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PA PA V E B setigerum.
Bi'istle-pointed Poppy.
Natural Order. P a p a v e r a c e ® . DC. syst. veg. 2 .p . 67.
P A P A V E R . Sepala 2, convexa, decidua. Petala 4. Stamina
numerosa. Stylus 0. Stigmata 4-20, radiantia, sessilia super dis-
cum ovarium coronantem. Capsula oblonga obovata aut subglobosa,
1-locularis, è carpellis 4-20 in tbalami productione membranacea
inclusis constans, substigmatum coroná valvulis bre-
vibus dehiscens. Placenta intervalvulares intùs in dissepimenta
incompleta productse. SeiMi'na reniformia striatola. perennes
aut a n n u a , sueco lácteo albo fa t a , sapius pilosa. Radices
simplices, fibrosa. Canles teretes. Folia pinnatim lobata aut
secta, lobis sapiùs incisis, dentibus sapé pilo terminatis. Pedunculi
axillares, solitarii, uniflori, nudi, ante florescentiam apice
inflexi. Alabastra ideò cernua ovata aut globosa, lavia aut setis
pilosa. Flores erecti, albi rubri fla v i aut variegati, facilè dupli
et pieni, petalis tunc interdùm dentatis aut laceris. DC. loc. cit.
§ I I . Capsulis glabris (aut apice tantùm parcè pilosis).
P . setigerum, capsulis glabris obovatis, sepalis snbsetqsis, caule
glabro paucifloro, fo iis amplexicaulibus glancis inciso-repan-
dis, dentibus setà terminatis. DC. syst. veg. 2. p . 81. Prodr. 1.
Papaver setigerum. DC. f l .f r . 5. p. 585. Deless. ic. sei. 2. t. 7.
S p r e n g . syst. 2. p . 570. Swt. hort. brit.p . l 6 .
RooZ annual, slenderly fusiform, and tapering to a
long slender point, producing a few small fibres. Stem
erect, from 18 inches to 2 feet high, not much branched,
slightly angular, quite smooth, but slightly glaucous.
Leaves oblong, or oblongly lanceolate, acute, very
slightly glaucous, or of a light green colour, clasping
the stem at the base, more or less deeply and sharply
cut and repandly toothed, the teeth slightly cartilaginous
at the points, and all teriuinated by a rigid bristle
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