THE ENGLISH PHYSIHAN ENLARGED. §55 



I)roken, the flower within it spreading itself open, and 

 consisting of four very large, white round leaves, with 

 many whitish round threads in the middle, set about a 

 small, round green head, having a crowu or star-like 

 cover at the end thereof, which growing ripe becomes as 

 large as a great apple, wlierein are contained a great 

 number of small round seeds, in several partitions or di- 

 visions next unto the shell, the middle thereof remaining 

 hollow and empty. The whole plant, both leaves, stalks 

 and heads, while they are fresh, young and green, yielH 

 a milk when they are broken, of an unpleasant bitter 

 taste, almost ready to provoke casting, and of a strong 

 heady smell, which being condensate is called Opium,^ 

 The root is white and woody, perishing as soon as it hath 

 given ripe seed. 



The Black Poppy litttle differeth from the former, un- 

 til it beareth its flower, which is somewhat less, and of 

 a black purplish colour, but without any purple spots 

 in the bottom of the leaf. The head of the seed is much 

 Jess than the former, and openelh itself a little round 

 about the top, under the crown, so that the seed which 

 is very black will fall out, if one turn the head thereof- 

 downward. 



The wild Poppy, or Corn Rose, hath long and narrow 

 leaves, very much cut in on the edges into many divi*. 

 sions, of a light green colour, sometimes hairy withall f 

 the stalk is blackish and hairy also, but not so tall as the 

 garden kind, having some such like leaves thereon t®^ 

 grow below, parted into three or four branches some- 

 times, whereon grow small hairy heads bovcing down 

 before the skin break, wherein the flower is, which whcK 

 it is full blown open is of a fair yellowish red or crimsoix 

 colour, in some much paler, without any spot in the 

 bottom of the leaves, having many black soft threads in the 

 middle, compassing a small green head, which when it is 

 ripe, is not bigger than one's little finger's end, Avhereia- 

 is contained much black seed smaller by half than thafc 

 ©f the garden. The root perisheth every year, and 

 springeth again of its own sowing.. Of this kind there 

 is one lesser iu all the parts thereof,, and diiferctb ist 

 nothing else. 



