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C 243 ] ARGEMONE MEXICANA. . MEXICAN ARGE- MONE, or PRICKLY POPPY. Clafs and Order. ~ POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. Generic CbfirafJer. Cor. 6-petala. Cal. g-phyllus. Caff, femivalvis. Specific Chara£lcr and Synonyms. ARGEMONE mexicana capfulis'fexvalvibus, foliis fpinofis. Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 490. Ait. Keiv. "u. 2 . p . 2 25. PAPAVER fpinofum. CluJ. Hift. 2 . f. 93. CARDUUS chryfanthemus Peruanus. The Golden Thiftlc of Peru. Ger. Herb. p. 993. This fpecies of Argemone is a native of Mexico, and the Weft-Indies, where we fhould fuppofe it to be a very common and noxious weed, from the name there given it of Fico del in~ fernot or the Devil's Fig ; . it has long been introduced to this country; GERARD, who cultivated it with fuccefs, ludicroufly attributes its nickname to a different fource : " The golden " Thiftle of Peru, called in the Weft-Indies, Fique del inferno,

C 243 ]<br />

ARGEMONE MEXICANA. . MEXICAN ARGE-<br />

MONE, or PRICKLY POPPY.<br />

Clafs and Order. ~<br />

POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA.<br />

Generic CbfirafJer.<br />

Cor. 6-petala. Cal. g-phyllus. Caff, femivalvis.<br />

Specific Chara£lcr and Synonyms.<br />

ARGEMONE mexicana capfulis'fexvalvibus, foliis fpin<strong>of</strong>is.<br />

Linn. Syft. Vegetal, ed. 1 4. Murr. p. 490.<br />

Ait. Keiv. "u. 2 . p . 2 25.<br />

PAPAVER fpin<strong>of</strong>um. CluJ. Hift. 2 . f. 93.<br />

CARDUUS chryfanthemus Peruanus. The Golden Thiftlc <strong>of</strong><br />

Peru. Ger. Herb. p. 993.<br />

This fpecies <strong>of</strong> Argemone is a native <strong>of</strong> Mexico, and the<br />

Weft-Indies, where we fhould fupp<strong>of</strong>e it to be a very common<br />

and noxious weed, from the name there given it <strong>of</strong> Fico del in~<br />

fernot or the Devil's Fig ; . it has long been introduced to this<br />

country; GERARD, who cultivated it with fuccefs, ludicroufly<br />

attributes its nickname to a different fource : " The golden<br />

" Thiftle <strong>of</strong> Peru, called in the Weft-Indies, Fique del inferno,<br />

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