4. PAP AVERAGES. 



2. MECONOPSIS. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Style short. Stiymas 

 4 6, radiant, free. Caps, obovate, opening by pores be- 

 neath the style. Placentas filiform. 



** Fruit linear, opening by valves ; stigmas 2 4. 



3. ROEMERIA. Pet. 3. Stam. many. Stigmas 2 , sessile, 

 radiant. Caps. 2 4e-valoed, 1-celled ; placentas distinct. 

 Seeds not crested. 



4. GLATJCITJM. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Stigmas 2, sessile. 

 Caps. 2-valved ; placentas connected by a spongy dissepiment. 

 Seeds not crested. A maritime plant with yellow flowers. 



5. CHELIDONIUM. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Stigmas 2. Caps. 

 2-valved, 1-celled : placentas distinct. Seeds crested. 



1. PAPA'VER Linn. Poppy. 



fl. P- Argemone (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, 

 clavate hispid with erect bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 

 1. bipinnatifid. E. B. 643. R. iii. f. 4475. St. usually about 

 1 ft. high. Fl. small. Pet. distinct, fugacious, pale red, black 

 at the base. Bristles sometimes spreading. In corn-fields. A. 

 VI. VII. E. S. I. 



f2. P. hyb'ridum (L.); filaments dilated upwards, caps, roundly 

 ovoid hispid with spreading bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 

 1. bipinnatifid. E. B. 43. JR. iii. f. 4476. Sap' milky. Fl. small. 

 Pet. purplish, often with a dark spot at the base. Sandy fields, 

 rare. A. VI. VII. E.I. 



f3. P. Rhoz'as (L.) ; Jilaments subulate, caps, roundly obovoid 

 without bristles, stem bristly many-flowered, 1. pinnatifid cut. 

 E. B. 645. R. iii. f. 4479. Fl. large. Pet. deep scarlet, often 

 nearly black at the base. Peduncles with spreading hairs, or 

 (jS. striyosum Boenn.) with adpressed hairs. In arable fields, 

 common. A. VI. VII. Corn Rose. E. 8. I. 



t4. P. dubium (L.) : filaments subulate, caps, clavate, narrow- 

 ing gradually from the top throughout without bristles, stiy.- 

 disk ivith patent edge, 1. pinnatitid with distant broad entire 

 bluntish lobes, sap milky. Curt. Lond. ii. 104. P. Lamottei 

 Bor. St. 1 2 ft. high. Sap not turning yellow. Fl. large. 

 Pet. transversely oval, pale red. Ped. with adpressed hairs. 

 Stiff. -disk of nearly ripe caps, like eaves, obscurely lobed. Sides 

 of fields. A. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



