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THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS III. 
MECONOPSIS, Lindl. THE WELSH POPPY. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
narrow, hardly drawn out on the inside into narrow membranes. 
fG. Don.) 
Generic Chaiuctkk — Sepals 2, pilose. Petals 4. Stamens indefi- 
nite. Style short. Stigmas 5 — 6, radiated, convex, free. Capsules 
obovate, 1-celled ; valres 5 — 6, opening at the top ; placentas thin. 
Description, &c. — The common Welsh poppy, which is a very elegant plant, a native of North Wales, 
found only in Alpine situations near water ; is the only British species left in this genus ; though there are two 
Califomian species, the seeds of which were sent home by Douglas, but from which no plants have been obtained. 
The name of Meconopsis is derived from Mekon, a poppy ; and opm likeness. 
1.— MECONOPSIS CAMBRICA, Lindl, THE COMMON WELSH POPPY. 
Synonyme. — Papaver Cambricum, Lin. 
Engrayinge. — Eng. Bot. t. 66 ; 2d edit. t. 751 j and ova fig. 4 in 
Plate IS. 
Specific Cbaiucter. — Capsule smooth. Leaves mostly petioiate, 
pinnate ; the segments jagged and divided. ( Smith.) 
Description, &c. — The Welsh poppy is an elegant delicate-looking plant of a somewhat succulent habit, 
closely resembling the common poppy, except in the colour of its flowers, the presence of a style, and the 
yellowness of the juice when the stem is broken ; that of all the poppies being white. It is quite hardy ; but it 
grows best in a poor (or at least light) soil, and in the shade. When it is to be grown in the common garden 
mould, a little sand should be added. 
GENUS IV. 
SANGUINARIA, Dill. THE PUCCOON. 
Lin. Syat. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Genekic Ciu&icTEa.— Sepals 2, ovate, caducous. Petals 8 — 12. I acute at both ends ; vaWes deciduous ; placentas 2, permanent. 
Stamens 24. Stigma bisulcate. Capsules oblong, 2-valved, ventricose, I (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — There is only one species, a dwarf plant, with white flowers. The name of Sanguinaria, 
which is from Sanguis, blood, alludes to the red juice which abounds in every part of it, and which is seen when 
the stem or root chances to be broken. Puccoon is the native American name. 
1.— SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS, Lin. THE CANADIAN BLOODROOT, OR PUCCOON. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 162 ; and omt fig. 6, in Plate 15. 
Specific Character. — Trunk of root horizontal, subterraneous, 
yielding a red juice when cut. Leaf radical, kidney-shaped, lobed like 
the leaf of a fig. Scape 1-flowered. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c — This pretty little plant is a native of Canada, where it is used in medicine as an emetic. 
It is a very pretty little plant, quite hardy, which should be planted in the front of a flower-border, where it 
will flower from March till May, its principal fault being that its petals fall very soon, like those of the poppies 
and other plants belonging to the same order. The root of tliis plant when broken appears to bleed profusely, 
from the great quantity of red juice which it emits ; and hence the popular name of Bloodroot. 
