MECONOP'SIS CAMBRICA. 
WELCH MECONOPSIS. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PA PAVE RACEME. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
England. 
1 foot. 
May, Aug. 
Perennial. 
Rocks. 
No. 479. 
The word Meconopsis, is compounded from the 
Greek mekon, a poppy; and opsis, a resemblance ; 
the application of which is self-evident. Mekon, 
as the name of a poppy was derived from the Greek 
mekos, signifying bulk, and alludes to its bulky 
head or capsule. Cambria, is a name that was em- 
ployed to distinguish the province of Wales, at a 
very early date, even before Caesar’s invasion. 
This plant was formerly the Papaver Cambricum, 
of botanists ; but was separated from that genus on 
account of the want of agreement in their seed ves- 
sels. As an ornament in the flower garden it may 
be considered indispensable. Its delicate canary- 
coloured blossoms are produced in abundance, and 
continue in succession through several months. 
It is very productive of seeds ; and occasionally, 
a spontaneous seedling will be found near the root ; 
in general culture, however, the seeds must be sown 
in spring, in the open ground, where the plants may 
remain, which is far better than sowing them in sit- 
uations whence they may require removal ; for like 
most of the papaveraceae, it is somewhat impatient 
of removal. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 290. 
