HE feeds of thefe plants are contained in 
fhort capfules, or feed-velfels j by which they 
differ from thofe of the laft clafs. 
Pa PAVER, Poppy. The leaves grow alternately: 
The empalement is diphyllous, and foon drops 
off: It has a tetrapetalous flower, expanded in 
the form of a Rofe, with many chives arifing 
from the bottom of the ovary : The fruit is oval, 
crowned with a itar-like cover, and divided by 
thin membranes to which the feeds adhere, in- 
to as many cells as there are radii in the cover. 
The fpedes are : 
^ I. Pap aver fylvejlre^ R.308, G.E. 370. vul- 
gare^ cujus capitula foraminibus hiant^ femine incano^ • 
Diofco)idi^ C. 1 70. Wild Poppy. I'he leaves are 
finuated, fmooth, grey, and dented about the edges: 
ffhhe ftalk is about a cubit high, round, fmooth, fo- 
iid and branched : The flowers ftand, on the tops of 
the ftalks and branches, on long pedicles ; are veiy 
large, of a white purplifii colour ; and the petals, 
near the bottoms, are curioufly fcained with deep 
purple. 
^2. Papaver lacini at 0 folio ^ capitulo hreviore gla- ^ 
, hro annuum., Rhccas dldlum. Papaver Rhceas^ R. 308. ‘ 
G. 299. erraticurn Rhceas five fylveftre^ P. 367. ' 
erraticum majus Diofcoridi^ Pheophr. Plinio^ C. j 
171. Red Poppy, or Corn Rofe. Among corn. 
The leaves are very rough, hairy, and divided ge- - 
nerally into feven or nine narrow indented fedions ; < F 
the fedion at the end is largefl : The flowers are ; 
large, of a fcarlet colour, and the bottom of each 
petal 
