PAPATEH. MEC0N0P8IS.— EOEMEEIA. 1 7 



t3. P. Hildas (L.) ; filaments subulate, caps, roundly obovate 

 without bristles, stem liristly many-flowered, 1. piimatitid out. — 

 JR. iii. f. 4479. — Fl. large. Pet. deep scarlet, often nearly black 

 at the base. Peduncles with spreading hairs, or ((3. strigosum 

 Eoenningh.) with adpressed hairs.- — In arable fields, common. 

 A. VI. Vn. Corn Hose. E. S. I. 



t4. P. dubium (L.) ; fllaments subulate, caps, clavate nar- 

 rowing gradually from the top throughout without bristles, stig.- 

 disk icith patent edge, 1. pinnatifld with distant broad entire 

 bluntish lobes, sap milky. — Curt. Land. ii. 104. P. Lamottei 

 Bor. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Sap not turning yellow. Fl. large. 

 Pet. ti'ansversely oval, pale red. Ped. with adpressed hairs. 

 Stig.-disk of nearly ripe caps, like eaves, obscurely lobed. — Sides 

 of fields. A. VI. VII. E. S. ? I. 



t5. P. Lecoq'ii (Lamot. ?) ; filaments subulate, caps, clavate- 

 oblong suddenly narrowed near the base without bristles, stig.- 

 disk folded over the edge of the caps., 1. 2-piunatifid with distant 

 narrow entire acute lobes, sap becoming dark yellow in the air. — 

 St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Jl. large. Pet. usually distinct, obovate- 

 wedgeshaped, red. Ped. with adpressed hairs. Stig.-disk with 

 bluntly triangular lobes. — Sides of fields chiefly on a calcareous 

 soil. A. VI. vn. E. S. ? I. 



J6. P. somniferum (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps. 

 truly globular without bristles, 1. oblong unequally toothed am- 

 plexicaiil. — iJ. iii. f. 4481. — Fl. large. Pet. bluish white with 

 a violet spot at the base. ^Vhole herb smooth, except somer 

 times a few rigid spreading bristles on the ped. and one tipping 

 many of the teeth of the leaves. — On sandy ground near the sea, 

 and in the Fens, rare. A. VII. E. 



2. Meconop'sis Vig. Welsh. Poppy. 



1. M. cam'brica (Vig.) ; caps, smooth, 1. stalked. — Caps, 

 elliptic-oblong, beaked. Stem many-flowered, about 1 foot high. 

 L. pinnate, cut, glaucous beneath. Fl. large, orange-yellow, 

 on long stalks. — Rocky and shady places, rare. P. VI. E. S. ? I. 



3. Eoeme'eia Cand. 



Jl. P. hyb'i-ida (DO.) ; pod 3-valved erect with a few rigid 

 hairs at its top. — Caps, linear, 2 — 3 in. long. L. 2 — .3-pinnatifid 

 with linear nearly smooth bristle-pointed lobes. St. about 1 

 foot high, usually slightly hairy. Fl. violet-blue. Pet. falling 

 before noon. — Chalky corn-fields in Cambridgeshire and Nor- 

 folk, very rare. A. V. VI. E. 



