Papaver Rhoeas. Smooth-round-headed Poppy. 



PAP AVER Lin. Gen. PI. Polyandria Monogynia. 



Cor. 4-petala. Cal. 2-phyllus. Capfula i-locularis, fub ftigmate perfiftente 

 poris dehifcens. 



Rait Syn. Gen. 22. Herb,e vasculifer^e flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 



Rhoeas capfulis glabris globofis, caule pilofo multifloro, foliis pinnatifidis incifis. Lin> 

 Syjl. vegetab. p. 407. Spec, plant, p. 726. Fl. Suecic. n. 468. 



foliis femipinnatis hifpidis frudtu ovato glabro. Haller. hifl. n. 1064. 



Rhoeas Scopoli. Fl. Cam. n. 64S. 



erraticum majus. Bauhin pin. 171» 



Rtceas. Ger. emac. 371. 



erraticum Rhoeas five fylveftre. Park. 397. 



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laciniato folio, capitulo breviore glabro annuum Rhoeas dictum. Rail Svn. 

 E.ed Poppy or Corn Rofe. 



Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 230. 



Lightfoot. Fl. Scot. p. 269. 



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RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. 



Ci\ULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, erectns, ramofus, te- 

 res, bafi purpurafcens, hifpidulu?, pilis bafi 

 bulbofis. 



FOLIA femlia, bafi fubvagitiantia, titrinque hirfuta, 

 pinnatifida, incifa, laciniis feu foliolis inae- 

 qualiter dentato ferratis, dentibus margine 

 revolutis, apice callofis et fpinula terminatis. 



PED.UNCULI erect i, uniflori, teretes, hifpidi, pilis 

 patentibus. 



CALYX: Perianthium diphyllum, ovatum, hifpi- 

 dulum, foliolis concavis, margine membra- 

 naceis, deciduis. 



COROLLA : Petal a quatuor, magna, patentia, 

 naequalia, coccinea, ad bafin macula nigra, 

 nitida notata. 



STAMINA ; Filament a numerofa, purpurea, ca- 

 pillaria ; Anthers fubrotundae, compreflae; 

 Pollen viride. fg. 1.2. 



PISTILLUM : Germen ovatum, truncatum • Sty- 

 lus nullus, Stigma convexum, radiatum ; 

 radiis circiter decern purpureis. Jig. 3. 



PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovata, apice truncata, et 

 crenata, laevis, lineis elevatis tot quot ftigmata 

 notata, ftigmate piano perfiftente crenato 

 tecta. fg. 4. 



SEMINA plurima, minima, ex atro-purpurafcentia. 

 fg- 5- 



ROOT annual, fimple and fibrous. 



STALK from one to two feet high, upright, branched, 

 round, purplifh at bottom, fomewhat hif- 

 pid, the hairs bulbofe at the bafe. 



LEAVES femle, forming a kind of fheath at bottom, 

 hairy on both iides, pinnatifid and jagged, 

 the fmall leaves into which the large one is 

 divided unequally toothed, or fawed, each 

 tooth rolled back at the edge, callous at top 

 and terminated by a fmall fpine. 



FLOWER-STALK upright, each fupporting one 

 flower, round, hifpid, the hairs projecting 

 horizontally. 



CALYX: a Perianthium of two leaves, ovate, hif- 

 pid,, the leaves hollow, membranous on the 

 edge and deciduous. 



COROLLA : four petals, large, fpreading, unequal, 

 of a bright fcarlet colour, marked at the bafe 

 with a mining black fpot. 



STAMINA: Filaments numerous, purple and very 

 ilender; Anthers roundifh, flatten'd: Pol- 

 len green. Jig. 1. 2. 



PISTILLUM:_ Germen ovate, cut off at top; Style 

 wanting; Stigma convex and radiated, rays 

 about ten of a purple colour. Jig. 3. 



SEED-VESSEL, fhape of an egg cut off at top, where 

 it is fcolloped, fmooth, mark'd with as ma- 

 ny railed lines as there are ftigmata, and 

 covered with the ftigma which is permanent, 

 flat, and alfo fcolloped on the edge. Jig. 4. 



SEEDS numerous, very minute, of a dark purple 

 colour, fg. 5. 



WE have growing wild in the neighbourhood of London, four different fpecies of Poppy that have fome 

 affinity both in their foliage and flowers to one another, viz. the Papaver Rhoeas fmooth-round-headed Poppy, 

 Papaver dubium fmooth-long-headed Poppy, Papaver hybridum prickly-round-headed Poppy, and Papaver Argemone 

 prickly-long-headed Poppy, of thefe the fir ft, which is here figured is by far the raoft common ; growing chiefly 

 in Corn-fields, it has acquired generally the name of Corn Poppy, in fome countries it is diftinguifhed by the 

 name of Red-Weed* 



A Syrup made from an infufion of the flowers is ufed by the Apothecary, more for the fake of the beautiful 

 colour it imparts to the medicine, than from its pofleffing any active principle ; the Gardener is carefull to cul- 

 tivate its numerous varieties, while the Farmer is no lefs anxious to root it from his fields, in which it is often 

 fo predominant as to appear like the real crop. 



Although a Corn-field be its molt ufual place of growth it is neverthelefs frequently found on dry banks and 

 on walls, and according to fuch fituations it varies extremely in its foliage, but conftantly retains two of its 

 ftriking characters, viz. the round or rather urn-ihaped form of its capfules, and the projecting hairs on the 

 flowering item ; thefe always diftinguifh it from the dubium to which it is very nearly allied. 



It flowers from June to Auguft, 



