glaucium l u t e um , y e l low h o r n e d p o p p y .
G LAUCIUM lilteum, pisdunculis uhifioris, foliis anlplexicaulibus sinuatis, caule glabrO.
G LAUCIUM luteum. G a rt. tie Fmct. ml. Q. » .1 6 6 . Scop. Cam. m l . \ .p . 369, Pci's. Si/a. P L
rol. 2. ;i. 6t. Smith FI. B r it. p . M S . A it. Hort. Kao. cd. 2. m l. 3. p. 2S7.
CH E L ID O N IUM glaucium. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 724. Iluds. Angl. p . 299. With. Bot. A r r .a lA .
Ml. 3 ». 474. Oed.Fl. Dan. t. 535. Lam. Diet. ml. 1. ? .7 1 4 . Decani. Fl. Fr.
cd. 3. ml. 4. p. 633. FI. Gall. Syn. p. 368. W illi. Sp. PI. ml. 2. p. 1142. Roth
Germ. vol. Q.p. 583. Engl. Bot. t . 8.
G LAUCIUM foliis radicalibus semipinnatis, caulinis amplexicaulibusi Ball. B c h . n. 1060.
PA P AVER,corniculatum luteum. Rail Syn. p. 309.
Dan. Horned Valmue. Dut. Hculachtig sckelkruid. Fr. Le PaW t cornu. Germ. T) as eiben graue
Schölkraut. It. Papavero comuto. Port. Nigreta. Dormideira comudd. Span. Adormxdera
marina, Swecl. Hornig Valmoge. Turk. Häwa ät.
Class and Order. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[N atural Order. PAPAVERACEiE, Joss. DecandJ]
Gen. Char. Calyx diphyllus. Corolla quadripetala. Sifigua monolocularis, linearis. Semina substantia fun.
gosa, nidulantia, punctata, nuda.
Radix fusiformis, annua.
Caulis erectus, bi-tripedalis, viridis, teres, glabra, valde
ramosus, ramis divaricatis, foliosis.
Folia omnia glauco-viridia; radicalia numerosa, Stella -
tim disposita, horizontalia, dodrantalia, utrinque
scabra, petiolata, oblönga, nervq crasso prffidita,
lyrato-pinnatifida,segmentis superioribusrotunda-
' tis, lpbatis, lobis sinuatis, dentatis, dentibus gran-
I Root fusiform, annual..
STEM erect, two or three feet high, green, cylindrical,
diusculis; caulina alterna, distantia, amplexicau-
lia, horizontaliter patentia, ovato-rotundata, varie
. lobata atque sinuata, lobis acutis hie illic denti-
bus grandiusculis instructis, subtus glabra, supra,
■./ disco prtecipue, scabra.
F lores magni, speciosi, axillares terminalesque. Pedun-
culi breves uniflori.
Calyx diphyllus, foliola decidua, ovata, acuminata,
glauco-viridia, extus pilis rigidis, brevibus, fasci-
culatis obsita.
Corolla pentapetala, petalis rotundatis, expansis, un-
s dulatis, flavis.
STAMINA numerosa. Filamenta pallide flava. Amtherse
r- . oblongee, biloculares, flavas.
, Ovarium oblongum. Stylus nullus. Stigma trigonum.
Pericarpium: Siliqua longissima, dodrantalis et ultra,
flexuosa, compresso-cylindracea, apicem versus
attenuata, scabriuscula, subinde lasvis, fusca, uni-
löcularis, bivalvis, substantia spongiosa repleta, a
- receptaculi substantia omnino distincta.
Receptaculum duplici serie, suturale, filiforme, val-
varum marginibus in parte interjectum.
l-Semina plerumque in scrobiculis extra medullam, quan-
doque intra substantiam ejus inclusa, numerosa,
parva, fusca, nitida, punctis vel foveolis quadratis
in lineas dispositis, impressa.
Integumentum coriaceo-membranaceum.
Albumen semini conforme, carnosum, unctuosum, pal-
Ei, lidum.
Embryo parva, axilis, alba, subcylindracea.
Cotyledones breves. Radicula infera.
smooth, much branched, with the branches divaricated,
leafy.
Leaves all glaucous-green; the radical ones numerous,
disposed in a stellated manner, horizontal, a span
or more in length, rough on both sides, petiolate,
. oblong, furnished with a thick nerve, lyrato-pin-
natifid, the superior segments rounded, lobed, the
lobes sinuate, dentate, the teeth large ; the cau-
line leaves are alternate, distant, amplexicaul,
horizontally patent, ovato-rotundate, variously
lobed and sinualed, having the lobes acute, here
and there beset with large teeth, smooth beneath,
above, especially in the disk, rough.
Flowers large, showy, axillary and terminal. Peduncles'short,
one-flowered.
Calyx of two leaves, the leaflets deciduous, ovate, acuminated
glaucous-green, externally clothed with
short rigid fasciculated hairs.
Corolla pentapetalous, petals rounded, expanded, undulate,
yellow.
Stamens numerous. Filaments pale yellow. Anthers
oblong, two-celled, yellow.
Ovary oblong. Style none. Stigma trigonous.
Pericarp : Pod very long, nine inches and upwards,
flexuose, compresso-cylindrical, attenuated towards
the extremity, roughish, atlength smooth,
brown, one-celled, two-valved,filled with a spongy
substance, altogether distinct from the substance
of the receptacle.
Receptacle in a double row, sutural, filiform, in part
placed between the margins of the valves.
Seeds generally lodged in small holes or pits on the surface
of the spongy substance, sometimes included
within it, numerous, small, brown, shining, impressed
with quadrangular dots disposed in lines.
Integument coriaceo-membranaceous.
Albumen of the same shape as the seed, carnose, oily,
pale-coloured.
Embryo small, axile, white, somewhat cylindrical.
’ Cotyledons short. Radicle inferior.
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. A ripe blit unexpanded pod. Fig. 3. A pod bursting open. Fig. 4. Horizontal section
of a pod. a. erf the receptacles, b. the spongy substance, c. c. c. the seeds. Fig. 5. Portion of the recepta-
' cles with the spongy intermediate substance, in which the seeds are imbedded. Fig-. 6. 1 ortion of a receptacle
with the lengthened footstalks of some of the seeds. Fig. 7. Seed. Fig. 8. Ditto, vertically dissected to show
.the albumen and embryo.
This fine and showy plant adorns the sandy shores in many parts of Great Britain, but no where probably rs it
more profusely scattered than upon the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk, flowering during the months of July and August
and when the bright yellow flowers have died away, the plant is rendered scarcely less conspicuous by its
long, tortuous pods or seed-vessels. ' > ' ' . , , . . , , . ... , ...
The few authors who have adopted the genus Glaucium have applied to it a character which but ill accords with
it, when they assert that the capsule is two-celled. I t is truly only one-celled, as in Chelidonium: the receptacles,
too, are like those of that genus; but the seeds are destitute of any cristate appendage, and are, more or less, imbedded
in a spongy substance which fills the whole of the seed-vessel. A transverse section o f the pod will show
this very clearly (see fig. 4.), where the filiform sutural receptacles are quite distinct in substance from, though attached
to, the spongy part which has been taken for the dissepiment. The same section will show that the seeds,
though sometimes almost wholly lodged on the surface of it, are often buried m i t ; and I have in more than one
instance observed them wholly enveloped in the spongy mass : in which case the podosperm or footstalk of the
seed is lengthened out as may be seen a t Jig. 6.
I t is but justice to the immortal Jussieu to state, that he doubted the reality of the two cells o f t h e / ^ w a , for
he says “ an verum dissepimentum.” Gtertner’s figure of the internal part of the capsule, as well as his description,
are incorrect. . . . . , j
The juice is bitter, but the plant is not used oflicinally; it is even said to be poisonous, and to cause madness.
Although with us the Glaucium luteum is wholly confined to the shores of the sea, yet in France i t is found tar
inland, and there as well as in Switzerland in sandy places on the margins of lakes and nvers. Our specimen was
from Southwold in Suffolk, where this handsome plant grows on the beach in tips greatest profusion.