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GENUS IV. 
RGEMERIA Medik. THE RCEMERIA. 
Lin. Spat. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Obmiouc Chaiuctki.— Petals four. Stamens indefinite. Stigma one. Capsules elongated, 3 — 4-valved| l-coUed. — (^G. Don.') 
1.— RCEMERIA HYBRIDA Dec. THE HYBRID R(EMERIA, OR PURPLE HORNED POPPY. 
Engravings.— Eng. Bot. t. 201 ; 2nd edit. v. t. 750 ; and our Jig. 
1, in Plate S. 
Synonymis Glaucium hybridum Dum.; G. trivalve Miench ; 
G. violaceum Juss. } Chelidonium hybridum Lin. ; C. violaceam 
Lam. ; Roemeria violacea Medik. 
Specific Character. — Siliques 3 — 4-Yalved, erect, beeet with rtifi 
bristles at the top. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — ^This is a very beautiful flower, and would be well deserving of cultivation, were not the 
flowers so very short-lived. They not only do not last more than a day, but it is diflBcult to find a flower with 
all its four petals on at once. One or two drop almost as soon as the flower expands. We had great difficulty 
in getting a perfect flower for our engraving to be made from, and at last, could only accomplish it by gathering 
the bud, and letting it expand in water. It is a native of the South of Europe, and North of Africa, in corn- 
fields and vineyards ; and it is also occasionally found wild in England, in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Its 
culture is the same as that of the homed poppy, and its seeds are to be procured at every seed-shop. It is 
frequently called Glaucium molaceum in the seed-shops, that being the name Linnasus gave to the species. It 
was divided from Glaucium, and formed into a new genus, called Roemeria, because its capsule was found to have 
three or four valves, and one cell, whereas the capsules of all the other Glauciums have two valves and two cells. 
The stigma is also entire in the Roemeria, and cleft in the Glaucium, and the seeds are somewhat difierent. 
GENUS V. 
PLATYSTIGMA Benth. THE PLATYSTIGMA. 
GEimuc Character. — Sepals 3, ovate, deciduous, hairy. Petals 
i — 5. Stamens numerous. Filaments thread-like. Anthers linear, 
2.cel1ed, opening sideways. Stigmas 3, ovate, acute, erect-divergent. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Capsule oblong, attenuated at tlie base, 1-celled, 3-furrowed, 3-valve<l, 
opening from the top to the base. Seeds numerous, minute, egg- 
shaped, black, smooth, shining. — (Benth.) 
1.— PLATYSTIGMA LINEARE Bmth. 
Engravimos. — Bot. Reg. 1. 1 964 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3575 ; and our Jig. 
3, in Plate 6. 
Specific Character. — Plant small, tufted. Stems very short, and 
densely covered with leaves. Leaves linear, entire, stem-clasping, 1- 
nerved. Peduncles six inches long, erect, 1-fiovfered, slightly hairy. 
—(Benth.) 
Description, &c. — ^This pretty little plant has slender and delicate stews rising out of a dense mass of leaves. 
The flowers consist of three outer petals, which are broad and yeUow, and three inner ones, which are narrow 
