v Mill!. 
Tribe 3. 
The Theater of T/ants. 
HAP, 15. 369 
water of the flowers ofthe wilde red Poppyes, iTheldtobe ofmuch good ufe againtt furfets, todrinke it even- 
inn and morning; it is alfo more cooling in quality then any ocher Poppy, and therefore cannot but be aser- 
fefluall in hot agues, frenlies, and other inflammations, either inward or outward, the Syrupe or water totia 
ufed therein or the greene leaves ufed outwardly, either in an ointment as it is in Populcm, a cooling ointment, 
or any other'wayes applyed, qden in 7. facultatum fimplicium mdicamentorum, faith the feede is dangerous to 
be ufed inwardly. Gerard was much miftaken, to thinke that this Wilde Poppy Ihould be that, which (houia 
be ufed in the compofition called hiacoduim, and citeth Galea for his authour, as it he had taught him that opi¬ 
nion, not undemanding what kindeof Poppy qden doth meane by wild Poppy, for he accordingas ‘Ihofcon- 
eUs afore him hath done, accounteth oncly the great white Poppy, whofe heads are fomewhat long, to be tn 
garden or manured kinde, and the other blacke kind to be wild, and dotn not meane this red Poppy, becauleit 
isonely wild with us, and not fowen,as whofoever (hall obferve the places throughly (hall nnde. The thor¬ 
ny Poppy being but oflatc invention, hath not beene applyed to any dileafe by any, that I can heare of. 
Chap. Xv, 
Argemonc. Baftard wilde Poppy. 
Here is of the kindes of wilde Poppy divers other forts, fome deferibed by others, and fome 
not fet forth by any before that I know, which being found in our o wne land, (hall be lpoken ot 
with the reft. 
I, Argemone capitulo rotvndiore , Round headed baftard Wild Poppy. 
This kind of wilde Poppy> hath divers hairy greene leaves lying on the ground, fomewhat 
longer and more divided into parts/then thofeoFthe former wild Poppy, Fomewhat like unto 
the leaves of the thinne leafed Anemone or wind flower, as Lobel faith, but is Feldome fo found with us, 
mong which rife up diverfe rough hairy ftalkes, more then two foote h igh fometimes, bearing fuch 1 
hereand there on them, leffer then thofe below, all yeelding a yellow juice or mi Ike being br , oke ^> a , n f °" c 
■ top of each branch one flower leffer then the other wilde Poppy, yet confiding of foure round P 01n « d ^ > 
a more delayed red colour,fometimes having each of themablackilh fpot m the bottome, and fometimes wit 1- 
out, with divers blackifh threds (landing about a fmall greene head, which when it is ripe, is fon T.^' lat h ^ 
rough and round, with fome crefts thereon, and a little round head, but not a Crowne orftarre, like the Pop-, 
1. capital*"tmdimi. 4 - *%%%“• 
Round headed baftard wilde Poppy. Yellow wild baftard P ppy 
