gitudinally upwards, and, hereafter, by 
the pod being cylindrical, flifF, and 
longer than the calyx. We have but 
one fpecies of this genus, which is 
characterized by the flatnefs of the 
heads, and the ftem being decumbeat. 
You will find a good plate of this plant 
in Curtis. 
Thofe fine fcarlet, and thofe tall 
blue flowers, equal in colour to the 
beft ultramarine, and which add fo 
much to the beauty of this field of 
green corn, are too confpicuous to 
pafs unnoticed. The fcarlet flower, 
you tell me, is a Poppy. It is fo ; 
but I wifh to know fomething more 
about it. Thejtamina, you perceive, 
are numerous, and there is, in the 
centre, a germen covered by *.jligma % 
but no JiylM. Hence I know the 
Clafs and Order to be Polyandria 
Monogynia. The generic character 
is calyx diphyllus; corolla tetrape- 
tala; capfula unilocularis, fub ftig- 
mate perfiftente poris dehifcens. The 
plant you have gathered is the Papa- 
ver rbaas-, it is particularly diftin- 
guifhed 
