Genus i. 



POPPY FAMILY. 



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I. Papaver somniferum L. Opium or Garden 

 Poppy. Marble-flower. Fig. 1973. 



Papaver somniferum L. Sp. PI. 508. 1753. 



Erect, sparingly branched, glaucous, i°-3° high. 

 Leaves clasping by a cordate base, 4'-8' long, 2'-^' 

 wide, oblong, wavy, lobed or toothed ; flowers 3'-4' 

 broad, bluish-white with a purple center ; filaments 

 somewhat dilated upward; capsule globose, glabrous. 



Occasional in waste grounds and on ballast. Also in Ber- 

 muda. Fugitive from Europe. Often cultivated for orna- 

 ment. Widely cultivated in Europe and Asia for its cap- 

 sules, from which the drug opium, and poppy-oil are derived. 

 Native of the Mediterranean region. Summer. Mawseed. 

 Joan silver-pin. Cheesebowl. Balewort. 



2. Papaver Rhoeas L. Field, Red or Corn Poppy. 

 African Rose. Fig. 1974. 



Papaver Rhoeas L. Sp. PI. 507. 1753- 



Erect, branching, i°-3° high, hispid with spreading 

 bristly hairs. Lower leaves petioled, A,'-6' long, the upper 

 smaller, sessile, all pinnatifid; lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 serrate; flowers 2'-4' broad, scarlet with a darker center; 

 filaments not dilated; capsule subglobose or top-shaped, 

 glabrous, the disk with 10 or more stigmatic rays. 



In waste places and on ballast, Maine to Connecticut and 

 Virginia. Vancouver Island. Bermuda. Occasionally culti- 

 vated. Fugitive from Europe. Summer. Old English names. 

 Corn-rose, Red-weed, Headache, Canker-rose and Cheesebowl. 

 Thunder-flower. Blue-eyes. 



3. Papaver dCibium L. Long Smooth-fruited 

 Poppy. Fig. 1975. 



Papaver dubitim L. Sp. PI. iig6. 1753. 



Slender, branching, i°-2° high, hirsute with spreading 

 hairs. Lower leaves petioled, 4'-6' long, the upper smaller, 

 nearly sessile, all deeply pinnately divided; lobes oblong, 

 pinnatifid, cleft or sometimes entire; flowers 2' broad, 

 scarlet, sometimes darker in the center; filaments not di- 

 lated; capsule oblong-clavate, glabrous, 8"-io" long, nar- 

 rowed below; stigmatic rays 6-10. 



In waste and cultivated grounds, Massachusetts and Rhode 

 Island to Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and southward. 

 Also in ballast about the seaports and in Bermuda. Adventive 

 from Europe. Summer. Blind-eyes. Headache. Blaver. 



