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P A P A V E R Rhoeas,
Common Red Poppy.
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P O L Y A N U R I A Monogyrtia.
G en. Char. Cal. two-leaved. Petals four. Stigma
radiated. Cap/, fuperior, difcharging its feeds by
pores under the ftigma.
Spec. Char. Capfules fmooth, nearly globofe. Stem
many-flowered, briftly, with all the briftles fpread-
ing. Leaves pinnatifid, cut.
Syn. Papaver Rhoeas. Linn. Sp. Pi. 726. Hudf. 230.
With. 486. Hull. 116. Relh. 203. Sibth. 165.
Abbot. 116. Curt. Lond. fafc. 3. t. 32. Woodv.
Med. Pot. t. 186.
P. laciniato folio, capitulo breviore glabro, annuum,
Rhoeas diâum. Raii Syn. 308.
T h i s is the mod common of all our Poppies, and one of
the mod troublefome weeds on arable lands, as its feeds remain
under ground, retaining their vegetative powers for a long
time, and furnifiling a frefh crop of Poppies whenever the earth
is turned aver. The P. Rhoeas, however, is one of our mod
beautiful wild flowers, though an unpleafant object to the
farmer. A fyrup made of its petals is kept in the {hops, as a
gentle opiate for children.
The root is annual, and the flowers appear in June and July.
The flower-ftalks, as well as the fiem, in this fpecies are covered
with horizontal taper hairs. Leaves once or twice pinnatifid,
ferrated, generally hairy. Petals large, .broad, crumpled,
of a deep vivid fcarlet, and with a rich filky glofs. They
have fometimes a black fpot near the bafe. See Withering.
Stamina linear. Pollen yellow. Stigma of many rays. Cap-
fule fhort, cup-fliaped, perfectly fmooth..