40 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
torn from the ground’ and possessing the power of transforming men 
and beasts. . 
Orpmer V. PAPAVERA’CEZ, (Porry Famtty.) 
Herbs with a ne. Sit gs a pes and regular polyandrous, hypogynous flowers-with 
parts in tw ; sepals Gaducous ; fruit a is capsule with 2 or more 
parietal lasonegl sok numerous, often crested ; embryo ], at the base of fleshy 
and oily albumen. 
noe with a white juice. rg not crested. 
psule y iate united stigmas. 1, PAPAVER. 
Herbs with a » ogg! or orange-colored juice. Seeds crested. 
Stigmas Pod and leaves prickly. 2. ARGEMONE. 
Frcly Todh wn ws oa and smooth. 3. NIUM. 
Stigma 2-grooyed. Pod oblong, pe 4, SANGUINARIA. 
1. PAPA’VER, L. Poppy. 
Merivation of the name not well ascertained.] 
Sepals 2. —_ 4 (sometimes multiplied). Stigmas 4 — 20, sessile, 
radiating on the summit of the ovary. Capsule obovoid, opening - 
chinks or po a oe the edge of the crown fence by the s 
placente extending into the cavity so as to form incomplete peer 
Flowers —. before opening. pe 
“a P. du’bium, L. Stem clothed with slender spreading h 
he peduncles with bristly appressed hairs ; ea panel Femi) 
the segments often incised, decurrent ; sepals hai capsules oboyoid- 
~ oblong, smooth. 
Desrous Paraver. Poppy. Field-poppy. 
Fr. Pavot batard. Germ. Der Saat-Mohn. Span. Amapola. 
Root annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, somewhat branched below. Leaves 2-5 inches 
. Peduneles — ie 12 inches long, fore: leafless. Petals pale red or brick 
dust colored. Stigmas about 7-rayed, on a convex 
Cultivated grounds ; einoan ced. Native of Taorcei; ” Fi. May. Fr. gh August. 
Obs. This has found its way into some districts ; and, ttended 
to, may become a tronblesome weed—as it and the “ ira. Peas 7 (P. 
Rhoeas, L.) are in Europe. The common or Opium Poppy, (P. som- 
niferum, L.—a smooth species with stem-clasping leaves)—which yields 
i i n the 
We ' pve’ nn atte ne 
New has some 30 or 40 ~~ ago, to oe that — = the 
nif 
to fo tie seopla of our oie, 
: ARGEMO’ NE, L. Prickry Porry. 
[Greek, Argema, a disease of the eye ; supposed to be relieved by this plant.) 
ickly. Petals 4-6. Stigmas 3-6, subsessile, radiate. 
, opening at at the a — 
3- 6 valves. Seeds crested. 
Juice. asses 
