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2.—ARGEMONE OCHROLEUCA, Stw. THE CREAM-COLOURED PRICKLY POPPY. 
Engraving. —Brit. FI. Gard. t. 242. few; capsules oblong, deeply 5 —6-furrowed, covered with somewhat re- 
Specific Character. —Leaves profoundly sinuated or pinnatifid, flexed prickles; stigmas 5—6, distinct, spreading, purple.—(G. Don.) 
glaucescent; nerves with prickly bristles; flowers solitary; stamens 
Description, History, &c. —This species differs from the common kind in having large cream-coloured 
flowers, a prickly stem, and narrower leaves, which, instead of being blotched with white, are only marked with 
a paler green. The valves of the capsule are also more deeply marked. The plant grows from two feet to four 
feet high; and from the vigour of its growtli and the large size of its flowers, it is very ornamental. It was 
introduced from Mexico in 1827, by the late Mr. Barclay, of Bury Hill ; and as it seeds abundantly, it is 
common in the nurseries and seed-shops. It may be sown in the open border in April or May, when it will come 
into blossom in August, and will continue flowering till October; but if treated as a tender annual, as will be 
directed in a future page for Hunnemania , it will come into blossom much sooner, and will produce finer flowers. 
The seeds are brown, glossy, rugged, and winged on the side that they are attached to the capsule. 
3.—ARGEMONE GRANDIFLORA, Swt. THE LARGE-FLOWERED PRICKLY POPPY. 
Engravings. —Brit. FI. Gard. t. 226. I Nerves unarmed. Flowers panicled, polyandrous. Calyx smooth. 
Specific Character. —Leaves sinuated, smooth, spiny-toothed. I Capsules bluntly quadrangular, almost unarmed.—(G. Don.') 
Description, &c. —This is by far the handsomest of the genus. The flowers are of a pure white, and very 
large, being frequently above four inches across when fully expanded; they are also produced in clusters, which 
gives the plant a splendid appearance when in flower. The stem, which is brown, tinged with purple, is smooth, 
strong, and branching, and the plant generally grows about four feet high. The leaves are large, not blotched, 
and only spiny at the margins. This very handsome plant is, properly speaking, a perennial, but if sown in 
autumn, and treated as we shall direct for the Hunnemania, it may be planted out in May, and will form a most 
splendid object all summer. It is a native of Mexico, and seeds of it were sent to Mr. Barclay from that 
country, at the same time that he received the seeds of Argemone ochroleuca. The seeds of both species were 
sowed in spring on a hot-bed, and Argemone grandiflora flowered at Bury Hill the following October. Seeds 
may now be procured in most of the London seed-shops. 
GENUS III. 
GLAUCIUM, Toum. THE HORNED POPPY. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Petals four. Stamens indefinite. Stigma bilamellate. Capsules elongated, two-valved and two-celled from the 
cellular dissepiment. Seed without a glandular crest.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —These very curious plants have large showy flowers and remarkably long liorn-like pods, 
whence the English name of horned poppy. They are natives of the sea-coast, and the leaves are of the 
