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Polyandria, 
CLASS XIII. 
POLYANDRIA. 
In this class the stamens amount to twenty or more, 
and they ai*e inserted in the receptacle. It is divided 
into seven orders. 
Order I. Monogynia. 
Papavee. Gen. char. — Cal. two-leaved ; petals 
four ; stigma radiated ; caps. superior. 
Pap. Argemone, Long Rough-headed Poppy ; with 
rough, club-shaped capsules, many flowered, leafy 
stem ; annual ; flowers in July, and is not uncommon 
in fields. 
Pap. Rhceas , Red Poppy, or Corn Rose ; with 
-smooth, somewhat globular capsules ; rough, many- 
flowered stem ; leaves pinnatifid. Common among corn, 
and annual. 
Pap. Somniferum , White Poppy ; with calyx and 
caps, smooth, leaves glaucous, cut, embracing the 
Stein; annual; and Cultivated in the East for supplying 
the demands of commerce with the valuable drug opi- 
um, which -is the inspissated milky juice of the cap- 
sules. 
C'istus. Gen. char. — Cal. five deavedy with the 
leaflets unequal ; petals five ; caps, superior, angular, 
three-valved, many seeded. 
