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leaves twice pinnatifid. In cultivated fields. Flowers 

 scarlet. Fl. June, July. Annual. 



4. P. Rhceas (Common Ked Poppy). Capsules nearly 

 globular; bristles spreading; leaves pinnatifid, cut. 

 The common Poppy of corn-fields. 'Flowers scarlet, 

 often black at the base. Fl. June, July. Annual. 



PAPAVER RHCEAS (Common Red Poppy), 



5. P. sommferum (Opium Poppy). Capsule nearly 

 globular ; whole plant smooth and glaucous. Common 

 in gardens, and sometimes found apparently wild in 

 waste ground; but its native country is unknown. 

 Opium is procured by puncturing the unripe capsules 



