DRUGS, 



which they stood, Cneius Domitius offered L. Crassus 1 0,000,000 sesterces, 

 and without the trees he refused to buy the estate. The mystic Lotus is 

 sacred to Lakshmi the wife of Vishnoo, who is hence often called Kamala. 

 See also " Starches," and " Fruits and Vegetables." 



N. O. 13. PAPAVERACE.E. POPPYWORTS. 

 ArgGHlcne mcxicana. Linn. Mexican Argemone y Gamboge 

 Thistle, Fico deV Inferno, Cardo Santo. 



Linn. Sytt. Polyandria Monogynia. 



The juice, and seed. 



Vernacular. Bramhie, Bramhadundie, Sans. Faring 'ee-datura, 

 Suchianas, Bherband, Hind. Shial Kanta, Beng. Faring ee-datura, 

 Peela-datura, Dec. Brumhadundoo, Brumarakash, Tarn. Brumha- 

 dundie, Tel. Balu-rakkisa, Dotury, Can. 



Habitat. Mexico. Has over-run India and nearly all the tropical 

 region of A sia and Africa. 



Remarks. First mentioned by Ferrand. See also " Oils and Oil-seeds.' 1 



Papaver somniferum. Linn. Garden Poppy. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Polygynia. 



The pounded herb, dry capsule, seed, oil, and concrete juice of the 

 immature capsule, or Opium. 



Vernacular. The plant, Chosa, Sans. Post, Hind. Pasto, Beng. 

 Casa-casa, Tam. Cassa-cassa, Tel. Aboonurn (father of sleep), 

 Arab. The pounded herb, Boosa, Vulg. The capsules, Post, 

 Vulg. The seeds, Cuscus, Vulg. Opium, Afeem, Hind, and 

 Dec. Afiun, Hind, and Pers. Abinie, Tam. Afeeoon, Arab, and 

 Malay. 



Habitat. Asia and Egypt. Cultivated in Egypt, Asia Minor, Hin- 

 doostan, and China (?) 



Remarks. Hippocrates mentions "poppy juice" (/^Komov), and 

 Dioscorides and Pliny opium. The latter observes, it was prepared from 

 the " black poppy" (P. somniferum var. niyrum), and his description 

 of the process closely resembles that given by Koempfer as followed 

 in Persia. In India the White Garden Poppy is cultivated for opium. The 

 greyish-blue variety of poppy seed is termed Maw-seed. The ^ap^aKov 

 vyrrevOfs of Homer is thought by many, and with good reason, to have 

 been a preparation of opium, but Royle regards it as referring to Cannabis 

 sativa or Hemp. Homer mentions the poppy (p;/ea>i>) . See also " Nar- 

 cotics," and "Oils and Oil-seeds." 



