Order I. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNlA. 
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7663 Caps, ellipt. obi. and calyxes smooth, Stem much branch, smoothish, Lvs. pinnated, Lobes lin. termmated 
7()64 Caps! smooth globose, Stem hairy many-fl. Leaves pinnatifid cut [by a bristle 
7665 Caps, oblong smooth. Stem many-fl. with appressed bristles, Leaves pinnatifid cut 
7666 Caps, ov.-obl. smooth, Stem much branched and pedunc. covered with decid. setse, Lvs. glauc. pinnatifid 
7667 Caps, smooth obi. Sepals hairy. Stem many-fl. hispid. Leaves pilose : the lower pinnate 
7668 Calyxes and caps, smooth, Leaves stem-clasping cut 
7669 Caps, smooth. Stems 1-fl. rough. Leaves scabrous pinnate serrate 
7670 Caps, smooth, Stems 1-fl. rough. Leaves scabrous pinnate serrate. Flowers subtended by leafy bractes 
7671 Caps, smooth obi. Stem many-fl. smooth, Leaves pinnate cut 
7672 Caps. 6-valved, Leaves spiny 
7673 Leaves erect tubular. Valve with a contracted neck, at the end flat erect 
7674 Leaves long, their tube dotted at back. Appendage short vaulted mcurved 
7675 Lvs. short colored upwards with netted veins, Tube of leaf ending in a recurv. vaulted mi'cron. appendix 
7676 Leaves cucullate ventricose spreading arcuate 
7677 Leaves cordate entire. Lobes imbricated round. Calyx 4-leaved 
7678 Leaves cordate entire emarginate. Lobes divaricating. Point obtuse. Calyx 4-leaved 
7679 Leaves cordate entire. Lateral nerves beneath level, Petioles smooth, Pet. acute, Rays of stigma 12-20 
7680 Leaves cordate entire. Lateral nerves beneath level. Petioles smooth, Pet. acute, Rays of stigma 8 
7681 Leaves cordate toothed very smooth. Lobes approximating. Calyx 4-leaved 
7682 Leaves reniform toothed downy beneath. Lobes round, Calyx 4-leaved 
7683 Leaves peltate finely toothed, beneath downy without spots 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
Thomson, the author of The London Dispensatory, have found that a quarter of a grain of the acetate of 
morphia produces the most beneficial effects that can be expected from an anodyne, allaying pain, and pro- 
curing sleep without in any degree affecting the central functions. {London Dispensatory, 420.) 
A variety of P. somniferum, known as the black poppy, from the color of its seeds, is cultivated for these to 
some extent ; they are called maw seed, and generally stained of a light blue color. 
P. Rhoeas {oeillette, Fr.) and also somniferum are cultivated in Flanders and Germany for their seeds, which 
are bruised for an oil used in cookery as a substitute for that of olives. In Poland and some parts of Russia, 
the seeds are jased as a seasoning to soups, gruels, and porridge. 
Professor Martyn, in his edition of Miller's Dictionary, has collected a body of facts, which clearly prove 
that opium may be produced to any extent in Britain, and of equal quality to that procured from abroad ; 
the value of labor in this country, however, does not admit of such a thing. We have seen samples of opium 
made in the south of England quite equal to that of foreign growth, but we understood that the labor of 
collecting it was greater than could be afforded for its market price. 
P. cambricum is admired for its yellow petals, and orientale and bracteatum are very splendid plants. 
1171. Meconopsis. From fjiv^Koiv, a poppy, and o-i^t;, resemblance. A genus of herbaceous shade-loving 
plants, just intermediate between Papaver and Argemone. The flowers are yellow. 
1172. Argemone. From argema, the name by which the cataract of the eye was known, and which was 
tbjQught to be cured by this plant. A. mexicana is a troublesome weed in the West Indies, with a fig-like 
firait, armed with prickles, and thence, by the Spaniards, called Figo del inferno. The whole plant abounds 
with a milky glutinous juice, which turns in the air to a fine bright yellow, and when reduced to consistence is 
not distinguishable from gamboge. In very small doses it s probably of equal efficacy, given in dropsies, 
jaundice, and cutaneous eruptions. It is esteemed very detersive, and generally used in diseases of the eyes : 
but the infusion is looked upon as a sudorific and resolutive, which may be used with success on many 
occasions. The seeds are said to be a much stronger narcotic than opium. 
1173. Sarracenia. So named by Tournefort in honor of Dr. Sarrazin, a French physician of rank residing 
in Quebec, who sent this genus to him from Canada : it is called side-saddle flower from the resemblance of 
the stigma to a woman's pillion. These plants are remarkable for the singular form of the leaves, which are 
tubular and hold water, and some species have lids or covers, which it is alleged shrink and close over the 
mouth of the tribe in dry weather, so as to prevent the exhalation of the water. In great drought birds and 
and other animals resort to them. They grow in bogs in Carolina and Virginia, and in British gardens thrive very 
well in pots with turfy peat at the bottom, and the upper part filled with sphagnum, or water-moss, in which 
the plants must be set, and then placed in pans of water : they succeed best in frames in a shady situation. 
(Bot. Cult. 417.) 
1174. Nymphcsa. The Nymph, or Naiad of the streams. The species are beautiful aquatics, especially 
N. alba, which has a large flower filled with petals, so as almost to appear double : it raises itself out of the 
water and expands a6out seven o'clock in the morning, and closes again, reposing upon the surface, about 
