POPPY FAMILY, Papaveraceae. 
A slender, graceful plant, one or two 
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P per feet tall, with smooth, branching, purplish 
heterophyllum stems, smooth leaves, variously cut and 
Red lobed, and charming flowers, gay yet 
Sree delicate. They are about an inch and a 
California 
half across, usually with four, scarlet 
petals, each with a spot of maroon at the base, and a 
bright-green pistil and maroon filaments with pale-yellow 
anthers. The buds and seed-pods are smooth. This 
' varies a good deal, smells strong of opium when picked, 
and its flowers glow like jewels among the underbrush on 
open hillsides, but fall to pieces when gathered. 
There are a good many kinds of Eschscholtzia, with 
bitter, watery juice; leaves alternate, cut into many fine 
divisions; buds erect; flowers yellow; receptacle cuplike, 
often with a rim; the two sepals united to form a pointed 
cap, which is pushed off by the four petals as they expand; 
stamens numerous, with short filaments and long anthers; 
style very short, usually with four stigmas; pod long, 
narrow and ribbed, containing many seeds. These plants 
were collected at San Francisco in 1816 by von Chamisso, 
a German poet and naturalist, and named in honor of his 
friend Eschscholtz, a botanist. 
Caifuroia Poses Probably the most celebrated western 
Eschschélizia flower and deservedly popular. It varies 
Califérnica a great deal in general form and coloring, 
Yellow but is usually a fine plant, over a foot tall, 
Spring 
with stems and leaves a beautiful shade 
of light bluish-green, and the flowers 
two or three inches across, usually bright-yellow, shading 
to orange at the base, but sometimes almost cream-color. 
They open in sunlight and when blooming in quantities 
are a beautiful sight, covering the hillsides with a cloth of 
gold. In southern Arizona a similar kind often borders 
the dry beds of streams with bright color, with much the 
same value in the landscape as the Marsh Marigolds along 
New England streams. It is the State flower of Califor- 
nia and has many poetic Spanish names, such as Torosa, 
Amapola, and Domidera, besides, Copa de Oro, meaning 
“Cup of gold.” 
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