38 Papaveracee—Papaver. 
species growing 3 or 4 feet high, with oblong variously lobed 
amplexicaul leaves and numerous large single or double 
Fig, 28. Papaver bracteatum, (} nat. size.) 
flowers of many colours, white, rose, lilac, violet, often striped, 
and usually with a darker spot at the base of the petals, the 
latter fringed in some varieties. It is believed to have origin- 
ally come from Persia or India. 
4, P. Rheas (fig. 29).—This is the common Corn Poppy, 
