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POPULAH FLORA. 



8. POPPY FAMILY. Order PAPA VERACK.E. 



Ilorbs with n milk-white, yt-lhiw, or reddiHli juice (rolonrlesH in Eschscholtziii), whicli is 

 bitter or acrid and iioisonous, alternate leaves, and lltiwcrs reniarkald«; for having' oidy 2 



(rartdy 3) sepals, which 

 Tail when the blossom 

 ojteii-j, but 4 (or ill one 

 case 8 or 12) petals, 

 which fall early. Sta- 

 mens many, on the re- 

 ceptacle. Pistil I, conj- 

 jiound, but almost al- 

 ways 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded, the set (Is borne 

 on the walls or on j)ro- 

 Jections from them (pa- 

 rietal). Eschscholtzia in 

 remarkable for its calyx 

 sliaj»ed like a ]iointed 

 cap or a candle-extin- 

 unislier. In most cases 



A 



V 



2:h 



'/!'). A flowfi-liiul casilm,' its calyx, 

 ami, 270. a (lower of I'opiiy. 



1!77. I'oil of Ci'lniidiiio open- 

 tii^'. '.'7H. KiiitiM! of till-' 

 h^iiiii'. tiinii'il tliawUe, aiiU 



' Hfi'U-. Htl.l oil it. 



'J71). FlowiT-liiiil, Ar., 

 of K-.rliMlioltziil. 

 'JHO. Tln'iiiii sIkiimhI 

 calyx rillcll oir. 

 '2H1. Tlif pod. 



n 



we hav 



e only one species 



of each yenua. 



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Petiils 4, crumpled or plaited in the bud, wliich nods before opening (except in tlie Piickly-Poppy). 

 Uviuy and pod incompletely several-celled, by plates or placentas projecting from 

 the walls and covered with nufnberless seeds. Stigmas nniking u tlat 

 sessile cap. Pod hard, opening by pores under the edge of the cap of 

 stigmas, (Pa/iarcr) *PorPY. 



^ Ovary and pod strictly i-cellcd, opening by valves, nnd leaving the placentas as a 

 ^ slender frame between them. Flowers yellow, rarely white. 



Pod and leaves prickly. Style none : stigmas 4 or 6, (Avfiemdnc) PIUCKI.Y-POPPY. 



Pod bristly. Style jii-esent : stigmas 3 or 4, (Stijldphonim) ('ki,.\M)IXK-P()Ppy. 



Pod smooth, slender (Fig. 277): stigmas 2, (ChclUldnium) CuLAUDltiE. 



Ovary and long narrow pod 2-celled by a thick partition in which the seeds are 



embedded ; stigma 2-horned, {Glaucium) *HoHN-PoPPY. 



Petals not crumpled in the bud, which does not nod. 

 • Petals 8 to 12, narrow, white. Pod oblong. Juice orange-red, {Sanr/uindria) Bloodkoot. 

 Petals 4, broad, yellow. Sepals united into a pointed cap which falls off as a lid 

 (Fig. 280, 281). Receptacle or end of the flower-stalk expanded and top- 

 shaped. Stigmas 3 to 7, slender, unequal. Pod many-ribbed. Juice watery. 



colourless, but strong-scented, 



* Eschscholtzia. 



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