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site. Caps. 2 — 4.-valved, 1 -celled, placentas distinct. 

 Seeds not crested. 



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

 Caps. 2-vahed, placentas connectedhy a spongy dissepiment. 

 Seeds not crested. 



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

 2-valved, 1-celled, placentas distinct. Seeds crested. 



1 . Papaver Linn. Poppy. 



1. P. Argemone (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, cla- 

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

 pinnatifid.— i;. B. 643. R. iii. f. 4475.— Fl. small. Pet. pale 

 scarlet, black at the base. Bristles sometimes spreading. — In 

 corn-fields, rather rare. A. VI. VII. 



2. P. Jiyhridum (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, ovate 

 hispid with spreading bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1. bipin- 

 natifid.— £. B. 43. B. iii. f. 4476.— Fl. small. Pet. purplish, 

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

 VII. E. I. 



3. P. Rhaas (L.) ; filaments subulate, caps, nearly globular 

 mtJiout bristles, margin of the stigma with ovei-lapping lobes, 

 stem bristly many-flowered, 1. pinnatifid cut. — E. B. 645. R. iii. 

 f. 4479. — Fl. large. Pet. deep scarlet, often nearly black at the 

 base. Peduncles with spreading hairs, or ((3. strigosnm Boen- 

 ningh.) with adpressed hairs. — In corn-fields, common. A. VI. 

 VII. Common red Poppy. 



4. P. dubium (L.) ; filaments subulate, caps, clavate without 

 bristles, margin of the stigma with distinct crenatures, stem 

 hispid many-flowered, 1. pinnatifid. — E.B. 644. R. iii. f. 4477. — 

 Fl. large. Pet. hght scarlet. Peduncles with adpressed hairs. 

 — Corn-fields, common. A. VI. VII. 



t5. P.somniferum (L.) ; filaments difaierf upwards, caps, truly 

 globular without bristles, 1. oblong unequally toothed amplexi- 

 caul.— £. B. 2145. R. iii. f. 4481.— Fl. large. Pet. bluish white' 

 with a violet spot at the base. Whole herb smooth, except 

 sometimes a few rigid spreading bristles on the flower-stalk and 

 a bristle tipping many of the teeth of the leaves, in which case 

 it probably is the P. setigerum DC. — On sandy ground near the 

 sea, and in the fens. A. VII. E. 



2. Meconopsis Fiff. Welsh Poppy. 



1. M. cambrica (Vig.) ; caps, smooth, 1. stalked. — E. B. 66. — 

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



