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3. Long-headed Poppy. Papaver dubium, Linn. (Fig. 37.) 

 (Eng. Bat. t. 614.) 



Very near the field P., but generally 

 smaller and more slender, the leaves 

 more cut, with narrower lobes, the hairs 

 less spreading, and the flowers rather 

 smaller. It is also more essentially dis- 

 tinguished by the capsule, which is ob- 

 long, often twice as long as broad, nar- 

 rowed at the base, with fewer stigmatic 

 rays. 



In waste and cultivated places in Eu- 

 rope and western Asia, extending fur- 

 ther north than the field P., but not so 

 generally common. In England and 

 Ireland less frequent, but in Scotland 

 said to be more so than the field P. Fl. 

 summer. 



4. Bough Poppy. 



Papaver hybridum, Linn. (Fig. 38.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 43.) 



Nearly as tall as the field P., but ge- 

 nerally less branched, the leaves smaller, 

 with stiffer and shorter segments, the 

 hairs few and short. Flowers smaller, 

 of a purplish red, usually with a dark 

 spot in the centre. Filaments of the 

 stamens dilated from the middle up- 

 wards. Capsule nearly globular, covered 

 with stiff spreading bristles a little 

 turned upwards at their points. 



In waste and cultivatedplaces in central 

 and southern Europe to the Caucasus, 

 disappearing in northern Germany. In 

 Britain rather rare, chiefly in sandy or 

 chalky fields in England and Ireland. Fl. summer. 



5. Pale Poppy. Papaver Argemone, Linn. (Fig. 39.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 643.) 

 The weakest, and often the smallest of our red Poppies, the segments 



