Roemeria
(named in honour of John James Roemer, 1763-1819, Professor of Botany at Landshut, and author of several botanical works). SYN. Romeria. ORD. Papaveraceoe. A genus comprising only two species (and these, perhaps, varieties of one) of very pretty, hardy, annual herbs. Seeds should be sown in the open border, in spring, where the plants are to remain. R. hybrida (hybrid). Violet-flowered Horned Poppy; Wind Rose. fl. violet-purple with a black disk; sepals hairy. May and June. Capsules 2in. to 3in. long, cylindric, hispid above. l. once or twice pinnatifid; segments tipped by a bristle. Stem erect. h. 2ft. South and West Europe, &c. (Britain). This plant has the habit of Papaver Argemone. (Sy. En. B. 64.) SYN. R. refracta.
R. refracta (bent back). A synonym of R. hybrida.