A SPECIMEN 
OF THE 
DESCRIPTION OF A PLANT, 
According to the Generic Character, from the Genera Planta- 
rum ; and also the Essential Character of the same Plant, 
with the several Species, from the Sy sterna Vegetabitiiim. 
PAPAVER. 
(poppy.) 
Generic or Natural Character. 
Calyx. A perianth, two-leaved,* egged, end-nicked ; the 
leaflets rather egged, concave, obtuse, deciduous. 
Corolla. Petals four, roundish, flat, expanding, large, nar¬ 
row at the base, less alternately. 
Stamina. Filaments numerous, capillary much shorter than 
the corolla; anthers oblong, compressed, erect, obtuse. 
PisTiLLiJM. Gernien, roundish, large; style none ; stigma 
targetted, flat, radiated. 
Pericarpium. A capsule crowned with the large flat stig¬ 
ma, one cell, half-many-celled, gaping at the top under 
the crown with many apertures. 
Semina. Seeds numerous, very small; receptacles, longi¬ 
tudinal folds, of equal number with the rays of the stigma 
adhering to the sides of the pericarpium. 
* The two leaves of the calyx fall off when the flower opensv 
