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ESCHSCHOLTZIA* californica. 
Mr. Menzies’ Eschscholtzia. 
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POLYANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PAPAVERACER. . 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA Chamisso.— Calyz inferus, indivisus, calyptriformis, 
deciduus, in apice pedunculi infundibulari carnoso _marginato insertus. 
Petala 4, fauce apicis pedunculi inserta. Stamina circa 40 multiseriata, 
basibus petalorum iaserta. Anthere lineares posticee. Stigmata 4, quorum 
duo placentis opposita depauperata. Pericarpium siliquiforme (Ceratium 
Nob.), uniloculare, bivalve, valvis ad margines polyspermis. Herba pe- 
rennis (Americe boreali-occidentalis temperate), radicibus carnosis succoses, 
foliis decompositis, floribus luteis, Jove pluvio inapertis. me 4 
Eschscholtzia californica. Chamisso in hor. phys. Berol. p. 73. t, 16. Decand. 
prodr. 3. 344, vente : + Me 
Radix carnosus, multiceps, succo luteo scatens. Caules decumbentes, — 
ramosi, striatt. Folia glauca, triternata, carnosiuscula, laciniis linearibus — 
obtusis. Flores terminales, longissime pedunculat, Calyx inferus, in apice 
peduncult infundibulari, carnoso, marginato, crenulato insertus, membrana- 
ceus, calyptriformis, deciduus. Petala 4, lutea, basi aurantiaca, cuneata, 
integra, fauce cavitatis pedunculi inserta. Stamina 10-11, ad basin cu- 
jusque petali, serie quadruplict inserta. Filamenta brevia. Antheree pos- 
tice, innate, lineares, biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium 
in fundo cavitatis pedunculi, cylindraceum, 10-striatum, uniloculare, pla- 
centis duabus parietalibus oppositis polyspermis. Stigmata 4, linearia, 
quorum 2 perfecta placentis alterna, 2 semi-abortiva placentis opposita. 
Pericarpium siliquiforme, bivalve, marginibus valvularum seminiferis. 
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For the introduction of this most lovely plant to our Gardens, we are 
indebted to Mr. Douglas, who transmitted seed of it to the Horticultural 
Society, in 1826. It was found by him on the north-west coast of America, 
from the sources of the Multnomah River, in about 43° north latitude to 
40° south, in open prairies on the banks of streams. 
With us, each plant forms a wide patch of decumbent stems, covered 
* So named by Chamisso, in honour of Dr. Eschscholtz, the companion 
of his yoyage round the world. 
