papaver orientate, the most popular perennial poppy. 



scapes single or several, the bud ovoid or round-obovoid, 

 usually pilose, nodding; fls. white, fragrant; petals 

 round-obovate, erose, nearly 1 in. long or less: caps, 

 oblong to obovate, strongly ribbed. Alps, Apennines. 

 The following garden varieties have been offered as of 

 this species, but some of them are probably P. pyre- 

 naicum: albiflorum, album, aurantiacum, flavin" drum, 

 flavum, r6seum and rubrum. P. luteum, Hort., belongs 

 here, but P. luteum of the botanists is the Welsh poppy, 

 Meconopsis cambrica. 



DD. Scapes longer, particularly in cult. 

 20. nudicaule, Linn. ICELAND POPPY. Fig. 2754. 

 Mostly a yellow-fld. arctic perennial, more robust than 

 the two preceding, cespitose, nearly stemless: Ivs. all 

 radical and petiolate, somewhat glaucous, glabrous or 

 hairy, pinnatifid, the segms. oblong and entire or lobed: 

 scapes single or several, usually 1 ft. high, the bud 

 ovoid or nearly globose, pilose, usually nodding; fls. 1-2 

 in. diam., sweet-scented; petals obovate and sinuate, 

 white with yellow base or yellow with greenish base, 

 the 2 inner ones smaller: caps, oblong or obovate-glo- 



