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~Papaver orientale. Eastern Poppy.~


_Class and Order._

~Polyandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Cor._ 4-petala. _Cal._ 2-phyllus. _Capsula,_ 1-locularis sub stigmate
persistente poris dehiscens.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

PAPAVER _orientale_ capsulis glabris, caulibus unifloris scabris
foliosis pinnatis serratis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. p. 490._

Papaver orientale hirsutissimum, magno flore. _Tournes. cor. 17.
itin. 3. p. 127. t. 127._

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Most of the plants of this tribe are distinguished by the splendour of
their colours, most of them also are annuals, in gaiety of colour none
exceed the present species; but it differs in the latter character, in
having not only a perennial root, but one of the creeping kind, whereby