154 : POPPY WORTS. 
1. A. meaicana Linneus. Fig. 222. ; 
Leaves sessile, repand, sinuated, spiny, variegated with white ; flowers j 
yellow. 
Habitat. Common in tropical countries, derived from Mexico. 
Quality. Narcotic, purgative, diuretic. £ 3 wo 
Uses. Seeds instead of opium, and of ipecacuanha ; juice in ophthalmia, and as a7 
application to chancres. ae 
Saneuinaria. Linnecus. 
Petals 8-12. Stigma 2. Capsule oblong, yentricose, with 2 deciduons — 
valves and a persistent many-seeded frame. a 
1. S. canadensis Linnwus.—(Puccoon. Broop Roor.) Fig: 223. deeply 
Rhizome fleshy, with red juice; leaves solitary, radical, roundish, fe 
cordate, with about 7 toothed angles ; flower solitary, radical. 
Habitat. United States 
crid, narcotic, emetic, ism, jaundicey 
Uses. Rhizome in t sa Yasteasinte, catarrh, pertussis, croup, rheumatism, J 
&e. Over-dose dangerous. 
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Fig. 222,—Argemone mexicana, ie 
