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CHAP. DLXXIV. 
Of POPPY Wild. 
H E Names. It is called in Greek , 
jl Umuv j>c td( : in Latine , Papaver Rbtcar 
vel erraticum , vel Sylveflre •, and in Englifb , W 
IF'Xfe Kir/fir. It is of two principal Species, 
viz. i. P dp aver Sylvejire verum , which is alio cal- 
led Papaver fflwa* , Papaver erraticum Red 
Poppy, Corn Poppy, and Corn Rofe. 2. 
argemrts vel ocular um nubecula. s tollit ; and or 
this there are feveral Kinds j the chief of which 
are, 1. Argemone Cdpitulo rotundiorc , Argemone , 
£?’ Argemonia , as P/wy Zrk 2?. cap. 9. has it, Our 
Common round Headed Ballard Poppy; an* all 
Modern Writers agree, that this is the Argemone 
of Dio/corides: it is alfo called Argemone Capitu- 
lo torn/ is canulato Lsbehjy Argemone Capitu/o Bre- 
viore. 1. Argemone Capitulo long tors Lobe/ij ty 
Bauhini ; Argemone Cordi , Long Headed Baltard 
Poppy. 3. Argemone lute a , Argemone Cambro- 
Bn tunica lute a Lobe/ij , becaufe found out by 
Lobe l growing in Wales -• Yellow Wild Baltard 
Poppy of Wfc&r. 
vifions , 0/ <z cc/w, but not vobitijh , <777^ 
fometbing Hairy zoitb all. The Stalk is blackijh , 
or blackijh green , and hairy alfo , but rifes not up 
fo high or the Garden Kinds, having fome fuch like 
Leaves thereon as grow below \ it fpreads it felf 
out fometimes into three or four Branches , on 
which grow fmall hairy Heads , bowing down before 
the Skin breaks , in which the Blower is enclofed : 
which when it is full blown open , is of a fair red , 
or crimfon color , /wr in fome much paler , without 
any Spot in the bottom of the Leaves , having many 
black , fojt Threads in the middle , comparing a 
fmall green Head ^ which when it is ripe , is Jcarcely 
fo big as ones Thumbs end * 7/7 which is contained 
much black Seed , fmaller by half than that of the 
Garden. Of /fo* Kind . , /Jot 7 * one which is leffer in 
all the forts thereof and differs in nothing elfe. 
IV. The firjl of the Bajlard Kinds , which is Our 
common round Headed Baltard Poppy. J/.r Root is 
fmall and long with many Fibres adjoining , and per- 
ifhes every Tear after Seed time. This Kind of Wild 
Poppy /W feveral hairy green Leaves lying on the 
Ground j, fomewbat longer , and more divided into 
parts , than thofe of the Corn Poppy, fome what like 
to the Leaves of the thin Leav'd Anemone , or 
Popp) Wild Baftard. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. Our common red Poppy , Corn Poppy , or 
Corn Role, hi Root is Jomething long and Jlender, 
and f erifbes every Tear, the Plant rijing every Pear 
of its own Sowing. Its Leaves are long and nar- 
row, very much cut in on the edges into many l)i- 
PoppyCorn or red, or Corn-Kofe. 
Wind Flower, at Lobcl fays, tho it is feldoni fo 
found with us. From among which rife up feveral 
rough hairy Stalks , mere than two Feet high fome - 
times , which bear alfo fuch like Leaves here and 
there on them, but leffer than thofe below , all yield- 
ing when broken , a yellow Milk or Juice. On the 
top of each Branch , grows one Flower , leffer than 
that of the Corn Poppy, but confining of 4 round 
pointed Leaves , of a more faint or diluted red 
color , each of them having fomyimes a blackijh Spot 
in the bottom , but fometimes toil bout it , with feve- 
ral blackijh Threads funding about a fmall green 
Head ; 
