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PAPAVER RHCEAS. 
it appears that Solanine, like opium, produces vomiting and sleep; 
that its emetic i^roperties appear to be more violent than opium, 
but its narcotic properties much less so. 
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PAPAVER RHCEAS. 
Corn Rose, or Red Poppy * 
Class POLYANDRIA. Order MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Rhoiades, Linn. PapaveracEjE, Juss. 
Gen. Char. Corolla 4-petalled. Calyx 2-leaved. Capsule 
l~celled, gaping- with pores, under the permanent stigma. 
Spec. Char. Capsules smooth, globular. Stem hairy, many 
flowered. Leaves feather-cleft, gashed. 
The Red Poppy, or Corn Rose, is an annual indigenous plant, 
very common on arable laud, in most parts of England. This spe- 
ciesf of poppy seldom exceeds two feet in height ; the stalk grows 
upright, branched, round, hispid, and of a purplish colour at the 
lower part; leaves sessile, forming a kind of sheath at bottom, 
hispid on both sides, pinnated and jagged ; each flower stalk 
supports a single flower ; calyx a perianthium of two leaves, ovate, 
hispid, hollow, and membraneous on the edges, decidtous ; corolla, 
four petals, unequal and spreading, with a black shining spot at the 
base ; stamina numerous, filaments very fine, anthers roundish and 
flattened, of a dark purplish colour, pollen green ; germen ovate, 
style wanting, stigma convex and radiated ; seeds numerous and of 
a dark purple. The Papaver Argemone, Papaver Hybridum, and 
Papaver Dubium, are native species, and very common in corn fields 
in many parts of the country; the Papaver Dubium is the most 
common species of poppy in North Britain. All these varieties bear 
a great resemblance to the Papaver Rhojas ; hence they are gathered 
indiscriminately by the dealers, who supply the markets. The 
Papaver Rhoeas may be distinguished from the Hybridum or mule, 
by the capsules of the latter being furrowed and {)rickly. The 
* In the annexed illustration, Fig. a. represents a flower of the natural size. 
6. The germen. c. A magnified anther, d. Capsulei 
\ Of the Genus Papaver, twelve species are enumerated in the Hort. Cant. 
