sparse or local distribution. Of the various species California-poppy 

 is the most important, being the largest and the only one of the 

 genus that grows in such profusion as sometimes to dominate the 

 landscape with its gaudy color. 



The members of this genus do not yield opium. This drug is de- 

 rived from the juice of the opium poppy, which is extensively culti- 

 vated in the Old World. 



