POISONOUS PLANTS 



PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM {British), 



OPIUM POPPY — WHITE POPPY — CARNATION POPPY — PEONY 

 POPPY — JOAN SILVERPIN— BALE-WORT. 



Pafiaveracea. — Capsule nearly globular. — Leaves unequally 

 divided, glaucous. — Waste places ; 3ft. ; Ann. : July ; white or 

 purplish, purple at base. 



Toxic firiftcip/es.—lllOfiVmVlE, THEBAINE ; also contained 

 in Papaver somniferum floreplenum, Papaver somniferum 

 nigrum. 



