212 POLYANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. [Glaucium. 



2. P. lajhridian, L. {round-rough-headed Poppy); capsule sub- 

 globose hispid furrowed, stem leafy many-flowered, leaves doubly 

 piiiuiitifid. E. Bot. t. 43. 



Sand)' and chalky fields in England, rather rr.re. Norfolk, Durham, 

 Cornwall, Kent, Essex. Ormeshcad. Ireland. Fl. July. . 



3. P. diibium, L. (lonff- smooth-headed Poppy); capsule gla- 

 brous oblong, stem many-flowered hairy, bristles of the flower- 

 stalks appressed, leaves pinnatifid. E. Bot. t. 644. 



Corn-iiekis, not unlVequent. Fl. July. 0. — Stems 1 — 2 feet high, 

 hispid with spreading hairs. Flowers large. Petals broad, palish scarlet. 



4. P. Rhtcas, L. {common red Poppy); capsule glabrous nearly 

 globose, stem many-flowered bristly, its bristles and those of the 

 flowerstalUs spreading, leaves pinnatifid." E. Bot. t. 045. 



Abundant in corn-fields; but rare in the West of Scotland. Fl. June, 

 July. . — Distinguished from the last by its short cajisu/e and the spread- 

 ing hairs oiiheflowerstalJis. Pet. broad, deep scarlet. 



5. V.^somniferum, L. {tvhite Poppy) ; glaucous, capsule glo- 

 bose glabrous as well as the stem and aniplexicaul leaves. E: 

 Bot.t. 2145. 



In Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and other places where the plant has 

 been cultivated. Most abundant for miles a little eastward of the 

 burning cliti', near Weymouth; liev. W. S. Bayton. FL July. 0. — 

 Flowers generally white, with a purple eye ; but varying much as to 

 colour. From the unripe capsules, opium (from the Greek a'pfos, Juice) 

 is prepared. 



2. Meconopsis. Viguier. Welsh- Poppy. 



1. JM. Cdmbrica, Vig. {common Welsh-Poppy); capsule gla- 

 brous, leaves mostly petiolate. DC. — Papaver^L. — E. Bot. t. 66. 



Rare : rocky and shady places. Foot of Lidford cascade, Devon. 

 Cheddar rocks, Somerset, called there " yellow tidip.'^ N, Wales and 

 Westmoreland. About Ediab. Rostrevor hill, Ireland. P/. June. If . 

 — Leaves on long stalks, pinnated, the pinnce pinnatifid. Flowers large, 

 yellow. 



3. Glaucitjm. Tourn. Horned-Poppy. 



1. G. lutetim, L. {yellow Horned- Poppy) ; pod minutely tuber- 

 culated, cauline leaves aniplexicaul sinuate, stem glabrous. E. 

 Bot. t. 8. — Chelidonium Glaucium, L. 



Sandy sea-shores, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. ©. — 1 — 2 feet high, very 

 glaucous, much branched. Leaves scabrous. Flowers very large, hand- 

 some, succeeded by pods 6 — 10 inches long. Dissepiment spongy, as in 

 the following species. 



1^, G.*ph(eniceum, Gievt. (scarlet Horned-Poppy); pod hispid, 

 -cauline haves deeply pinnatifid and cut, stem hairy. E. Bot.t. 

 1433. — Chelido9dum corniculatum, L. 



Said to have been found on Portland island, and in Norfolk. Fl.Juae, - 

 July. 0. — Petals scarlet, with a black spot at their base. 



3. G.*violdceum, Juss. (violet Horned- Poppy); pod 3-valved 



