No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 197 



PAP AVER L. Poppy. 

 Papaver somniferum L. (sleep-bringing). 

 Garden or Opium Poppy. Common Poppy. 



Rare. Waste ground as an escape from cultivation: 

 Bridgeport (Eames). July. Adventive from the Old World. 



Medicinal and extensively cultivated in the East as the 

 source of opium. 

 Papaver Rhoeas L. (classical name for this species). 



Red, Field or Corn Poppy. Corn, Canker or African Rose. 



Headache. 



Rare. Grassland, grain fields and roadsides : Southington 

 (Andrews, Bissell), Stratford (Miss A. E. Carpenter, Eames), 

 Fairfield (Eames). June — mid-July. Fugitive from Europe. 



The " Shirley." one of the handsomest of poppies in culti- 

 vation, is a form of this species. Known to be poisonous to 

 stock. 



Papaver dubium L. (doubtful). 

 Field or Smooth-fruited Poppy. 



Rare. Waste ground: Fairfield (Eames), Westport (R. 

 Thaxter, Miss A. E. Carpenter). May. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



ARGEMONE L. Prickly Poppy. 

 Argemone alba Lestib. (white). 

 White Prickly Poppy. 



Rare. East Lyme, one plant in newly seeded grassland 

 (Miss A. ^I. Ryon). June — July. Fugitive from the 

 southwest. 



Argemone mexicana L. 



Mexican or Prickly Poppy. Flowering or Yellow Thistle. 



Devil's Fig. Bird-in-the-Bush. 



Rare. Roadside in New Haven (D. C. Eaton). July — 

 Aug. Fugitive from tropical America. 



FUMARIACEAE. FUMITORY FAMILY. 



ADLUMIA Raf. Climbing Fumitory. 

 Adlumia fungosa (Ait.) Greene (spongy). 

 Adhnnia cirrhosa Raf. 



Mountain or Wood Fringe. Alleghany or Canary Vine. 

 Fairy Creeper. 



