PapaverArgemone. Long prickly-headedPoppy 
PAPAVER Lift. Gen. PI. Polyandria Monogynia. 
Cor. 4 petala. Cal. 2 phyllus. Capfula i-locularis, fub ftigmate perfiftente 
poris dehifcens. 
RaiiSyn. Gen. 22. Herbie vasculifer;e, flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 
PAPAVER Argemone capfulis clavatis hifpidis, caule foliofo multifloro. Lin. Svjl. V egetab. p. 407. 
Spec. PL 725. FI. Suec. n. 466. 
PAPAVER foliis hifpidis, pinnatis, pinnis lobatis, capitulis ellipticis, hifpidis. Haller Hijl. n. 1063. 
PAPAVER Argemone. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 636. 
ARGEMONE capitulo longiore. C. Bauh. Pin, 172. Ger. emac. 273. Park. 370. 
PAPAVER laciniato folio, capitulo hifpido longiore. Ran Syn. p. 3°^* Long rough-headed baftard 
Poppy. Hudfon. FI. Angl. ed. i.p. 230. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 279. 
RADIX annua, funplex, fibrofa. 
CAULIS : ubi l<ete crefcit caules profert plures, pedales, 
et ultra, foliofos, adfeendentes, hirfutos, inter 
fegetes vero caule folitario eredlo fiepius gaudet. 
FOLIA radicalia plurima, longe petiolata, pinnata, 
pinnis incifo -dentatis, dentibus mucronatis, 
caulina tripartita, pinnatifida, omnibus pilofis, 
fuperne faturate viridibus, nitidis, inferne pal- 
lidioribus. 
PEDUNCULI pilofi, pilis adpreffis. 
ROOT annual, Ample, and fibrous. 
STALK : where the plant grows luxuriantly, it puts 
forth feveral leafy, hairy ftalks, a foot or more 
in height, and bending upwards, but among 
corn it is mod commonly found with a Angle 
upright ftem. 
LEAVES next the root numerous, Handing on long 
foot-flalks, pinnated, the pinnae deeply in- 
dented, the teeth terminating in a fliort point, 
thofe of the ftalk deeply divided into three 
fegments which are pinnatifid, all the leaves 
are hairy, on the upper fide of a deep green 
colour, and Aiming, on the underfide paler. 
FLOWER- STALKS hairy, hairs prefled clofe to the 
ftalk. 
CALYX: Perianthium diphyllum, feu triphyllum, | CALYX: a Perianthium compofed of two or three 
deciduum, papillofo-hifpidum. % leaves, deciduous, hifpid, the hairs ifluing 
from fmall papillas or prominent points. 
COROLLA: Petala quatuor, miniata, fubere&a, re- | COROLLA : four Petals, of a fcarlet colour, nearly 
motiufcula, obverfe ovata, apice crenulata, bafi | upright, a little diftant from each other, in- 
nigricantia, maxime caduca, Jig. 1. I verfely ovate, finely notched at top, and 
^ blackifh at the bafe, Jig. 1. 
STAMINA: Filamenta viginti circiter, purpurea, | STAMINA : about twenty Filaments, of a purple 
plana, apice dilatata, nitida. Anther/e bre- | colour, flat, dilated at top, and Alining. An- 
viflime pedicellate, biloculares. Pollen cse- t therje ftanding each on a very fhort foot-ftalk, 
rulefcen-s, Jig. 2. au 8 c. Jig. 3. | having two cavities. Pollen blueiAi, Jig. 2. 
% one of the ftamina magnified, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germen longitudine filamentorum, | PISTILLUM : Germen the length of the filaments, 
clavatum, fubangulatum, hifpidum, pilis ca- f thickeft at top, fomewhat angular, hifpid, the 
nis, adpreffis. Stigmatis radii 3 ad 5 vil- | hairs grey and prefled to it. Stigma com- 
loli, cierulefcentes, Jig. 4. f poled of 3 to 5 villous rays, of a bluifh colour, 
I M- 4- 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula oblonga, clavata, fubangu- | SEED-VESSEL : an oblong, club-fhaped Capsule, 
lofa, hifpida, inferne nudiufcula, purpurafeens, ¥ fomewhat angular, hifpid, below for the moft 
jijr, 5. I part naked, of a purplifh colour, Jig. 5. 
SEMINxA plurima, minuta, nigricantia, 6, 7. ¥ SEEDS numerous, minute, and blackifh, Jig. 6, 7. 
This fpecies of Poppy is diftinguifhed by a variety of particulars befides its long prickly heads, which, though 
not abfolutely necefl'ary to diferiminate the fpecies, are well worthy of our attention. The divifions of the leaves 
are finer than in any of the other poppies. The petals in general grow more upright ; and, inftead of having the 
edges falling over each other, are ufually a little diftant. The ftamina are very remarkable, having the filaments 
uncommonly dilated towards the top, not at the bafe, as Haller afl'erts ; and the Anthene ftand on a very flender 
foot-ftalk placed on the top of each filament. 
Like moft of the other poppies it ulually grows in corn fields, and is not very un frequent in the neighbourhood 
of London. About the beginning of June it blofloms in Batterfea Fields ; but is often overlooked from the extreme 
fugacity of its petals, which rarely continue expanded more than fix hours. 
