PL ex. thai. 82. PAPAVERACE^. 451. Cerastites. 705 



5. Cerastiles macrocephala. Longheaded leaked-poppy. 

 Capsule clubshape, hispid ; stem leafy. 



Papaver lacitiiato folio, capitulo hispido longiore, Rail Syn, 308,3. 

 Argemone capitulo longiore, Ger. em. 373,2; Park. 370. 

 Papaver Argemone, Lin. S. P. 725. 



Fields; annual; June and July. 



Stems many-flowered ; bristles spreading ; petals pale 

 scarlet; stigma 4 or5-rayed; capside 3-s'ided above ; Jlowers 

 sometimes double. 



|3. maritima. Stem 1 -flowered. 



Papaver tnaritimum. Withering Bot. Arr. 486. 



IV. 452. PAPAVER. Pliny. Poppy. 



Calyx 2-sepaled, falling off"; petals 4; stigma 10 or 

 12-rayed ; pericarpium ovate, smooth, ribless, valveless, 

 opening by many foramina under the stigma, incompletely 

 many-celled; seeds many, afiixed to placentaria on the sides 

 of the pericarpium. — Flowers solitary ; hairs spreading, 



a. Capsule smooth ; calyx hairy ; leaves pinnatifid. 



1. Papaver erraticum. ' Wild poppy., 

 Capsule bald, nearly globular ; stem many-flowered, his- 

 pid; hairs on all parts spreading; leaves pinnatifid; stigma, 

 10-rayed. 



Papaver laciniato folio, capitulo breviore glabro annuum, Rhoeae 

 dictum, Rail Syn. 308, 2. 



Papaver Rhoeas, Ger. em. 371 (misprinted 401), 1 ; Lin. S. P. T26. 

 Papaver erraticum rhceas, sive sylvestre, Park. 367. 

 JRed poppy. Corn rose. Cop rose. Corn poppy. 



Corn-fields ; annual ; June and July. 



Leaves hairy; petals dark scarlet, sometimes with a black 

 spot at the base; filaments hairlike, attenuated. — Petals 

 communicate a fine red colour to water or syrup : and are 

 slightly narcotic. 



b. Capsule and calyx smooth ; leaves simple. 



2. Papaver somniferum. Sleepy poppy. 

 Capsule globular, bald ; calyx bald ; leaves embracing the 



stem, cut, bald, glaucous. 



Papaver sn I vesire, Raii Syn. 308, 1 ; Ger. em. 370 (misprinted 400), 5. 



Papaver somniferum, Lin. S. P. 726. 



Papaver amplexicaule, Stokes Bot. M.M.S, 181. 



While peppy. Cheese botals. 



Neglected gardens ; also cultivated ; annual ; July. 

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