BAKBERRY FAMILY. 



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of the ancients : notwithstanding its poisonous character (the reason of 

 our noticing it) it is a very respectable herb in comparison with that, , 

 which, according to tradition, flourished best under a gallows, and had 

 root resembling a man in shape, uttering terrible shrieks when it was 



Fig. 17. Field Poppy (Papaver dubium), reduced. 18. A capsule. 



