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1. G. luteum. Yellow Horned Poppy. Stem smooth ; stem- leaves 



embracing, waved ; pod roughish, with minute tubercles. Eoot 



tapering : stem from one to two feet high : the whole plant glau- 

 cous : root-leaves numerous, stalked, pinnatifid, hairy : flowers 

 large, with bright-yellow petals : pod nearly a foot long, curved. 

 Biennial : flowers in July and August : grows on the sea-coast : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 8 : Chelidonium glaucium. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 6. 794. 



2. G. phceniceum. Scarlet Horned Poppy. Stem hairy; stem- 

 leaves pinnatifid, cut ; pod rough, with erect bristles. Boot ta- 

 pering : the whole plant glaucous : stem branched, erect : leaves 

 all oblong, pinnatifid, hairy : calyx very hairy : petals scarlet, with 

 a black spot at the base. Annual : flowers in June and July : 

 grows on the sea-coast : very rare, if now to be found. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xx. pi. 1438. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 7. 795. 



3. G. moldceum. Violet Horned Poppy. Stem smooth ; leaves 

 doubly pinnatifid, linear, smooth ; pod three-valved and three- 

 celled. Root slender : stem erect, about a foot high, branched, 



smooth : lower leaves stalked, upper sessile : petals violet-blue, 

 large : pod two or three inches long. Annual : flowers in May 

 and June : grows in corn-fields, in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. pi. 201. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 7. 796. 



4. PAPA'VER. POPPY. 



Calyx of two egg-shaped, obtuse, equal, caducous leaves. 

 Corolla of four circular, flat petals, two opposite ones of which 

 are smaller. Filaments very numerous, hair-like, much shorter 

 than the corolla ; anthers oblong, compressed, obtuse. Ger- 

 men globular or oblong, large. Style none ; stigma shield- 

 shaped, flat, radiated. Capsule egg-shaped or oblong, leathery, 

 large, one-celled, partially divided by marginal partitions. 

 Seeds kidney-shaped, very numerous, small, attached to the 

 partitions. Name said to be derived from the Celtic papa, 

 signifying pap. 261. 



* Capsules bristly. 



1. P. hy'bridum. Round Hough-headed Poppy. Capsule nearly 

 globular, furrowed, bristly ; calyx hairy ; stem leafy, many- 

 flowered; leaves doubly pinnatifid. Stem twelve or eighteen 



inches high, covered with minute bristles : leaves with numerous, 

 narrow segments, each tipped with a minute bristle : flowers rather 

 snvill, with scarlet petals, frequently purple at the base. Annual : 

 flowers in July : grows in sandy fields, in England and Ireland : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 43. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 9. 797. 



2. P. Argentine. Long Rough-headed Poppy. Capsule club- 

 shaped, ribbed, bristly ; calyx slightly hairy ; stem leafy, many- 

 flowered ; leaves doubly pinnatifid. Stem from one to two feet 



high, hairy : leaves with narrow segments : flowers with pale- 

 scarlet petals, blackish at the base. Annual : flowers in June and 

 July: grows in corn-fields : not uncommon. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 

 643. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 10. 798. 



** Capsules smooth. 



3. P. dubium. Long Smooth-headed Poppy. Capsule oblong-, 

 angular, smooth; stem manv-flowered, hairy; bristles of the 



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