■Fapaver.] viii. papaveracbje. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 117 



^}^ ?:""**,*»*»Je'-^-; perennial, hairy, flowers orange-yellow, capsule 

 obovoid hispid. H.f.d; T. Fl.Ind. 24:9. 



Western Tibet, alt. 16-17,000 ft., T. T., &o.— Dktkie. Affghanistan, Mta. of 

 Central and i^lorthern Europe, N. Asia, Arctic regions. 



Bootstoch Bcaly. Leaves l-i in:., all radical, obovate or oblong, pinnatiad; lobes 

 linear-oblong, bairj. Scapes seTOral, 4-12 in. Flowers 2-3 in. diam. Sepals densely 

 haary. ^ ' 



j-?"i.'^" ^y*'^*d»'»> L. ; leaves 2-3-pinnatifid sparingly hispid, filaments 

 dilated upwards, capsule subglobose hispid, stigma convex rays 4-8. 



Punjab near Pesbawur, Vieary ; Jelam valley-, Jacquemont.—DisiRm. Affehauia- 

 tan, W. Asia, N. Africa, Europe. 



Annual, sparingly branched] 10-18 in. Leaves more or less out into linear awned 

 segments ; radical petioled, cauline sessile. Flower 1-2 in. diam., scarlet, with a black 

 disk. Sepals hairy, obtuse. Capsule J in. long. Stigmatia rays reaching or exceeding 

 the edge of the disk. 



3. P. Rhoeas, L. ; leaves 1-2-pinnatifid, filaments filiform, capsule sub- 

 globose glabrous, stigma convex rays 8-12. 



Kashmik, F(daoner, &o. — Europe, W. Asia, N. Africa. 



Annual, branched, hispid, 1-2 ft. Leaf -lobes more or les^ cut, ascending, awned. 

 Scapes with spreading or appressed hairs. . Flowers 3-t in. diam., scarlet ; pairs of 

 petals unequal. StigTnatic rays overlapping. Capsule stalked. 



4. P. dubium, L. ; leaves 1-2-pinnatifid, filaments filiform, capsule 

 obovoid glabrous, stigma 6-12-ray«d. M.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 250. P. glabrum, 

 Soyle III. 67. - s . 



Westekh Himalaya from Garwhal to Hazara, in cornfields. — Disteib. Affghanistan, 

 JEurope, M^ Asia. 



Habit of P. EhaeMS, but often glabrous, and leaf segments usually narrower ; hairs of 

 scape appressed. Petals scarlet, in unequal pairs. Capsule sessile. 



P. SOMNITERUM, L. : leaves oblong amplexicaul lobed toothed and ser- 

 rate, filaments slightly dilated, capsule globose, glabrous, stigmatic rays 5-12. 

 Eoxh. Fl.Ind. ii. 571 ; W.<bA. Prodr. 17 ; WaU.Cat. 8118 ; H.f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 250. P. amsenum, Lmdl. in Bot. Reg. xxv. Misc. 66. 



Cultivated throughout India. — Distkib. Cultivated in temp, and warm regions 'of 

 Europe, Asia, and N. Africa. 



Annual, ,2-4 ft., glaucous, simple', rarely branched, usually quite glabrous. Leaixis 

 ovate-oblong or linear-oblong. Flower large, white purple or scarlet. Sepals glabrous. 

 Capsule 1 in. diam., stalked. Seeds white or black. — Opium poppy. 



P. orientale, L., and P. Argemone, L., are common garden plants in India. 



l.-^ ARGEmONZi, Linn. 



An erect prickly annual j juice yellow. Flowershiighi yellow. Sepals 2-^3. 

 Petals 4-6. Stamens indB&nite. Ovary 1-celled ; style very short, stigma 

 4-7-robed ; ovules many, on 4 -7 parietal placentas. Gajysuk short, dehiscing 

 at the top by short valves, that alternate with the stigmas and placentas. 

 Seeds many. — Disteeb. A small American genus, of which the foUowipg 

 species is naturalized throughout India. 



A. HEXiCANA, L. ; leaves sessile ^-amplexicaul sinuate-pinnatifid varie- 



fated green and white. Roxh. Fl.Ind. ii. 571; W. &A.Prodr.\. 18 j WigM 

 a t. II j Wall. (jQi. 8126 ; H.f. dc T. Fl. Ind. 251. 



