IV. PAPAVERACE.E. 
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Meconopsis.~\ 
1. P. Argemune L. do ng -prickly - h ended P.) ; capsule clavate 
hispid with erect bristles, filaments dilated upwards, stem leafy, 
leaves bipinnatifid. E. B. t. 643. 
Corn-fields, not unfrequent. ©. 5 — 7. — Flowers small. Petals 
narrow, scarlet. 
2. P. hybridum L. (round-rough-headed P.) ; capsule subglo- 
bose hispid with spreading bristles, filaments dilated upwards, 
stem leafy, leaves bipinnatifid. E. B. t. 43. 
Sandy and chalky fields in England, rather rare. Norfolk, Dur- 
ham, Cornwall, Kent, Essex. Ormeshead. Ireland. ©. 5 — 7. 
3. P. dubium L. (long-smooth-headed P.) ; capsule glabrous 
oblong, crenatures of stigma distinct, filaments subulate, stem 
hairy, bristles of the flower-stalks adpressed, leaves once or 
twice pinnatifid sessile. E. B. t. 644. 
Corn-fields, not unfrequent. 0. 5 — 7. — Stems 1 — 2 ft. high. 
Flowers large. Petals broad, light scarlet. 
4. P. Rhce'as L. (common red P.) ; capsule glabrous nearly 
globose, crenatures of the stigmas overlapping each other at the 
margin, filaments subulate, stem bristly, leaves once or twice 
pinnatifid sessile. — a. bristles of the peduncles spreading. 
E. B. t. 645. — j8. bristles of the peduncles adpressed. 
Corn-fields : rare in the west of Scotland, fl. Channel Islands 
and Isle of Wight. 0. FI. all summer. — The common form is 
readily distinguished from P. dubium by its short capsule and the 
spreading hairs of the peduncles : var. 0. is conjectured by Dr. 
Bromfield to be a hybrid. 
5. P.* somniferum L. (white P.) ; glaucous, capsule globose 
glabrous, filaments dilated upwards, stem and amplexicaul 
leaves usually glabrous. E. B. t. 2145. 
In Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Isle of Wight, and other places where 
the plant has been cultivated. ©. 7. — Flowers generally white, 
with a purple eye, but varying much as to colour. From the unripe 
capsules opium is prepared. 
2. Meconopsis Viguier. Welsh-Poppy. 
Sep. 2. Pet. 4. Style evident. Stigma of few rays. Cap- 
sule opening below the style by 4 — 6 valves. Placentas filiform. 
— Named from prjKwv, a poppy , and o\puj, resemblance . , 
1. M. Cdmbrica Vig. (common IF.); capsule glabrous, leaves 
mostly petiolate. DC. Papaver L . : E. B. t. 66. 
Rare : rocky and shady places. Foot of Lidford cascade, Devon. 
Cheddar rocks, Somerset. N. Wales and Westmoreland. Rosstre- 
vor hill, Ireland. Scotland, but naturalized. 7/. 6. — Leaves on 
long stalks, pinnate, the pinna; pinnatifid. Flowers large, yellow. 
