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2. Meconopsis. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Style short. 
Stigmas 5—6, free. Caps. obovate, opening by pores be- 
neath the style. Seeds not crested. 
** Fruit linear, stigmas 2—4. 
3. RormEria. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2—4, 
sessile. Caps. 2—4-valved, 1-celled, placentas distinct. 
Seeds not crested. 
4, Guaucrum. Pet.4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2, sessile. 
Caps. 2-valved, placentas connected by a spongy dissepiment. 
Seeds not crested. 
5. CHELIDoniIuM. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2. 
Caps. 2-valved, 1-celled, placentas distinct. Seeds crested. 
1. Papaver Linn. 
tl. P. Argemone (L.); filaments dilated upwards, caps. cla- 
vate hispid with erect bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1. bi- 
pinnatifid.—E. B. 643. R. i. f. 4475.—Fl. small. Pet. pale 
scarlet, black at the base. Bristles sometimes spreading.—In 
corn-fields, rather rare. A. VI. VII. 
2. P. hybridum (L.); filaments dilated upwards, caps. ovate 
hispid with spreading bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, |. bipin- 
natifid—E. B. 43. R. ii. f. 4476.—F1. small. Pet. purplish, 
often with a dark spot at the base.—Sandy fields, rare. A. VI. 
VIi. E. I. 
3. P. Rheas (L.); filaments subulate, caps. nearly globular 
smooth, margin of the stigma with imcumbent lobes, stem bristly 
many-flowered, 1. pinnatifid cut.—E. B. 645. R. ii. f. 4479.— 
FL large. Pet. deep scarlet, often nearly black at the base. Pe- 
duncles with spreading hairs, or (8. stragosum Boenningh.) with 
adpressed hairs.—In corn-fields, common. A. VI. VII. Com- 
mon red Poppy. 
4. P. dubium (L.); filaments subulate, caps. clavate smooth, 
margin of the stigma with distinct crenatures, stem hispid many- 
flowered, 1. pinnatifid.—E. B. 644. R. iti. f. 4477.—F. large. 
Pet. light scarlet. Peduncles with adpressed hairs.—Corn-fields, 
common. A. VI. VII. 
+5. P. somniferum (L.); filaments dilated upwards, caps. truly 
globular smooth as well as the calyx and stem, |. oblong unequally 
toothed amplexicaule.—. B. 2145. R. in. f. 4481.—F. large. 
Pet. bluish white with a violet spot at the base. Whole herb 
smooth, except sometimes a few rigid spreading bristles on the 
flower-stalk and a bristle tipping many of the teeth of the leaves, 
in which case it probably is the P. setigerum DC.—On sandy 
ground near the sea, and in the fens. A. VII. 
