POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Papaver. 645 
Plant sea-green (nearly the same size, but rather more upright than the 
preceding. E.) Root spindle-shaped. Root-leaves in a circle, on short 
leaf-stalks; wings alternate, indented at the ends, the upper ones largest, 
the terminal ones broad, blunt, with three or four indendures, hairy. 
Stem slighly hairy, furrowed, forked, branched. Stem-leaves half em¬ 
bracing the stem, alternate. Fruit-stalks terminal, and from the bosom 
of the upper leaves, slightly hairy, with sometimes one or two leaves 
similar to those of the stem, but smaller. Petals oval, deep orange, with 
an elliptical purplish spot at the base of each. Capsule very long, nearly 
straight, terminated by a blunt knob, very hairy. Woodw. 
(Red Horned Poppy. G. pheenicium. Gsertn. Willd. Sm. Chelidonium cor- 
niculatum. Linn. Huds. With, early Editions. Hull. Avery doubtful native. 
E.) Sandy corn-fields, Norfolk, discovered by Mr. Stillingfleet; (but Sir 
J. E. Smith observes it has never been found since. E.) A. July—Aug. 
(G. viola'ceum. Leaves doubly pinnatifid, linear, smooth: stem 
smooth: pod of three valves and three cells, with membranous 
partitions. Sm. E.) 
j E. Rot. 201 — Kniph. 10 — Clus. ii. 92. 2 — Pod. 449. 2 — Lob. Obs. 141. 3, and 
Ic. 272. 1—Ger. Em. 367. 4 —Park. 262. 3— J. R. iii. 399. 2—Pet. 52. 8 
— II. Ox. iii. 14. 2./. 2. 
{Stem branched, about a foot high. E.) Root spindle-shaped, slender. 
Root-leaves on leaf-stalks. Stem-leaves sessile, simply or doubly winged ; 
divisions strap-shaped, nearly equal,' smooth. Stem slightly hairy. 
Fruit-stalks smooth. Calyx oval, slightly hairy. Petals egg-shaped, 
deep purple, (fugacious. E.) Pods long, smooth, terminated with a 
roundish knob. Woodw. (Linnjeus suspected this plant might be a 
hybrid between a Chelidonium and Papaver Argemone. E.) 
(Violet Horned Poppy. G. violaceum. Juss. Willd. Relh. Sm. Cheli¬ 
donium hybridum. Linn. With, early Editions. C. violaceum. Lamarck. 
E.) Sandy corn-fields. Between Swaffham and Burwell, Cambridge¬ 
shire. Ray. Relhan. (About four miles from Aylesham, towards Cromer, 
Norfolk. Mr. Hugh Rose. E.) A. May—June. 
PAPA'VER.* Bloss. four petals : Cal. two-leaves: Summit 
target-shaped, radiated, scolloped : Caps, (often) rnany- 
celled: opening with pores beneath the crown of the 
permanent summit. 
(1) Capsules rough with hairs. 
P. hy'bridum. Capsule nearly globular, furrowed, bristly: stem 
leafy, many-flowered : (leaves doubly pinnatifid. E.) 
E. Rot. 43 — Lob. Obs. 144. 1. and Ic. i. 276. 1 — Ger. Em. 373. 1 — Park. 
369. 1 — J. R. iii. 396. 1— Pet. 52. 5—H. Ox. iii. 14. 9— Ger. 300. 1. 
Leaves doubly wing-cleft: segments strap-shaped, nearly equal, the termi¬ 
nal one three-cleft; nearly smooth above, nerves underneath, bristly. 
* (Learned etymologists derive this name from pap , papa, given to infants in order to 
procure sleep; or we might suggest, (ris. ten.?) pap. ver. q. d. the true parent, or chief 
nourisher, 
“ Tired nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep.” E.) 
