188 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



dark blue, on erect stalks ; spur of the small upper petals short, 

 conical, and more or less bent downwards ; carpels three. 

 Wolf's-bane. Moist pastures. Fl. June, July. 



(9) Pseonia. P^ONY. 



P. corallina : stem 1-2 feet high ; leaves twice teruate, the 

 segments ovate, entire, or divided into two or three deep lobes ; 

 flowers deep red ; carpels large, thick, downy, and when ripe, 

 more or less recurved. Naturalized in the rocky clefts of the 

 Steep Holme Island, in the Severn. Fl. May, June. 



(10) NymphsBa. WATER LILY. 



N. alba : leaves deeply cordate, glabrous^ 6-8 inches in dia- 

 meter ; flowers lying on the surface of the water, white, scent- 

 less, 3-4 inches in diameter. Lakes and slow rivers. Fl. 

 July. 



(11) Nuphar. YELLOW WATER LILY. 



N. lutea : leaves oblong-cordate ; flowers yellow, raised two 

 or three inches above the water, faintly scented, the concave 

 sepals assuming a somewhat globular form ; petals and stamens 

 very numerous, scarcely more than half the length of the se- 

 pals. Rivers and pools. Fl. July. 



Var. pumila : plant smaller, flowers with a more indented 

 stigmatic disk. Lakes of the north of Scotland. 



(12) Papaver. POPPY. 



* Leaves glaucous, toothed or slightly lobed. 



P. somniferum : annual, erect, glabrous, or with a few 

 hairs on the peduncles, scarcely branched, two feet high or 

 more ; leaves clasping the stem by their cordate base, oblong, 

 irregularly toothed, slightly sinuate or lobed; flowers large, 



