fuifhed from the other three red 
oppies, which alfo grow in corn- 
fields and bloom at the fame time, 
by its round fmooth head, hairy ftem 
and pinnatifid leaves. 
We have in this kingdom fix fpecies of 
Papaver, one of which has white and an* 
other yellow flowers. I doubt whether any 
of thofe be the fort that was fown for fome 
purpofe or other, by the ancients, and which* 
Virgil fays, burns the land, 
TJrunt letbao ferftifa papaverafomno. 
Centau- That tali plant with the beautiful 
rea * blue flower, you wilt find, is of thd 
Clafs and Order Polygamia Fruftraniai 
Thtfofcult that form the radius, you 
perceive, have no fligma y and for 
that rcafon can produce no feed j they 
are therefore of no ufe in the pro- 
pagation of the plant: that opera- 
tion is performed by the florets of 
the difk, which are hermaphrodite. 
* Having thus afcertained the Clafs 
and Order, confult your Synopfts, and 
you will have no doubt of the genus, 
Gentaurea being the only genus indi- 
genous 
