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A flower-bud of the Poppy,casting its calyx.

Bud

A flower-bud of the Poppy,casting its calyx.

Opium is commonly known for the hallucinogenic effects its flowers produce.

Opium

Opium is commonly known for the hallucinogenic effects its flowers produce.

The milky juice obtained fom the unripe capsules of several species of the poppy, which is rendered concrete and dark colored by exposure to the air. the poppy is cultivated in many places as a garden plant for its beautiful single or double flowers of white, violet, red, or variegated colors, but in Turkey, India, China, Hindustan, and other countries it is grown extensively in plantations for its yield of opium.

Opium

The milky juice obtained fom the unripe capsules of several species of the poppy, which is rendered…

The opium plant can be used to produce sleep, numb pain, and quiet the organs of the body.

Opium Plant

The opium plant can be used to produce sleep, numb pain, and quiet the organs of the body.

The common name of papaver is poppy. Papaver bracteatum flowers are red and bloom in May. The plant grows four feet tall.

Papaver Bracteatum

The common name of papaver is poppy. Papaver bracteatum flowers are red and bloom in May. The plant…

Papaver danebrog, also known as danebrog popppy, is a strain of papaver somniferum.

Papaver Danebrog

Papaver danebrog, also known as danebrog popppy, is a strain of papaver somniferum.

Papaver murselli is a garden strain of papaver somniferum, or opium poppy. This strain has double flowers and fringed petals.

Papaver Murselli

Papaver murselli is a garden strain of papaver somniferum, or opium poppy. This strain has double flowers…

Papaver rhoeas has the common names common corn poppy and redweed. The flowers are large and scarlet. The stem are many flowered. Flore-pleno is the double flowered variety.

Papaver Rhoeas Flore-Pleno

Papaver rhoeas has the common names common corn poppy and redweed. The flowers are large and scarlet.…

A flower of Poppy.

Poppy

A flower of Poppy.

A genus of plants, which are native chiefly to the warmer regions of Eurasia. They occur in many parts of Europe as weeds, but some species have been improved by propagation and are cultivated as ornamental plants and for the production of poppy oil and opium.

Poppy

A genus of plants, which are native chiefly to the warmer regions of Eurasia. They occur in many parts…

An illustration of a poppy bud.

Poppy Bud

An illustration of a poppy bud.

"Fruit of Poppy, cut transversely to show the 12 septa (S) with the seeds." -Whitney, 1911

Poppy Septa

"Fruit of Poppy, cut transversely to show the 12 septa (S) with the seeds." -Whitney, 1911

"Diagram of fruit of Poppy, cut transversely to show the 12 septa (S) with the seeds omitted." -Whitney, 1911

Poppy Septa

"Diagram of fruit of Poppy, cut transversely to show the 12 septa (S) with the seeds omitted." -Whitney,…