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papaver somniferum. white poppy. 
Opium Pharmacopoeiarum plants capfularum fuccus denfatus. 
STNONTMA. Papaver album. Pharm. Lond. 2*f Edinb. Papave 
hortenfe femine albo, fcf S Papaver hortenfe nigro femine. Bauh 
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Pin. p. 170. Rait Hifl. p. 853. Synop.p. 308. Papaver fativun 
• album. Gerard. Emac. p. 369. Papaver fimplex album fativum 
Park. Theat. p. 366. Papaver. Hall. Stirp. Heh. n. 1065 
P. fomniferum. Hudfon. Flor. Ang. p n 23 1. Withering. Bot. Arr 
,552. Relhan. Flor. Cant. p. 204. Mwa> Grcecis. 
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Polyandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 648. 
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2^ G<?«. Ch. Cor. 4-petala. Gal. 2-phyllus. Capful a l-locularis 
fub iligmate perfiftente poris dehifcens. 
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Sp. Ch. P. calycibus capfulifque glabris, foliis amplexicaulibus incifis 

TH E root is annual, tapering, and branched : the ftalk is round, 
fmooth, erect, often branched, of a glaucous green colour, and rifes 
two or three feet in height : the leaves are alternate, large, ovate, 
lobed, fmooth, deeply cut into various fegments, and clofely embrace 
the ftalk : the flowers are very large, terminal, and ufually white or 
purplifh : the calyx coniifts of two leaves, which are ovate, fmooth, 
concave, bifid, and fall off on the opening of the flower : the corolla 
confifls of four petals, which are large, roundifh, entire, undulated : 
the filaments are numerous, flender, much fhorter than the corolla, 
and rurnifhed with oblong erect comprefled antheras : the germen is 
* ar g e * globular, and upon it is placed the ftigma, which is large, flat, 
radiated, and forms a kind of crown : the capfule is one-celled, 
fmooth, divided half way into many cells, which open by feverai 
apertures beneath the crown, and contain very numerous fmall white 
feeds. It is a native of England, ufually growing in neglected 
gardens, or uncultivated rich grounds, and flowers in July and Auguft. 
This fpecies is faid to have been named White Poppy from the 
whitenefs of its feeds ; a variety of it however is well known to 
No. 38. 
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