18 PAPAVERACSJB. [PAPAVER. 



P. SOMNIF'EIIUM, L. ; glaucous, glabrous or hispid, leaves amplexicaul 



siuuate-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. DISTRLB. Europe, W. Africa, ail 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. ^KUV, a poppy, and fyis, 

 resemblance. 



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



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

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

 rous. Rootstock 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. CHEIiIDO'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 a,ud style. Seeds with 

 a shining testa and crested raphe. DISTIUB. 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 laciuiate (C. 

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

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

 1^ in., readily dehiscing, valves torulose. DISIRIB. Europe (Arctic), 

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



4. GLAU'CIUM, Tourn. HOKNED 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 

 deflexed stigmas opposite the placentas which meet in the axis of the 

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



