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IV. PAPAVERACE^. 



[^Paj)dver. 



somewhat like brandy; which circumstance, in conjunction with its 

 flagon-shaped seed-vessels, has led to the name Brandy-bottle. 



2. N. pumila De C. {least F.) ; leaves cordate the lobes ap- 

 proximate, anthers oblong, stigma (green) with 8 or 10 teeth 

 and as many (yellow) rays, fruit furrowed upwards. N. minima 

 E. B. t. 2292, 



In several of the small Highland lakes. Mugdoek, near Glasgow. 

 Chartners Lough, Northumberland? If., 7, 8. — From the observa- 

 tions made by Dr. Torrey and Gray, it would seem doubtful if this 

 were essentially distinct, not merely from N, Kalmiana, but even from 

 iV, lutea, and some others. The English plant we have not seen : it 

 is said to have the stigma of K lutea^ of which it may be only a 

 small-flowered form. 



Ord. IV. PAPAYEKACE^ Juss. 



' Calyx of 2 rarely 3 deciduous sepals, 

 or 6 petals. Stamens indefinite. 



Corolla of 4 rarely 5 



Ovary 1 -celled. Stigma lobed 

 or rayed. Fruit dry, with 2 or more parietal usually project- 

 ing placentas, forming complete or incomplete dissepiments, 

 hence 1- or several-celled, many-seeded. ~ " 

 of a fleshy albumen. — Herbaceous plants. 

 Opium is the product of this tribe, which largely afford a milky, 

 acrid, and narcotic juice ; while the seeds of all, except Arge- 



Einbi^yo in the base 

 Leaves alternate. 



Mexicana 



^ In all the species 



the petals are crumpled in aestivation except in Sanguinaria^ 

 where they are 8 — 10 in number. 



1. 



2. 



* Fruit globose^ ohiong, or clavate. Stigma rayed. 



Pap AVER. Placentas lamelliform, projecting to near the axis, 

 sessile. 



Meconopsis. Placentas filiform. Style short but evident. 



Stigma 



** 



Fruit linear, elongated. Stigma 2 — i~lobed. 



3. Glaucium. Placentas 2, spongy, meeting in the axis. Pod 2-vaIved, 



opening from the apex. Seeds not crested. 



4. RcEMERiA. Placentas 8—4 (in Brit, sp.), scarcely projecting. Pod 



3 — 4-valved, opening from the apex. Seeds not crested. 



5. Chelidonium. Placentas 2, filiform. Pod 2-valved, opening from 



the base. Seeds crested. 



Fruit globose y oblongs or clavate. Stigma rayed. 



1. Papaver Li7in. Poppy. 



Sepals 2 rarely 3. Pet. 4 rarely 6. Stigma sessile, radiated. 

 'Caps, with the seeds on parietal placentas projecting towards 

 the centre of the single cell, and escaping by pores beneath the 

 permanent rayed sessile stigma. — Named because it is adminis^ 

 '.tered mihpap (papa^ in Celtic) to induce sleep. 



