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0 ]j (; S . es attended with torpor or atony of the digestive organs ; and at(l Un( ! n f Ht ^ le ^ r use was fashionable and popular. Sir John Sinclair of th' V ^ an - 25th, 1834, p. 669) recommended them for the preservationana G f' /people especially. The seed-leaves of white mustardand ° sativum are used at table under the name of mustard
\^ s s or corn salad.
sp ( , 0 ‘ ii - Ni stration. —From two or three large tea-spoonfuls to a table-11 °f the whole unbruised seed have been recommended to be°" cd three or four times daily.
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Order 78. Papavera r c e.e , Jussieu .— The Poppy Tribe.
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sot ne L | .' HA RAC T Bn. —Sepals two, deciduous. Petals bypogynous, either four oru 'tiple of that number, placed in a cruciate manner. Stamens bypogynous,
Fig. 239.
either eight, or some multiple of four, generally very numerous,often in four parcels, one of which adheres to the base of eachpetal; anthers two-celled, innate. Ovary solitary ; style shortor none ; stigmas alternate with the placenUe, two or many ; inthe latter case stellate upon the flat apex of the ovary. Fruitone-celled, either pod-shaped, with two parietal placentae, orcapsular, with several placentae. Seeds numerous; albumenbetween fleshy and oily; embryo minute, straight, at the baseof the albumen, with plano-convex cotyledons.—Herbaceousplants or shrubs, with a milky juice. Leaves alternate, more orless divided. Peduncles long, one-flowered; flowers neverblue ( Lindley).
Properties. — The plants of this order possess narcotic andacrid properties. At the head of the narcotic papaveraceoe■ 9s -•* stands the genus Papaver , from which opium is procured.
Psuleof the Poppy. The acrid papaveraceae usually possess narcotic propertiesaer 0 . n . also. Sanguinaria canadensis is one of the best known
lH22\ arc T ot ' Cs diis 01 'dcr (Bird, An Inaug. Dissert, on Sang, canad. New York,'* 11 doses of from ten to twenty grains it operates as an emetic. In larger
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Ses R causes depression of pulse, faintness, vertigo, dimness of vision, and alarming
1 at i«n of strength. Its active principle is an alkali called sanguinarina > Cheli-lUrn najus is another acrid of this order.
°Pu ver Rkoe'as, Linn. L. E. D.— Common Red or Corn Poppy.
Sex. Syst. Polyandria, Monogynia.
(Petala, L.D.— Petals, E.)
hih, s ^®Ry.-—T heophrastus (Hist. Plant, ix. 13) calls the red poppy1)| 0 , r - Sibthorp (Prod. FI. Grcec. i. 359) considers the iAikwv jmias of
C011 des (iv. 64) to be the red poppy.
< T **v. Gen. Char. — Sepals two, convex, deciduous. Petals four.
numerous - Style none. Stigmas four to twenty, radiating,e 0lI u pon the disk crowning the ovary. Capsule obovate, one-celled,'b'ctj ° Se u of from four to twenty carpels inclosed in a membranous pro-tin, ? n °f the thalamus, dehiscing by short valves under the crown of< ^'das. Placenta! between the valves, produced internally, forminghilkJ 1 j t° dissepiments (D. C.)— Herbs with a white juice. Peduncles$ ^ le a P ex before flowering.
fl 0 • W —Capsule smooth, obovate. Sepals hairy. Stem many-cl ()U( ^> rough, with spreading seta;. Leaves pinnatipartite; lobes4« a * e( l’ ' nc i sc( l~d e ntate, acute (D. C.)
n ual. Petals rich scarlet. This plant is distinguished from