140 POLYAN'DRIA. - GENERA 



EDWARD. 



Oh, yes; the order. Well there is only one 

 pistil, so it is Monogynia. 



MOTHER. 



Very well. The genera of this order are for 

 convenience, divided into three sets, consisting of 

 plants, which have flowers with four petals, or with 

 five, or with a greater number. This plant has but 

 four; and in that division there are only three 

 genera, to one of which, of course, the poppy 

 belongs. 



The seed-vessel of the first genus, Chelido'nium 

 is a long pod, something like that of the wall-flower 

 [PLATE 1.]. Is that the case in your plant ? Look 

 at the largest of the seed-vessels [PLATE 15.], and 

 tell me. 



EDWARD. 



No, mamma; this has a round, smooth, seed- 

 vessel, with a little thing like a coach-wheel on the 

 top. 



MOTHER. 



Then it is not Chelido'nium. In the next 

 genus with four petals, Actae'a, the seed-vessel is a 

 berry, consisting of a pulpy substance, with the seeds 

 dispersed through it, like a currant or gooseberry, 

 but quite unlike this one. Our plant, then, must 

 be a Papa'ver; and we will now see whether your 



