POPPY SEED. 



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Mustard Seed. — The seed of a species of Mustard, Si- 

 napis glaiica (Nat, Ord. Cmciferm), is very largely imported 

 from the East Indies for the expression of oil; it is a small, 

 round, brown seed, very closely resembling rape-seed ; it is 

 probably mixed with other species, as 8, Toria and S, nigra, 

 natives of the East Indies. 



Cotton Seed. — The seeds of Gossypnm herhaceum 

 (Nat. Ord. Malvacece) are often imported for expressing; 

 the oil they yield is used as a substitute for olive oil. 

 Cotton-seeds are about the size of small peas, of a deep brown 

 colour ; they are usually loose, but sometimes come just as 

 they are taken from the capsules, that is, they are held in 

 kidney-shaped clusters, four of which, with the cotton, occupy 

 each capsule; each cluster contains aboufc ten seeds. The 

 imports have hitherto been small, and always from the United 

 States of America. 



Poppy Seed [Pajoaver somniferum, Nat. Ord. Papave- 

 racece) is often imported from India and the European 

 Continent ; the oil expressed from it is so bland and sweet, 

 as to equal the finest produce of the olive. In France, 

 where it was first introduced, poppy-seed oil was subjected 

 to a prohibitory decree, owing to the mistaken idea, t*hat, 

 being derived from the same poppy-heads that yield opium. 



