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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS IV. 
11 (E ME Pd A, Medik. THE RCEMERIA. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character.. —Petals four. Stamens indefinite. Stigma one. Capsules elongated, 3 —4-valved, 1-celled.— (G. Don.) 
1.—RCEMERIA HYBRIDA, Dec. THE HYBRID RCEMERIA, OR, PURPLE HORNED POPPY. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot. t. 201; 2nd edit. v. t. 750 ; and our fig. 
I, in Plate 5. 
Synonymes.— Glaucium hybridum, Dum.; G. trivalve, Mtench ; 
G. violaceum, Juss. ; Chelidonium hybridum, Lin. ; C. violaceum, 
Lam. ; Rcemeria violacea, Medik. 
Specific Character. —Siliques 3— 4-valved, erect, beset with stiff 
bristles at the top.— {G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —This is a very beautiful flower, and would be well deserving of cultivation, were not the 
flowers so very short-lived. They not only do not last more than a day, but it is difficult to find a flower with 
all its four petals on at once. One or two drop almost as soon as the flower expands. We had great difficulty 
in getting a perfect flower for our engraving to be made from, and at last, could only accomplish it by gathering 
the bud, and letting it expand in water. It is a native of the South of Europe, and North of Africa, in corn¬ 
fields and vineyards ; and it is also occasionally found wild in England, in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Its 
culture is the same as that of the horned poppy, and its seeds are to be procured at every seed-shop. It is 
frequently called Glaucium violaceum in the seed-shops, that being the name Linnaeus gave to the species. It 
was divided from Glaucium , and formed into a new genus, called Rcemeria , because its capsule was found to have 
three or four valves, and one cell, whereas the capsules of all the other Glauciums have two valves and two cells. 
The stigma is also entire in the Rcemeria , and cleft in the Glaucium , and the seeds are somewhat different. 
GENUS V. 
PLATYSTIGMA, Benth. THE PLATYSTIGMA. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Sepals 3, ovate, deciduous, hairy. Petals j Capsule oblong, attenuated at the base, 1-celled, 3-furrowed, 3-valved, 
4—5. Stamens numerous. Filaments thread-like. Anthers linear, i opening from the top to the base. Seeds numerous, minute, egg- 
2-celled, opening sideways. Stigmas 3, ovate, acute, erect-divergent. | shaped, black, smooth, shining.—( j Benth.) 
1.—PLATYSTIGMA LINEARE, Bentli. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 1954; Bot. Mag. t. 3575 ; and our fig. | densely covered with leaves. Leaves linear, entire, stem-clasping, ]• 
3, in Plate 6. | nerved. Peduncles six inches long, erect, 1-flowered, slightly hairy. 
Specific Character. —Plant small, tufted. Stems very short, and j — {Bentli.) 
Description, &c. —This pretty little plant has slender and delicate stems rising out of a dense mass of leaves. 
The flowers consist of three outer petals, which are broad and yellow, and three inner ones, which are narrow 
