36. PAPAVER RIKEAS, L. 



a. Petals. 

 6. Syrup. 



Note. The petals do not contain morphia. P. J. [3] , vol. iv., p. 2VH). 

 For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plantt, tab. 19. 



37. PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM, L. 



a. Capsules. 



b. Small capsules. 



c. Ditto, showing horizontal incisions as made in Asia 



Minor. See P. J. [1] , vol. xiv., p. 896 ; for fig., etc. 



d. Ditto, showing vertical incisions as made in India. 

 Note. These incisions are made in India by three or six pieces of 



flattened wire tied together into a kind of scarificator. See P. J. [1] , 

 vol. xi., p. 207, for fig. of instrument. 



e. Seeds, white. 



/. Ditto, black. (Maw seed.) 



Note. The maw-seed of commerce is the seed of the black variety 

 of the plant. The seeds of the black variety have one end larger than 

 the other, and are a little pointed. For micr. section, vide Berg, A nut. 

 Atlas, taf. 46. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plantt, 

 tab. 18. 



g. Smyrna Opium. See P. J. [1] , vol. x., p. 474 ; [1] , vol. xiv., 

 p. 395. 



h. Ditto, made in 1808. 



i. Egyptian. Presented by Mr. Davenport. 

 Note. Specimen k is an unusually good one, containing 9*66 per cent, 

 of morphia. It is wrapped in radiate-veined leaves, supposed to be those 

 of the oriental plane-tree. As now met with, it is generally wrapped in 

 poppy leaves. Egyptian opium is known by its reddish colour, musty 

 odour, and remaining soft when kept, but it varies much in consistence 

 and purity. See P. J. [2] , vol. iv., p. 199. 



j. Constantinople Opium. 

 le. Ditto. 



Note. Specimen k belongs to the small or lenticular variety, which 

 is not now known in commerce as a distinct kind. It belonged to Dr. 

 Pereira's collection. The larger variety, which has rumox fruits on it, and 

 ' differs only from Smyrna opium in being more mucilaginous, containing 

 less morphia, and occurring more frequently in flattened cakes, is the 

 variety which chiefly occurs in English commerce. Royle, Mat. Med., 

 p. 303 ; Hist, des Drag., vol. iii., p. 710. 



I. Persian stick opium, or Trebizonde opium. P- J- [2], 



vol. ii., p. 270. 

 m. Persian opium, in conical masses, weighing about half 



a pound each. 



n. Ditto ditto wrapped in paper. 



Note. Specimen m is remarkable for the quantity of oil it contains, 

 which gives it an odour resembling that of linseed oil. It is without 

 poppy leaves or rumex capsules, and is generally packed in a kind of 



