350 FLORA INDIGA. [PapaveracecB. 



3. P. dubium (Linn. Sp. PL 726); caule folioso multifloro setoso 

 hispido V. g-labro, foliis pirinatipartitis v. bipinnatifidis, capsula oblongo- 

 clavata. — BC. Syd. ii. 75. 



^. lavigatum (Elkan, Monog. Pap. 35) ; cade foliisque glabris. — 

 P. dubium, va?-. subglabrum, Led. Fl. Ross. i. 89. P. lasvigatum, Bleb. 

 Fl. Tail,: Cauc. iii. 364; BO. Syst. ii. 78, Prod. i. 119. P. glabrum, 

 Royle, 111. 67. P. Deoaisnei, Hochst. et Steud. mss.; Bene, in Ann. 8c. 

 Nat. ser. iii. 269 ; TTM, Fragm. Flor. JEtldop. Myrjpt. 2. 



Hab. Var. laviyatum. In arvis Himalavfe occidentalis temperatse, alt. 

 5-7000 ped.! : a Kumaou ! ad Kashmir"! Afglianistan, Oriffith! Belu- 

 chistan. Stocks! — (Fl; vere.) (». v.) 



DisTEiB. Var. leevigatum. Tauria ! Eumelia ! Asia Minor ! jEgyptus ! 

 Persia ! Caucasus ! 



nerta 1-3-peJalis, simplex v. ramosa. Folia intcrdum glauca, utrinque sparse pi- 

 losa, pilis subappiessis v. glabrata, laciniis iutegris v. iuciso-deiitatis. Scapi et se- 

 pala sparse pilosa. Flores maguitudine viJde varii. Filai,i,mta subulata. Capsula 

 -J-1 line, longa. Htigma 5-8-radiatum, ambitu crenatum. 



This appears a very variable plaut in India, though perhaps not more so than its 

 allies, or indeed than most annuals. Some of our specimens are hardly distinguish- 

 able from F. dubium itself in amount of hairiness, but it is usually nearly glabrous 

 in India. The perfectly glabrous and glaucous specimens have been named F. Be- 

 caisnei by Hochstetter and Steudel, and form the var. f. of Elkan. 



3. P. somnifertim (Linn. Sp. PL 736) ; caule simplici v. diviso, 

 foliis oblongis amplexicaulibus grosse lobato-dentatis serratisve lobis 

 dentatis, capsula globosa glaberrima, stigmate 5-13-radiato. — BC. Syst. 

 ii. 81, Prod. i. 119 ; Roxb. Fl. Lid. ii. 571 ; Wight et Am. Prodr. 17 ; 

 fFall. Cat. 8118!; Engl. Lot. t. 2145. P. amcBnum, Lindl. in Bol. 

 Reg. N. S. xii. 56. No. 80. 



Hab. Per totam Indiam preecipue borealem cultuna, et in ruderatis 

 quasi spoutaneum 1 — (FL liieme.) (v. v.) 



DiSTElB. Europa temperata ! Africa borealis ! Asia subcalida ! 



Caulis 2-4-pedalis, simplex (rariiis divisus), uniflorus v. pedunculos S-i gerens. 

 Folia in stirpibus Indicis glaberrima, 4-8 unc. longa, late ovata, oblonga v. lineari- 

 oblonga, basi cordata, s;rpe duplicato-dentata. Fbires ampli, albi, pallide purpurei 

 V. coccinci. Sepala glaberrima. Filamenta superne paullo dilatata. Capsula 1 unc. 

 diam., fere sphffiriea, pedicellata. Serniua plernmque nigra. 



This, the common Opium Poppy, is not known in a wild state in India, but is 

 found occasionally in roadsides and in waste places. 



4. P. cornigerum (Stocks, in Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 142) ; sparse 

 hispido-pilosum, caule basi ramose, foliis pinnati- v. bipinnatisectis, 

 sepalis pilosis dorso infra apicem cornigeris, capsula globosa suban- 

 gulata ad angulos setis rigidis sparsis arcuatis hispida, stigmate 4-5- 

 radiato. 



Hab. Panjab ad Peshawar, Vicary ! Afghanistan, Griffith ! Belu- 

 chistan, Stocks! — (Fl. vere.) (o. s.) 



Spithamienra v. pedale. Folia pleraque radicalia 2-4-polIicaria, petiolata, in seg- 

 menta linearia seeta. Caules v. scapi 3-6, ascendentes, paree foliosi, simpliees v. di- 

 visi, cum peduueulis appresse setoso-pilosi. Flores coccinei, 1-^-2 poll, diam., pctalis 



