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MECONO'PSIS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. PoLYA'NDRiAf Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Papavera'ce/E. Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p. 16; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 8. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 497. 
Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, of 2 egg-shaped, concave, equal, 
somewhat bristly, deciduous sepals. Corolla of 4 large, roundish, 
crumpled, spreading petals, the 2 inner ones the smallest. Filaments 
very numerous, hair-like, much shorter than the corolla. Anthers 
terminal, upright, somewhat stalked, oblong, blunt, compressed. 
Germen oblong. Style evident, short. Stigma of from 4 to 6 ra- 
diating, downy, permanent lobes. Capsule superior, inversely egg- 
oblong, coriaceous, of one cell, opening by, from 4 to 6, valves at 
the top. Placentce ( Receptacles of the seeds) narrow, scarcely pro- 
jecting into the inside of the capsule. Seeds very numerous, kidney- 
shaped, minute, dotted. 
This Genus is distinguished from that of Papaver by the evident 
style, and narrow, scarcely projecting placentce. It is, as De 
Candolle observes, a genus between Papaver and Argemdne. 
One species British. 
MECONO'PSIS CA'MBRICA. Common Welsh-Poppy. 
Spec. Char. Capsules smooth, with from 4 to 6 valves. Leaves 
stalked, pinnate, cut. 
De Candolle’s Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale, v. ii. p. 87. fide Sir 
J. E. Smith. — Lindl. Syn. p. 17. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 256. — Don's Gen. Syst. 
of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 135. — Papdver Cambricum, Linn.— Engl. Bot. t. 66. 
— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 231. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 568. Engl. FI. 
v. iii. p. 12. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 650. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 168. — Grev. FI. 
Edin. p. 120. — Mack. Catal. PI. of Ireland, p. 51. — FI. Devon, pp. 90 & 192. — 
Papdver cambricum perenne.flore sulphur co, Dillenius’ Hortus Elthamensis, 
v. ii. p. 300. t. 223. f. 290. — Papdver luteum perenne, laciniato folio, Cam- 
brobritannicum, Ray’s Syn. p. 309. — Cerastites cambrica, Gray’s Nat. Arr. 
v. ii. p. 704. 
Localities. — In moist rocky shady situations. Very rare in ENGLAND. — 
Cumberland; Near Portingseale : Mr. Winch, in With. Bot. Arr. Near 
Keswick: Mr. Hutton, in Bot. Guide. — Devonshire; Woods around Lidford 
Fall, abundant. Woods at Endsleigh and Dunterton : Messrs. Jones and 
Kingston, in FI Devoniensis. Near Linton : Mr. Jacob, ibid. — Lancashire; 
Near Holker : Mr. Woodward, in Bot. Guide. Brathay : Rev. J. Dodd, 
ibid. — Somersetshire ; On the rocks at Chedder: Dr. Dillenius, in Hortus 
Elthamensis. — Westmoreland; About Kendal, plentifully: Mr. Hudson, in 
FI. Angl. — By the Ferry-house at Winandermere : Mr. Woodward, in Bot. 
Guide. Grasmere : Rev. W. Wood, ibid. In shady lanes near Ktrkby Lons- 
dale : Sir J. E. Smith, in FI. Brit. — Yorkshire ; Mossdale Head in Wensley 
Dale : Mr. Brunton. — W A LF.S. Carnarvonshire ; Near the bridge at Aber, 
in the bed of the river : Mr. Lhwyd, in Ray’s Syn. On the back of Snowdon, 
going from Carnarvon to Llanberris, not far from the Castle : Mr. Ray, in 
Syn. — Denbighshire ; near Pont Meredith : Mr. Griffith. — Glamorganshire ; 
About Pont Nedd Vachn, Aberdylais, &c. plentiful: Mr. Dillvvyn, in Bot. 
Guide. — Montgomeryshire; On the Breiddin Hills: Mr. Aikin, in Bot. 
Fig. 1. Stamens. — Fig. 2. Germen and Pistil. — Fig. 3. Capsule. — Fig. 4. 
Transverse Section of the same.— Fig. 5. A Seed, magnified. 
* From mecon, Gr. a Poppy, and opsis, Gr. a resemblance. Dr. IIookir. 
t See Papdver Somniferum , p. 53. 
