Argand Lamp
a lamp named after the distinctive feature of which is a ist and physician (born 1755; died 1803), the distinctive feature of which is a burner forming a ring or hollow cylinder side and on the outside. receives a current of air both on the inside and on the outside. ARGEMONE (ar-jem'ō-nē), a genus of plants belonging to the_family papals and six petals. The A. Mexicana, believed, as its name imports, to have paveraceæ, or poppy-worts. It has three come from Mexico, is now common in India and other warm countries in the sepals Old World, as well as in the New. It has its calyx prickly, it is often called Mexican thistle. The yellow juice, when re- It is detersive. The seeds are a more powerful narcotic than opium. duced to consistence, resembles gamboge. It is detersive. The seeds are a more conspicuous yellow flowers. From having