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141. PAPAVERACEiE. 



* White poppy, Papavtr olbimt, P. somniferum. Seeds, maio 

 seed, put into cakes, used in emulsions, better* tasted than almonds, 

 yield oil ; capsules without the seed, poppi/ heacby papaveris cap- 

 shJcs^ used in anodyne fomentations ; yields, by incision, the best 

 opium, and, by expression, a coarser sort: cultivated by the 

 Lincolnshire cottagers, for the purpose of distilling a narcotic 

 water from the flowers. Officinal preparations. — The principal 

 arc, Extractum opii aquosum, Z). L, Tinctura opii, D. E. L, 

 Tinct. opii camph. D. L, Acetura opii and vinum opii D. Pulv. 

 ipecac, comp. D. E. L. Pulv. cornu usti cum opio., L. Pulv. 

 cretae comp. cum opio, Z). L, Confectio opii, L. Emplastrum 

 opii. 



Black poppy, Papavei- nignim, A variety of the last. 



*IIed poppy, Corn rose, Papaver ruhnnn, Rhceas, P. erraticum, 

 P. rhoeas. Petals, rhoeados pefala, pectoral, slightly anodyne ; used 

 also as a red colouring inofredient in medicines. 



*LoNG-HEADED BASTARD POPPY, ArgcmouB capitulo lougiori, 

 Papaver argemoiie. Leaves used outwardly in inflammations ; the 

 yellow expressed juice takes off" spots on the cornea. 



Jamaica Yellow thistle, Argemnne Mexicana. Juice and 

 leaves used in ophthalmia ; seeds emetic, yield an oil. 



•Yellow horned poppy, Chelidonium glaucum. Seeds and 

 j uice analogous to the preceding. 



•Great celandine, Chelidonium mnjus. Root detersive, acrid, 

 purgative ; herb ophthalmic. 



Blood root, Puccoon, Sanguinaria Canadensis, Juice blood 

 red, gr. vx to xx, used in dyeing ; fruit narcotic ; root, sanguin- 

 nria, P. U. S. emetic, purgative. 



May apple. Podophyllum pedatum. Root, podophyllum, P. U. 

 S. purgative. — Bocconiafrutescens. Juice red, used in dyeing. 



Jeffersonia diphylla. Root purgative. 



142. FUMARIDE.E. 



•FuAriTORY, Fnmaria officinalis ; — ^Bulbous-rooted fumitory, 



/•'. tnfJhi>:<rt^ V. soUdfi / — * Yellotv fumitory, E. lutea. Very opening, 



; : of use in cutaneous disorders, boiled in milk ; or their 



, -1 juice, taken daily to ;ij, twice a day ; infii^^iou niiioves 



reckies and clears the skin ; dyes yellow. 



Horned wild cumin, Hypecoon, llypecoum ])rocu}HhenH ; — 

 Codded wild cumin, Cuminum soliquosum, Hypecoon pendulutn. 

 Narcotic ; yields cumin opium. 



