16 4. PAPAVEKAOE-S. 



transparent, wavj', reniform.— In small Higliland lakes, and 

 at Ellesmere,, Salop. P. VH, VIU. E. S. 



Orderly. PAPAVEEACE^. 



Sep. 2, deciduous. Cor. re^ar, of 4 petals. Stam. generally 

 many, free. Ovary free ; placentas parietal, usually projecting ; 

 seeds many. Stigmas as many as tlie placentas, sim;ple or loted ; 

 the lobes of adjoining stigmas combining, thus appearing (falsely) 

 to be opposite to the placentas. Seeds albummous. 



* Fruit -glohidar, oblong or clavate ; stigmas radiant. 



1. Pap AVER. Pet, 4. Stam. many. Style 0. Stigmas 4 — 20, 

 radiant on ajlatish dish. Caps, opening by pores beneath 

 the stigma. Placentas like dissepiments. 



2. Meconopsis. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Style short. Stigmas 

 4 — 6, radiant, /ree. Caps, obovate, opening by pores be- 

 neath the style. Placentas filiform. 



* * Fruit linear, stigmas 2 — 4. 



3. RoEJEEBiA. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Stigmas 2 — 4, sessile, 

 radiant. Cajis. 2 — i-valved, 1-celled; placentas distinct. 

 Seeds not crested. 



4. GiiAUCiiTu. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Stigmas 2, sessile. 

 ■ Caps. 2-vahed ; placentas connected by a spongy dissepiment. 



Seeds not crested. — ^A niaritinie plant. 



5. Chelidonium. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Stigmas 2. Caps. 

 2-Talved, 1-celled ; placentas distinct. Seeds crested. 



1. Papa'veu Linn, Poppy. 



tl. P. Arc/emdne (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, cla- 

 vate hispid with erect bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1. bi- 

 pinnatifid. — R. iii. f 4475. — St. usually about 1 ft. high. Fl. 

 small. Pet. distinct, fugaceous, pale red, black at the base. 

 Bristles sometimes spreading. — In corn-flelds. A. YI. Til. 



E. S. I. 



t2. P.hyb'rid)mi(h.); filaments dilated upwards, caps, roumlly 

 avoid hispid with spreading bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 

 1. bipinnatifid. — R, iii. f. 4476. — Sap milky. Fl. small. Pet. 

 purplish, often with a dark spot at the base. — Sandy fields, rare. 

 A. Vl.VII. "^ E. I. 



