﻿Localities.— On sandy sea-shores; fiequent.— Devon ; Kxmouth, TeiRii- 

 mouth, Paignton Sands, and Braunton Burroughs: FI. Devon. — Durham; 

 On the Ballast Hills ot Tyne and Wear: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Hampshire ; 

 Ventnor, in the lsD of Wight. — Kent ; Plentiful about Dover; and other parts 

 of the coast. — Lancashire ; North Shore, Liverpool, near the mouth of the river 

 Alt: Mr. Shepherd. Sea-shore at Poulton, near Lancaster: G. Orosfield, 

 Esq. Liverpool. Cartmel Sands, and Hoosebeck : Mr. Woodward. In Walney 

 Isle : Mr. Atkinson.— On the coast ot Norfolk. — Suffolk ; On the sea-coast, 

 particularly about Dunwich : Mr. Woodward. — Sussex; At Hastings, and 

 near Beachey Head: Dr. Bosiock. — WALES. Anglesey; On the sea-beach, 

 not uncommon: Rev. H. Davies. — SCOTLAND. Lerwick; Sandy sea-coast 

 at Coldingham : Rev. A. Baird. Sea-coast near Queensferry ; and at Charles- 

 town : Rev. J. Lightfoot. Sandy shores near Cosford and N. Queensferry : 

 Mr Malghan. Shores at Helensburgh, plentiful : Mr. Hopkirk. Abundant 

 at Arran: Mr. Murray. Near Rosythe Castle; and on the gravelly bed of 

 the water of Leith, beyond Coltbridge : Mr. Neill.— IRELAN L). Sandy sea- 

 shores, frequent: Mr. J. T. Mackay. 



Biennial. — Flowers in July and August. 



Root spindle-shaped. Plant very glaucous. Stems much branch- 

 ed, spreading, from 1 to 3 feet long, round, smooth, decumbent, 

 ascending at the ends. Root-leaves numerous, stalked, a span 

 long, pinnatifid, lyrate, lobed, cut, hairy, lasting through the winter. 

 Stem-leaves short, broad, lobed, and cut, rough above, smooth be- 

 neath, clasping the stem with their heart-shaped base. Branches 

 forked. Flower-stalks lateral and terminal, thick, smooth, scarcely 

 so long as the calyx. Calyx large, oval, rough with short hairs, 

 falling off as the flower opens. Corolla large and handsome, of 

 a golden yellow. Petals large, egg-shaped, an inch and a half 

 long. Pod very long, often 10 or 12 inches, curved, roughish 

 with minute tubercles, rarely quite smooth. Surface of the Seeds, 

 in every species, curiously cellular (see fig. 9.) 



The large and numerous flowers, which although of short 

 duration, succeed one another in great abundance during most 

 part of the Summer, make a fine contrast with the sea-green dew- 

 bespangled leaves, and are a great ornament to our sandy shores. 

 The whole plant abounds in a yellow juice, is foetid, and of a 

 poisonous quality. It is said to occasion madness. Probably the 

 Glaucium of Dioscorides. See Enrjl. FI. and Engl. Bot. 



