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tlicv are :ill furnished with milk, a^ i v< i . r well k 1 1 . . w — . Th< :i , qui • - in the 



Order are of little importance, with the exception of Eschseh 

 arising from the throat of a bell Bhaped i Kcavation of the )!■ 

 what occun in the Rose, and which lt i \ ■ - the stamens the ap| 



! of hypogyuous. A > parison of the -true Poppyworl 



Mirbel, is to be found in the Ann. t A plant called l\ 



California by Coulter, offers a very remarkable structure, It a] 



cts very near Argemone ; but it- plao dux mi i i in tin axis and divide tin i 



of the ovary int any distinct cells, in which i 



ver, the ovules are distributed over the whole mm 

 character proper to Water-lilies. Thus the genus Romneya, wl 

 unknown, forms a link between all the three Orders just menti 



Europe, in :ill directions, is the principal seat "I Poppii -. almost two-thirds of the 

 whole Order being found in it. Two . according to De I 



li.ii- to Siberia, three to China and Japan, one to the ( apt 

 Holland, and >i\ to Tropical America. Several are found in North Ai 

 1 1 1 « - tropics ; and ii i- probable that 1 1 1* • < >rder will yi i n a ive many addil 

 region. Most of them are annuals. The perennials are chiefly natives ol mi 

 They are unknown in a wild state within the tropics. 

 I i ry one knows what narcotic properties are possessed I ;. the Poppy, and this cha- 

 racter prevails gi Derail] in the Order. The seed is universally < > i 1 % . and gi m rally in no 

 liar.-. .tic The "il obtained from the seeds of Papaver aomniferum i~ found to 



pfectly wholesome, and is, in fact, consumed on the Continent in i Bidi 



quantity. It is also employed extensively for adulterating olive oiL It- atone 



Bme prohibited in France bj decra a issued in compliance with popular clamour 

 it i> now openly sold, the government and people having both grown wiser. M 

 ■apalensis, a Nipal plant, is described as being extn mely poisonous, especial!) it- i 

 Tin' Sanguinaria canadensis, or Puccoon, i- emetic and purgative in largi and in 



■nailer quantities stimulant, diaphoretic, and expectorant The qeeds ol 1 

 mexicana, called Pico del inferno \<\ the Spaniards, are said to I"- narcotic, < ■-]•• ciallv if 

 Bnoked with tobacco, and purgative. They are used in the West Indies as a substitute 

 far ipecacuanha ; and the juice is considered by the native doctors of [nd uable 



remedy in ophthalmia, dropt into the eye an 1 over the tarsus ; al-.> as .. 

 Ifan tn chancres. It i- purgative and deobstruent The Brazilians adminisn r the juice 

 of this plant, their Cardo Banto, to persons or animals bitten by serpents, but, il 

 v. wit limit much success. The juice of Chelidonium majus is a violent acrid | 

 It has been regarded officinally as stimulating, aperient, diuretic, sudorific, an I .. ; 

 lul deobstruent. It is a popular remedy for wart-, and has been i mploved su 

 in opacities of the cornea. The narcotic principle of opium is an alkaline - 

 Bailed Morphia. The same drug contains a peculiar acid, called tin M 



table alkali, named Narcotine, to which the unpleasant stimulat 

 attributed by Magendie. The country of the Opium Poj j 



nt Latin Bongs n cord its cultivation in the gardens of Tat 

 nia frutescens is called in the West Indies 1' in ■; weed or 1 

 - tn Hernandez, who calls it Quaucbilli, it was cull 

 monarchs of America in their gardens. The plant abounds in j 

 if Chelidonium majus, which is detergent, and i 

 ye.l in the removal of tilms from the eye. Th< 

 t.» ulcers and other wounds, when their healii 



By its stimulant qualities, it promotes a hi 

 ipletes a cut t in, i PI a 



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uia. Plum. 

 a. !!. lir. 

 linaria, ' inn. 

 Ionium, Toumtf. 

 phorum, Suit. 

 none. Tom-iitf. 

 ■•is. Lour. 



IV. 



Papaver, Tourntf. 

 ■ fi. Bpach. 



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 Ueconidium, Spach. 

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