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THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



POPPY, Red (Papaver Rhoeas). 

 POPPY, White (Papaver somniferum) . 



White Poppy. 



Red Poppy. 



The unripe capsules 

 of both of these 

 species of Poppy 

 are narcotic and poi- 

 sonous, but chiefly 

 those of the White 

 oppy, from Pwhich 

 the opium of com- 

 merce is procured. 

 The leaves are but 

 very slightly nar- 

 cotic, and the seeds 

 not at all. 



(Hyoscyamus Niger). 



This plant is an indigenous annual 

 growing in waste places, espe- 

 cially in chalky soil, bearing 

 flowers in July, which are of a 

 yellowish green colour and nau- 

 seous odour; the stalk, leaves, 

 and indeed the whole of the 

 plant is covered with hairs. It 

 is very narcotic, and is much 

 used medicine ; in over-doses it 

 is poisonous. 



Henbane, 



