Papaver.] POLYANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. 211 



without awns. — Nat. Ord. RANUNcuLACEiE, J<<5^.— Named from 

 $a.XXu, to be green ov Jlourishing. 



17. Clejiatis. Cal. of 4i — 6 leaves. Pet. 0. Pericarps term'i- 

 nated by a long, mostly feathery, awn. — Nat. Ord. Ranuncu- 

 LACE.E, Jkss. — Named from y'/.r^fia^ the shoot of a vine, which its 

 long branches somewhat resemble. 



18. Anemone, hivolucre of 3 divided leaves, more or less 

 remote from the flowei*. Cal. petaloid, of 5 — 9 leaves. Cor. 

 0. — Nat. Ord. RAXtrNCULACEiE, Juss. — Named from aniJ,o;, the 

 vntid ; because many of the species grow in very exposed situa- 

 tions. 



19. Adonis. Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. 5 — 10, without a nec- 

 tary. Pericarps without awns. — Nat. Ord. Ranunculace.i;, 

 Juss. — Name : — its deep red colour suggested the idea of its being 

 stained by the blood of Adonis, who was killed by a boar while 

 hunting. 



20. Ranunculus. Co/, of 5 (rarely 3) leaves. Pe<. 5 (rai-ely 

 many), with a nectary at the base. Pericarps without awns. 

 [In the pore or nectary of the petals of this, and oi 31ijosurus, we 

 observe an affinity with the tubular petals of Helleborus, and even 

 of Trolliiis ; only, in the two latter, the petals are more altered 

 in shape.] — Nat. Ord. Ranunculace^, Juss. — Named from 

 Pana, a frog ; these plants delighting to grow where frogs 

 abound. 



** Germens elongated, many -seeded. 



21. Trollius. Ca/. of 5, or many, coloured leaves. Pet. 5, 

 or many, small, linear, with an obscure depression above the 

 contracted base. Follicles many-seeded. — Nat. Ord. Ranuncu- 

 LACEiE, Juss. — Name said to be " derived from troll or trolen," 

 a hall or globe in old German, and bearing the same meaning as 

 our English word Globe-flower. 



22. Caltha. Cal. of 5 or more petaloid leaves. Pet. none. 

 Follicles severa\, compressed, spreading, with many seeds. — Nat. 

 Ord. RANuNCULACEiE, Juss. — Named from -/.cXaJog, a cup, which 

 its flowers resemble. 



(See Hellehorus in Ord. II.) 



POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. 



1. Papaver. Linn. Poppy. 



1. P. Argemdne,'L. {long-prickhj-headed Poppy) ; capsule cla- 

 vate hispid ribbed, stem leafy many-flowered, leaves bipinnatifid. 

 E. Bot. t. 643. 



Corn-fields, not uafrequent. H. June. ©. — JVoifers small. Petals 

 narrow, scarlet. 



