PAPAVERACEjE. 



Argemone, L. (DC.pr. 1, p. 120 ; — W. and A.pr. 1, p. 17.) Prickly Poppy. 

 1. mexicana, L. (DC. I. c, — W. and A. I. c, — Roxb. ft. ind. 2, p. 571 ; 

 —B. M. 7. t. 243;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 6 ;— Wight ill. 1. t. 11.) 

 ?^^5Z'*f g|<t'Wl Buro-shelkanta. Q) Mexico. — Domesticated all over 

 tropical India. Fl. large, yellow, — fr. Jan., Febr, and March, — Seeds 

 narcotic, especially when smoked with tobacco, (^Gardener's mag. 6, 

 p. 315 ;) — In the W. Indies, they are used for many purposes, seem- 

 ingly without much benefit. — Lamp oil extracted from the seeds, 

 employed by the poor in the Concans. {Dr. Gibson.) 

 RoMERiA, Medik. (DC.pr. I, p. 122.) 



1. hybrida, (DC. I. c— Chelidonium hybridum, L.,—E. B. 3, t. 201.) 

 Violet horned Poppy. © S. Europe, along the Mediterranean, Eng- 

 land. Fl. large, purple, — Febr. and March ; fr. April 

 Glaucium, Tournef. (DC.pr. \.p. 122.) Horn Poppy. 

 1. corniculatum. Curt. (Lond. 6, t. 32; — DC. I. c.) 



a. phceniceum, DC. (I. c. — Glaucium phoeniceum, Sm., — E. B. 20, t. 

 1433.) © England, France. Fl. large, scarlet, — Febr. and March ; 

 fr. April. 

 Chelidonium, L. (DC.pr. 1, p. 122.) Celandine. 



1. majus, L. (DC. I. c. p. 123 ;—E. B. 22, t. 1581.) % Europe. Fl. 

 smallish, yellow, — C. S. ; but very rare. 



2. laciniatum. Mill. (DC. I. c.) %. Germany, England. Introduced 

 in 1820. FL? 



Chryskis, Lindl. (B. Reg. 23. t. 1948, — not Cass, nor Less. — Eschsholzia, 

 Cham., — DC. pr. S. p. 344.) — Chamisso's name being merely a mis- 

 spelling of Elsholtzia, a labiate genus, established by Willdenow in me- 

 mory of Elsholtz, the father, must be excluded, though it was meant 

 for Elsholtz, the son. — Chryseis, Less, is a synonyme of Amberboa, DC, 

 and Cryseis, Cass, a section of it. 



1. calif ornica, Lindl. (Eschsholzia californica, Cham; — DC. I. c. ; — B. 

 Reg. 14. t. 1168;— B. M. 56. ^.2887.) ©California. Fl. large, 

 yellow, — Febr. and March ; fr. April. 



2. crocca, Lindl. (Eschsholzia crocea, Benth. ; — B. Reg. 20, t. 1677 ; — 

 B. M. 63. t. 3495.) © California. Fl. large, yellow,— Febr. and 

 March ; fr. April. 



Papaver persicum, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 19, t. 1570. © Persia. P. amoe- 

 num, Lindl. ; B. Reg. app. of 1839, p. 56. N. India. Seeds from 

 Dr. Falconer. P. glabrum, Royl. ill. p. 67. © Himalaya. P. orientale, 

 L. ; B. M. 2, t. 57. Levant. — Argemone mexicana, L. p ochroleuca, 

 Lindl; B. Reg. 16, t. 1343. © T. albiflora, Lindl. (A. albiflora, 

 Sims ; B. M. 49, t. 2342.) © A. grandiflora, Swt. ; B. Reg. 15, t. 

 1264; B. M. 58, t. 3073. © Mexico. — Glaucium flavum, Crantz ; 

 E. B. 1, t. 8. o^ Europe. G. fulvum, Sra. cf- %. S. Europe. — 

 Chryseis compacla, Lindl.; B. Reg. 23, t. 1948. © Cahfornia. — 



