134, 
PAPAVER floribundum. 
Armenian Poppy. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Paraveracem. Jussieu gen. 235. ; 
Div. I. Stamina (hypogyna) indefinita; antherz filamentis adnate, 
PAPAVER. Cal. diphyllus, caducus. Pet. 4. Germ. 1; sty- 
Jus 0; stigma radiatum persistens. Caps. 1- (s. incompleté multi-) loc., 
polysperma, ovata aut oblonga, pluribus instructa receptaculis [totidem 
quot radii stigmatis] seminiferis, ad parietes intts prominulis, dehiscens ad 
apicem sub singulo radio totidem foraminulis infra univalvibus. Sem. 
numerosissina. Herbe. Folia alterna. Flores solitarii terminales; 
succus lacteus. Jussieu gen. 236. 
Div. Capsulis glabris. 
P. floribundum, foliis imis pinnatis superis pinnatifidis, villosis, incisis; 
ramis floriferis axillaribus et terminalibus ; pedunculis unifloris; cap- 
sulis glabris, oblongis. Desfont. in ann. du mus. 11. 376. t. 33. 
Papaver orientale, tenuitér iucisum, ad caulem floridum. Tournef. cor. 
17. 
Herba perennis? 1-2-pedalis, glauca. Folia setis erectis sparsis exsicca- 
tione Jlavescentibus hispida 3 radicalia plurima, basi imbricata, multifarid, 
subtriuncialia, oblongata, de medio petiolt impdri-pinnata, pinnis oppositis 
decrescentibus subtrilobo-pinnatifidis proximis obliquatis subundulatis, lobis 
imequaliter incisis, lobulis prefixis seta longiore ; petiolus subtits et margine 
pilosus, supra planiusculus: caulina distantia, tandem sessilia, dein mere 
bractee. Caulis patenti-paniculatus, robustus, flexuoso-erectus, teres, lavisy 
seis vagis rarissimis conspersus, rami acillares et terminales, divist in’ pedun- 
culos 3-5 filiformes unifloros suffultos bracte& foliaced, summi corymboso- 
JSastigiantes simpliciores nudiores. Flores ante anthesin pendulo-nutantes, dein 
erectt. Cal. obovato-ellipticus, ovo passerino minor, setis confertim echinatusy 
modo parcits, vel omnind depilis. Cor. uncias tres transversa, miniato-splendens, 
petalis subquaternis, obovato-rotundatis, plicato-corrugatis, margine: summa 
eroso-repandis. Stam. ochroleuco-pallida. Germ. virens, ovali-oblongum, 
dearsiim contractum ; stigma violaceum, 4-6-radiatum, velutinum, 
Found by Tournefort in Armenia, and registered ‘by 
him in the Corollary of his Institutes under a short specific 
phrase, meant, like the others in that work, for mere titles 
to correspond with his Herbarium and the drawings by 
Aubriet, the artist who accompanied him during his travels 
in the Levant. But it was the intention of this accom- 
plished naturalist to have given the world a work, consist 
ing of descriptions and further history of the plants con- 
tained in this Prodromus or Index; when his purpose was 
defeated by a premature death, Thus the principal part of 
