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GLAUCIUM 
Perennial. Root strong and deep. Stem ultimately decumbent, branched, pale green, up to 
nearly i m. long. Petioles of the ground leaves short, upper leaves sessile. Laminae of the ground 
leaves pinnatipartite, lobes more or less irregularly toothed, often hairy ; upper ones sessile, coarsely 
toothed, often somewhat hairy on the inside. Inflorescence solitary. Pedicel up to about 5 cm. long. 
Buds shortly acuminate. Flowers up to 8 — 9 cm. in diameter; late May to August. Sepals somewhat 
bristly, slightly twisted in bud. Petals deep yellow. Stigmas persistent. Capsule more or less arched, 
grooved on each side, very long, up to 30 cm. — “ much longer than could be expressed in our figure ” 
(Smith Eng. Bot. t. 8) ; carpels dehiscing from the top downwards. 
Sandy and shingly foreshores; northwards to Argyllshire and Kincardineshire; Ireland — west 
coast (local), and from county Cork to county Down. 
Southern Scandinavia, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France, central and southern Europe, 
southern Russia; northern Africa; south-western Asia; North America (not indigenous). 
Subtribe 2. PA PA PELRI N A EL 
Papaverinae nobis. For character, see page 158. 
British genera of Papaverinae 
Genus 4. Meconopsis (p. 161). Stigmatic disc absent. Style distinct. Carpels 4 — 5. 
Capsules dehiscing only by large pores near the apex caused by the folding back of the carpels. 
Genus 5. Papaver (p. 161). Stigmatic disc present. Style absent. Carpels 4 — 00. Capsule 
dehiscing by pores situate just beneath the stigmatic disc. 
