Papaver Rhoeas. Smooth-round-headed Poppy. 
PAPAVER Lin. Gen. Pl. Polyandria Monogynia. 
Cor. 4-petala. Cal. 2-phyllus. Capfula i-locularis, fub ftiginate perfiftente 
pons dehifceiis. 
Ran Syn. Gen. z%. Herb^ vasculiferje flore tetbapetalo anomale. 
PAPAVER Rhwas capfulls glabris globofis, caule pllofo multifloro, folus piunatifidis Incifis. Un- 
i>yji. vegetab. p. 407. Spec, plant, p. 726. FI. Sueck. n. 468. 
PAPAVER foliis femipin natis hifpidis fruibu ovato glabro. Haller, hijl. n. 1064. 
PAPAVER Rhceas ScopoU. FI. Carn. n. 64S. 
PAPAVER erraticum majus. Bauh/n pin. 171, 
PAPAVER RJjceas, Ger. emac. 371* 
PAPAVER erraticum Rhoeas five lylveftre. Park. ^97. 
PAPAVER lacunato folio, capitulo breviore glabro annuum Rhoeas didum. Raii Syn p. 208. 
Red Poppy or Corn Rofe. a ^ fi 
Hudjon. FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 230. 
Lightfoot. FI. Scot. p. 269. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrola. 
CAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, eredbus, ramofus, te- 
res, bafi purpurafcens, hifpidulus, pilis bafi 
bulbofis. 
FOLIA feffilia, bafi fubvaginantia, utrinque hirfuta, 
pinnatifida, incifa, laciniis feu foliolis inas- 
qualiter dentato ferratis, dentibus margine 
revolutis, apice callofis et fpinula terminatis. 
PEDUNCULI erefti, unifiori, teretes, hifpidi, pilis 
patentibus. 
CALYX: Perianthium diphyllum, ovatum, hifpi- 
dulum, foliolis concavis, margine membra- 
naceis, deciduis. 
COROLLA: Petala quatuor, magna, patentia, 
nsequalia, coccinea, ad bafin macula nigrS, 
nitida notata. 
STAMINA: Filamenta niimerofa, purpurea, ca- 
pillaria; AntherjE fubrotundae, compreflae; 
Pollen viride. 1.2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, truncatum; Sty- 
lus nullus, Stigma convexum, radiatum; 
radiis circiter decem purpureis. 3. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovata, apice truncata, et 
crenata, Isvis, lineis elevatis tot quot ftigmata 
notata, ftigmate plano perfiflente crenato 
teaa fg. 4. 
SEMINA plurima, minima, ex atro-purpurafccntia. 
J&- 5- 
ROOT annual, fimple and fibrous. 
STALK from one to two feet high, upright, branched, 
round, purplifh at bottom, fomewhat hif- 
pid, the hairs bulbofe at the bafc. 
LEAVES feffile, forming a kind of fheath at bottom, 
hairy on both lides, pinnatifid and jagged, 
the fmall leaves into which the large one is 
divided unequally toothed, or fawed, each 
tooth rolled back at the edge, callous at top 
and terminated by 9 fmall fpine. 
FLOWER-STALK upright, each fupporting one 
flower, round, hifpid, the hairs projeaing 
horizontally. ° 
CALYX: a Perianthium of two leaves, ovate, hif- 
pid, the leaves hollow, membranous on the 
edge and deciduous. 
COROLLA ; four petals, large, fpreading, unequal, 
of a bright fcarlet colour, marked at the bafe 
with a Ihining black fpot. 
STAMINA: Filaments numerous, purple and very 
flender; Antherje roundifh, flatten’d: Pol- 
len green, i. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen ovate, cut off at top; Style 
wanting; Stigma convex and radiated, rays 
about ten of a purple colour, fy. 3. 
SEED-VESSEL, fliape of an egg cutoff at top, where 
It IS fcolloped, fmooth, mark’d with as ma- 
ny raifed lines as there are ftigmata, and 
covered with the fligma which is permanent, 
flat, and alfo fcolloped on the edge. ^g. 4. 
SEEDS numerous, very minute, of a dark purple 
colour./^. 5. 
WE have growing wild m the neighbourhood of London, four different fpecies of Poppy that have feme 
affinity both in their foliage and flowers to one another, viz. the Papaver Rhaas fmooth-round-headed Poppy 
Papaver dubium fmooth-long-headed Poppy, Papaver hybridum prickly-round-headed Poppy, and Papaver Argemne 
prickly-long-headed Poppy, of thefe the firft, which is here figured is by far the moft common ; growing chiefly 
in Corn-fields, it has acquired generally the name of Corn Poppy, in fome countries it is dlftinguiftied by the 
name of Red-Weed. ^ 
A Syrup made from an infufion of the flowers is ufed by the Apothecary, more for the fake of the beautiful 
colour it imparts to the medicine, than from its pofleffing any aftive principle ; the Gardener is carefull to cul- 
tivate its numerous varieties, while the Farmer is no lefs anxious to root it from his fields, in which it is often 
fo predominant as to appear like the real crop. 
Although a Corn-field be its moft ufual place of growth it is neverthelefs frequently found on dry banks and 
on walls, and according to fuch fituations it varies extremely in its foliage, but conftantly retains two of its 
Iriking chara<fters, viz. the round or rather urn-fhaped form of Its capfules, and the projeftiiig hairs on the 
lowering ftem; thefe always diftinguifti it from the dubium to w’hich it is very nearly allied. 
It flowers from June to .‘\uguft. 
