Latin Names. 
'Papaver Somnife- 
rum 
Caffia Senna 
Croton Sebiferum 
Rheum Palmatum 
"* The feed of thi 
proper for the fame 
have the leaft degree 
( 2 5 ) 
2d Ed.Lin.Sp. 
Engliffi Names. 
p. 726 
True opium poppy 
P- 539 
Alexandrian purg- 
P- 1425 
p. 521 
ing Senna 
Tallow-tree of 
China 
True Rhubarb 
Obfetvations. 
is procured, were fent into 
England about 20 Years 
ago, from Aleppo, by the 
late Dr. Alex. Ruffe!: it 
bears this climate very well, 
and produces feed in hot 
fummers; but requires the 
warmer climates of Caro- 
lina, Georgia, and the Flo- 
ridas, to make the gum* 
refin that flows from it a 
beneficial article of com- 
merce. It is fo frequently 
adulterated in Turky, that, 
in order to have it genuine, 
it is well worth propagating 
in our colonies. 
This is recommended to be 
fown in our fouthern colo- 
nies ofNorth-America, for 
the fake of obtaining the 
opium pure*. 
This grows in Upper Egypt, 
and is brought from thence 
to Alexandria; it would not 
be difficult to procure the 
feeds of this ufeful drug. 
This plant grows in moift 
places in China, and is of 
great ufe in that country. 
The feed of this plant was 
brought to England about 
fiveyears ago,by Dr.Moun- 
fey, F. R. S. from Mofcow, 
and appears by experiment 
to be the genuine true Rhu- 
barb of the (hops, and is a 
s fpecies of poppy is recommended by a phyfician of great eminence as 
purpofes in medicine as fweet almonds are ufed. It is obferyed not to 
of a narcotic quality in it. 
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