230 POLYAXDSJA MONOGYNIA. |~CL. XIII. 



flower-stalks close-pressed; leaves doubly pinnatifid. Stems 



from one to two feet high, with spreading bristly hairs : petals 

 light-scarlet : capsule abruptly oblong. Annual : flowers in June 

 and July : grows in corn-fields: common. Eng. Bot. vol. ix.pl. 

 644. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 10. 799. 



4. P. Rhoe'as. Common Red Poppy. Capsule nearly globular, 

 smooth; stem many-flowered, bristly ; bristles of the flower- stalks 



spreading ; leaves pinnatifid, cut. Stems from one to two feet 



high, with spreading bristles : petals large, undulated, rich, scar- 

 let, sometimes purple at the base. Annual : flowers in June and 

 July: grows in corn-fields: common. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 645. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 11. 800. 



5. P. somniferum. White Poppy. Capsule nearly globular, 

 smooth ; stem many-flowered, smooth ; leaves clasping the stem, 



notched, glaucous. Stem three or four feet high, erect : leaves 



broad, waved, lobed, heart-shaped at the base : flowers large, with 

 bluish-white petals, having a broad purple spot at the base. 

 Opium is the inspissated milky juice of this species, obtained by 

 making incisions in the capsule. The seeds are destitute of nar- 

 cotic quality, and may be eaten. All the species of this genus 

 yields a similar milky juice. Annual: flowers in July : grows in 

 fields and waste places : frequent. Naturalized, but has been 

 found in a few places apparently wild. Eng, Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 

 2145. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 11. 801. 



6. P. Cdmbricum. Yellow Poppy. Capsule oblong, smooth ; 

 stem many-flowered, nearly smooth ; leaves pinnated, cut, stalked, 



Stem a foot high, generally with scattered erect hairs : flowers 



large, with lemon-coloured petals. Perennial : flowers in June : 

 grows in moist rocky places, in Wales, and the north of England, 

 as well as in a few places in Scotland and Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 i. pi. 66. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 12. 802. 



5. NYMPILE'A. WHITE WATER-LILY. 

 Calyx inferior, of four large, oblong, tough, permanent 

 leaves, coloured on their upper surface. Petals numerous, ob- 

 long, placed in several rows upon the base of the germen. 

 Nectary globular, in the centre of the stigma. Filaments very 

 numerous, flat, placed on the germen, the lower gradually 

 more dilated ; anthers linear, two -celled. Germen sessile, glo- 

 bular. Style none ; stigma circular, of numerous rays, which 

 are pointed and separate at the end. Berry hard, globular, 

 many-celled. Seeds numerous, roundish. Named from its in- 

 habiting waters, as the nymphs were fabled to do. 262. 



1. N. alba. White Water-lily. Leaves heart-shaped, entire; 

 petals oblong ; rays of the stigma sixteen, recurved. Root tu- 

 berous, horizontal: leaves floating, nearly circular, heart-shaped, 

 smooth : stalks of the leaves and flowers cylindrical : flowers about 

 four inches in diameter, floating when expanded : calyx-leaves 

 white above : petals white. This, in respect to beauty, is the 

 queen of British flowers. Its large tuberous roots are collected by 

 the Hebridians, who from a decoction of them, mixed with cop- 

 peras, obtain a black colour for dyeing wool and yarn. Perennial : 

 flowers in July : grows in pools, lakes, and slow rivers : frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol.'iii. pi. 160. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 14. 803. 



