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sile. Caps. 2 4-valve'd, 1 -celled, placentas distinct. 

 Seeds not crested. 



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

 Caps. 2-valved, placentas connected^ a spongy dissepiment. 

 Seeds not crested. 



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

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



I. PAPAVER Linn. Poppy. 



1. P. Araemone (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, cla- 

 vate hispid with erect bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1. bi- 

 pinnatifid. E. E. 643. R. iii. f. 4475. Fl. small. Pet. pale 

 scarlet, black at the base. Bristles sometimes spreading. In 

 corn-fields, rather rare. A. VI. VII. 



2. P. hybridum (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, ovate 

 hispid with spreading bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1. bipin- 

 natifid. E. B. 43. R. iii. f. 4476. Fl. small. Pet. purplish, 

 often with a dark spot at the base. Sandy fields, rare. A. VI. 

 VII. E. I. 



3. P. Rhceas (L.); filaments subulate, caps, nearly globular 

 without bristles, margin of the stigma with overlapping lobes, 

 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. (J. strigosum Bren- 

 ningh.) with adpressed hairs. In corn-fields, common. A. VI. 

 VII. Common red Poppy. 



4. P. dubium (L.) ; filaments subulate, caps, clavate without 

 bristles, margin of the stigma with distinct crenatures, stem 

 hispid many-flowered, 1. pinnatifid. E.B. 644. R. iii. f. 4477. 

 Fl. large. Pet. light scarlet. Peduncles with adpressed hairs. 

 Corn-fields, common. A. VI. VII. 



f5. P.somniferum (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, truly 

 globular without bristles, 1. oblong unequally toothed amplexi- 

 caul. E. B. 2145. R. iii. f. 4481. Fl. large. Pet. bluish white 

 with a violet spot at the base. Whole herb smooth, except 

 sometimes a few rigid spreading bristles on the flower-stalk and 

 a bristle tipping many of the teeth of the leaves, in which case 

 it probably is the P. setigerum DC. On sandy ground near the 

 sea, and in the fens. A. VII. E. 



2. MECONOPSIS Vig. Welsh Poppy. 



1. M. cambrica (Vig.) ; caps, smooth, 1. stalked. E. B. 66. 

 Caps, oblong, beaked. Stem many-flowered, about 1 foot high. 



