CLI1. 

 PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM. 



White Poppy, 



Class XIII. Polyandria.— Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. PapaveracejE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of two caducous sepals. Petals four. 

 Stigma sessile, radiated. Capsule superior ; the seeds 

 on receptacles forming incomplete dissepiments, escap- 

 ing by pores beneath the permanent stigma. 



Spec. Char. Capsule globose, glabrous. Stem glabrous. 

 Leaves amplexicaul, incised. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... fwxuv ripi^s. 



("Papaver hortense; semine albo (et nigro). Batch. Pin. 160 



et 170. 

 J Papaver sylvestre. Ger. Em. 370. Raii Syn. 308. 

 " 1 Papaver sativum. Cam. Epit. 103. 



I Papaver somniferum. Lin. Sp. PI. 726. Eng. Fl. iii. 



I Eng. Bot. t. 2145. 

 French .... Pavot ; Pavot des jardins ; Pavot blanc. 

 Italian .... Papavero domestico. 

 Spanish. . . Amapola ; Adormidera domestica. 

 Portuguese. Papoila. 

 German. . . Mohn. 



Dutch Heul ; Tarame Heul ; Slaapkruid ; Slaapbol. 



Danish .... Valmue. 

 Swedish. .. Wallmog. 

 Pol.fyRuss. Mak, 

 Arabic .... Khuschkhash. 

 Persian .... Kuknan . 

 Hind.ftSan. Post. 

 Chinese ... Ying-suh. 

 Japan. .... Kes. 



