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ESCHSCHÓLZIA crocea.
Saffron-coloured Californian Poppy.
Linnean Class and Order. PO LY ANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
N a tu ra l Order. PA PA V E R A C E /E . Juss. gen. p. 235.
E SC H SC H O L Z IA . Calyx pedunculi apici disciformi impositus, calyptriformis,
e sepalis 2 connatis. P e ta la 4. Stamina indefinita, basibus petalorum
adnata. Antherce lineares, elongata;, po.stica;. Stigmata 4, filiformia;
alternis multò minoribus, placentis oppositis. Capsula siliquiformis, 1-
locularis, 2-valvis, polysperma : valvulis margine semlniferis. Semina
obovata.
Herbee (californicae) succo fla vo scatentes, fo liis triternatiyn mu ltip a rtilis,
floribus amplis speciosis aureis.
E. crocea, caule ramoso folloso, foliorum segmentis linearibus, pedunculi cyatho
infundibuliformi: limbo maximo dilatato, calyce longe acuminato. Bentham
in hort. trans. v. \. n. s. p . 406. Lindi, in bot. reg. t. 1677.
Stems procumbent, branched, cylindrical, a span long,
pale green, marked with longitudinal white lines. Leaves
alternate, stalked, finely triternately divided, glaucous,
glabrous, with cuneately linear, pointed segments, the
points red. Flowers solitary, axillary, or terminal. Peduncles
cylindrical, furrowed, marked with white ribs, terminated
by a funnel-shaped apex, having a broad, orbicular,
crenately lobed, spreading, fleshy, slightly plaited border,
which is at first of a green colour, but afterwards changing
to pale purple. Calyx about an inch long, fusiform, blunt,
striated. Petals broadly cuneate, nerved, repandly crenate,
and slightly waved at the outer edge, an inch and a half
long, of a brilliant orange above, paler beneath, glossy on
both sides. Stamens about 25, unequal, attached to the base
of the petals. Filaments compressed, glabrous, shining,
the upper half of a dark purple. Anthers adnate, double