POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Papaver. 647 
stem many-flowered, rough, like the flower-stalks, with expand¬ 
ing bristles: leaves pinnatifid, cut. 
Curt. 215 — (E. Bot. 645. — FI. Dan. 1580. E.) — Blackw. 560 — Ludw. 17 — 
Kniph. 5 , the 2d. fig .— Woodv. 186 — Fuchs. 516 — Trag. 120 — Ger. 299. 
1— Lonic. i. 81 — H. Ox. iii. 14. 6— Dod. 447'— Loh. Obs. 143, and Ic. i. 
275—Ger. Em. 371. 1 —Park. 366. 4— Pet. 52. 2—Matth. 1057— 
Blackw . 2. 
Leaves hairy: leafits strap-shaped, indented, serrated. Fruit-stalks long ; 
hairs expanding. Lyons. Capsule not globular but ovate, and nearly as 
broad as it is long. Blossom bright scarlet, sometimes black at the base. 
(Distinguished from P. dubium by hairs and short capsules spreading ho¬ 
rizontally ; otherwise much resembling that species, though the segments 
of the leaves are generally broader. E.) 
Corn Poppy. Corn Rose. Cop Rose. (Scotch: Head-wark. Reb- 
mailkes. Irish: Blahnahodah. Welsh: Llygad y cythraul. E.) Among 
corn, (frequent in most parts of this island, but in the southern counties 
the corn-lands are most brilliancy bordered with these Poppies, particu¬ 
larly in Kent and Sussex. The Rev. S. Dickenson observes that it is 
rarely, if ever, to be met with in Shropshire, nor have I been able to find 
a single plant of it in Staffordshire ; the common Corn Poppy of those 
counties being P. dubium. E.) A. June—Aug.* 
* (Garden culture produces ornamental varieties; more or less double. One of the most 
beautiful is the Carnation Poppy , rich in varied tints, of delicate texture, and elegant 
form. This flower, observes Phillips, bursts forth from its confinement, when mature, with 
considerable force, throwing off the two-leaved caducous calyx to some distance, and 
astonishing the beholder to see so large and beautiful a blossom expand from so small a 
dwelling. This Poppy bespeaks a light and shallow soil. It seems to have been from the 
most remote ages considered an attribute of Ceres, and an indispensable requisite in the 
decoration of that goddess, as it is found almost invariably to accompany the more valued 
grain, both in Britain and on the Continent. When in corn-fields so predominant as to 
appear as the principal crop, (the quantum of nutriment in a given surface being necessarily 
limited), this weed must considerably detract from what ought to supply the more valuable 
produce; it should therefore obtain the early attention of the farmer, and not be suffered 
to exert a prejudicial influence without interference, as is too often the case, even in some 
well-cultivated districts. And hence, (among weeds to be eradicated), Virgil condemns 
<e Poppies , pregnant with Lethean juice.” E.) 
The petals give out a fine colour when infused, and a syrup thus prepared is kept in the 
shops. It partakes in a small degree of the properties of opium. (From the petals of 
this plant the ingenious little Apis Papaveris , (Drapery-bee,) choses the hanging of her 
apartment. This curious insect dextrously cuts out the petals of the half-expanded flowers, 
straightens the folds, and fits them for her purpose, overhanging the walls of her solitary 
cell with this splendid tapestry, in which, when completely finished, and rendered soft and 
warm, she deposits her honey and pollen. An interesting writer remarks,—“ The Ento¬ 
mologist boasts that there is nothing analogous in the vegetable world to the metamor¬ 
phosis of the butterfly: and, in poetic fervour, he resembles it to the immerging of the 
immortal spirit from its tabernacle of earthly clay. But behold the brilliant Poppy, just 
ready to expand. The corolla is carefully folded up, and enclosed in a rough unvaried 
covering of green. Certainly in this state it is not particularly attractive. Wait however 
one moment; the sun, even at this early hour, has absorbed the dews of night, and dried 
and warmed the mask of rough green which envelops the head. Suddenly it opens, and 
falls off. As the butterfly bursts from its dull dry case in all the pride of perfection, so 
does this brilliant flower instantly display its rich brown stamens, and unfold its splendid 
orange wings, as Linnaeus elegantly terms the petals. In both the insect and the flower, 
nature seems to have deviated from her usual slow gradations, as if impatient for, and 
