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DICOTYLEDONS 



Other Poppies. 



The Mexican Poppy (Argemone Mexicana) is a well-known 

 weed with prickly white-veined leaves and a yellow juice in all 

 its parts. Oil for lamps is extracted from the seeds. The seeds 

 are also used as a purgative. 



Fig. G. — Com Poppy (Papaver Uhnas). 



The Corn Poppy {Papaver RJupms) is sometimes grown in 

 gardens for its beautiful scarlet Howers. To the farmer the Corn 

 Poppy is a pest, for it rol)s the corn of nourishment, liglit and space. 



