18 PAPA FEB ACE^E. [Papayer. 



P. somnif'erum, L. ; glaucous, glabrous or hispid, leaves amplexicaul 



sinuate-lobed or toothed, flowers large white or blue-purple, filaments 



slightly dilated upwards, capsule ovoid or globose stipitate. Opium Poppy. 



Cornfields and waste places, sporadic ; established in Kent, Syme ; fl. July- 



Aug. — Variable in hispidity, in the shape of the capsule, colour of the 



flower, and black or white seeds. — Distrib. Europe, W. Africa, all Asia. 



2. meconop'sis, Viguier. Welsh Poppy. 



Perennial herbs ; juice yellow. Leaves entire pinnate or pinnatifidly 

 lobed. Flowers solitary or racemed, not honeyed, homogamous. Ovary 

 1-celled ; style distinct, stigmas 4 or more opposite the projecting placen- 

 tas dilated or club-shaped. Capsule ovoid or elongate, with short valves 

 below the persistent style. Seeds small, testa rugose. — Distrib. Moun- 

 tain N. temp, regions ; species 9. — Etym. p^kov, a poppy, and 6$is, 

 resemblance. 



M. cam'brica, Fig. ; leaves pinnate, lobes pinnatifid. 

 Moist glens, Cornwall to Somerset, York, Westmoreland(?), Wales (ascending 

 about 2,000 ft.) ; Ireland ; naturalized in Scotland ; fl. June.— Nearly glab- 

 rous. Bootstock stout, branched, tufted ; roots thick. Stem 1-2 ft., woolly 

 at the base. Leaves petioled, pale green ; segments distinct or decurrent, 

 ovate-lanceolate, lobed and toothed. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., pale yellow, 

 peduncles long. Sepals hairy. Petals orbicular. Style short, stigma capi- 

 tate, 4-6-rayed. Capsule 4-6-valved, ribbed.— Distrib. W. Europe, from 

 Ireland to the Pyrenees. 



3. CHELIDO'NIUM, L. CELANDINE. 



Erect, branched, perennial herbs ; juice yellow. Leaves much divided. 

 Flowers yellow. Ovary 1-celled ; style dilated at the top, with two adnate 

 stigmas opposite the slender placentas. Capsule linear ; valves thin, 

 separating upwards from the persistent placentas and style. Seeds with 

 a shining testa and crested raphe. — Distrib. Europe to Japan ; species 2. 

 — Etym. doubtful. 



C. ma jus, L. ; leaves 1-2 pinnate, flowers small. 

 Waste places and hedgerows from Inverness southd., probably naturalized, 

 elsewhere an escape ; Ireland ; Channel Islds. ; (a denizen, Wats.) ; fl. May- 

 Aug. — Stem 1-2 ft., brittle, sparingly hairy, leafy. Leaves membranous, 

 glabrous beneath ; segments 1-2 in., ovate, toothed, lobed or laciniate (C 

 laeinia'tum, DC.) ; petiole dilated at the base. Flowers f-1 in. diam., in 

 loose few-fid umbels, yellow; pedicels slender; bracts whorled. Capsule 

 1J in., readily dehiscing, valves torulose. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), 

 W. Asia to Persia ; introd. in N. America. 



4. GLAU'CIUM, Town. HORNED POPPY. 



Glaucous herbs; juice yellow. Leaves lobed or cut. Flowers large, 

 yellow or purple. Ovary 2- rarely 3-celled ; style short or 0, with 2 

 derlexed stigmas opposite the placentas which meet iu the axis of the 

 ovary ; ovules very many. Capsule long, narrow, 2-valved almost to the 



