PAP AVER. 17 



Fruit globular, oblong or clavate, opening by pwes ; stigmas 

 radiant. 



I.Papavdb. Pet. 4. Stam.many. StyleO. Stigmas 4:— 20, 

 radiant on aflattish disk. Caps, opening by pores beneath 

 tbe stigma. Placentas like dissepiments. 



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

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

 neath the style. Placentas filiform. 



** Fruit linear, opening by valves ; stigmas 2 — 4. 



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

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

 Seeds not crested. 



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

 Caps. 2-valved ; placentas connected by a spongy dissepiment. 

 Seeds not crested. — A. maritime plant with yellow flowers. 



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

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



1. Papa'tdb Linn. Poppy. 



tl. P. Argemdne (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, cla- 

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

 pinnatihd.— ^. B. 643. R. iii. f. 4475.— St. usually about 1 ft. 

 high. PI. small. Pet. distinct, fugacious, pale red, black at 

 the base. Bristles sometimes spreading. — In corn-fields. A. 

 VI. VU. E. S. I. 



t2. P. hyb'ridum (L.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, roundly 

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

 1. bipinnatifid.— ^. B. 43. R. iii. f. 4476.— Sap milky. Fl. small. 

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

 rare. A. VI. VII. E. I. 



t3. P. Rhce'as (L.) ; fllaments subulate, caps, roundly obovate 

 without hrisUes, 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 

 (S- strigosum Boenningh.) with adpressed hairs. — In arable 

 fields, common. A. Vl. VII. Corn Rose. E. S. I. 



t4. P. dubium (L.) ; filaments subulate, caps, clavate narrow- 

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



