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4. PAPAVERACE.E. 
smaller than N. lutea . — In small highland lakes. P. VII. 
VIII. S. 
Order IV. PAPAVERACE^. 
Sep. 2. Cor. regular, of 4 petals. Stam. generally numerous, 
free. Ovary free, placentas parietal, seeds numerous. Stigmas 
as many as the placentas, simple or lobed, the lobes of adjoining 
stigmas combining thus appearing (falsely) to be opposite to the 
placentas. 
* Seeds not crested. 
1. Papaver. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Style 0. Stigmas 
4 — 20, radiating, sessile. Caps, obovate, opening by pores 
beneath the stigma. 
2. Meconopsis. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Style short. 
Stigmas 5 — 6, i-adiating, free. Caps, obovate, opening by 
pores beneath the apex. 
3. Roemeria. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2 — 4, 
sessile. Caps, elongated, 2 — A-valved, 1 -celled, placentas 
distinct. 
4. Glaucium. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2, sessile. 
Caps, elongated, 2-valved, placentas connected by a spongy 
dissepiment. 
** Seeds crested. 
5. Chelidonium. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Stigmas 2. 
Caps, elongated, 2-valved, 1 -celled, placentas distinct. 
1. Papaver 
tl. P. Argemone {\j.) ; filaments dilated upwards, caps, cla- 
vate hispid with erect bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1. 
bipinnatifid. — E.B.G43. R.44J5 . — FI. 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 patent bristles, stem leafy many-flowered, 1 . bipinna- 
tifid. — E.B. 43. R. 4476. — FI. small. Pet. purplish, often with 
a dark spot at the base. — Sandy fields, rare. A. VI. VII. E. I. 
3. P. Rhaeas {C.); filaments subulate, caps, nearly globular 
smooth, margin of the stigma with incumbent lobes, stem hispid 
many-flowered, 1. pinuatifid cut. — E. B. 645. R. 4479.— FI. 
large. Pet. deep scarlet, often nearly black at the base. Pe- 
duncles with spreading hairs, or (/3. strigosum Boenningh.) with 
adpressed hairs. — In corn-fields, common. A. VI. Vll. Com- 
mon red Poppy. 
4. P. dubium (L.); filaments subulate, caps, clavate smooth, 
