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The Secondary Alkaloids. 
Tbe amorphous basic mixture, obtained after the separation of thebaine and 
isothebaine, contains 2 alkaloids without, and at least 3 with phenolic 
properties. 
(Chemical Abstracts for February 10, 1915, pp. 298-300.) 
The non-phenolic alkaloids consist of protopine, m. pt. 204°-205°C. and 
an amorphous alkaloid very soluble in organic solvents, whilst the phenolic 
alkaloids consist of a new alkaloid, glucidine, m. pt. about 238°-289°C., (a) D 
about + 47 to -f- 54°, giving color reactions similar to, and apparently closely 
related to, glaucine, and a mixture of amorphous alkaloids too small in amount 
• o separate and characterise— J. Ch. I. for October 31, 1914, p. 1026. 
62. Argemone mexicana, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 117. 
Roxb. 426. 
Engl : — The Mexican or Prickly Poppy. 
Sanskrit: — Srig&la-Knnta ; brahmadandi. 
V ’em : — Bharbhand, piladhuturd, farangi-dhutura, ujar-KAnta 
Shial-knnta, sial-kanta (H.) ; Baro-Sliial kanta ( B.'l ; Gokuhla 
janum (Santal) ; Bharbhunva, Karwah kantela (N.-W. P.) ; 
Kandiari, Si’dkanta bhatmil, Satyanasa, blierband, Katci, bhat- 
kateya ( Pb.) ; Farangi dhatura, bharamdandi, daruri, pila- 
dbatura (Dack.) ; Darudi (Guj.); Firangidhotra, daruri, pinvala- 
dhotra, kante-dhotra (Mar.) ; Birama-dandu, Kurukkum-Chedi, 
(Tam.) ; Brahma dandi-chettu (Tel.) ; Datturi, datturi-gidda 
(Kan.) ; Brahma-danti (Mai.) ; Kanta-kusham (Uriya). 
Habitat By roadside and Simla 5,000 ft-, in fields through- 
out India. 
An erect, prickly, robust annual herb, with copious yellow 
juice and rigid prickles, growing wild in rich roadside places 
and rice-fields, after the crops of rice-plants are cut down ; stem 
sometimes half-woody below, 2-4 ft., with spreading branches. 
Leaves 3-7 in., amplexicaul, glaucous-green, blotched with white, 
deeply repand, sinuate, pinnatifid, with thorny teeth. Peduncles 
erect, both before and after flowering. Floioers yellow, scentless 
1-3 in. diam. Calyx glabrous and prickly ; sepals horned at the 
top. Petals 4-6; stamens numerous. Stigmas 4-5, radiating 
free, red. Capsules f-l| in. long, terete, prickly, 4-5-valved ; 
obovate, or elliptic-oblong, 1-celled ; opening by valves at tbe 
apex. Seeds spherical, shining, black, pitted. 
