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1 H. FUMARIÆFÒLIA (Sweet. l. 
c.) leaves decompound and triter- 
nate, glaucous; leaflets linear, blun- 
tish. 4.or h. F. Native of Mexi- 
co. (f. 39.) 
Fumitory - leaved Hunnemania. 
FIG. 39. 
Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1827. Pl. 2 
to 3 feet. 
Cult. This beautiful plant will 
require to be sheltered through the 
winter by a frame. In the sum- 
mer it will grow very well in the 
open border, or against a wall. It, 
may be either increased by seeds 
or cuttings ; the former method is 
by far the best. 
VI. SANGUINA‘RIA (from sanguis, blood; because all 
parts of the plant, especially the roots, yield a red juice when 
cut or broke.) Dill. hort. elth. 252. Lin. gen. no. 645. Lam. ill. 
t. 449. Juss. gen. p. 236. D. C. syst. 2. p. 88. prod. 1. p. 121. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, ovate, cadu- 
cous. Petals 8-12. Stamens24. Stigma bisulcate. Capsules 
oblong, 2-valved, ventricose, acute at both ends; valves deci- 
duous ; placentas 2, permanent. A small perennial American 
herb, abounding in a blood-coloured juice, with one leaf and one 
scape rising from each bud. Flowers white. 
1 S. Canape’nsis (Lin. spec. 734.) Y. H. Native of North 
. America in dry woods in a fertile soil, from Canada to Florida, and 
on the banks of the river Delaware. Curt. bot. mag. t. 162. 
Bigel. med. bot. 1. p. 75. t. 7. Trunk of root horizontal, sub- 
terraneous, yielding a red juice when cut. Leaf radical, kidney- 
shaped, lobed like the leaf of the fig. Scape 4 inches high, 1- 
flowered. Flowers double or single, large or small. The whole 
plant dyes yellow, and is called by the indigenous Americans 
Puccoon, and not inaptly by the farriers Turmeric. 
The medical properties of Sanguindria are those of an acrid 
narcotic. When taken in a large dose it irritates the fauces, 
leaving an impression in the throat for a considerable time after 
it is swallowed. It occasions heart-burn, nausea, faintness, 
vertigo, and diminished vision. At length it vomits, but in this 
operation it is less certain than other emetics in common use. 
The above effects are produced by a dose of from eight to twenty 
grains of the fresh powdered root. When given in smaller doses, 
such as produce only nausea, it has been found useful in several 
complaints. In still smaller doses, or such as do not excite 
nausea, it has acquired some reputation as a tonic-stimulant. 
Professor Smith of Hanover, New Hampshire, found the powder 
to operate violently as an emetic, and produced great prostration 
of strength during its operation. Snuffed up the nose it proved 
sternutatory, and left a sensation of heat for some time. Applied 
to fungous flesh, it proved escharotic, and several polypi of the 
soft kind were cured by it in his hands. He found it of great 
use in the incipient stages of pulmonary consumption, given in as 
large doses as the stomach would bear, and repeated in cases of 
great irritation, he combined it with opium. Some other com- 
plaints were benefitted by it, such as acute rheumatism and 
jaundice. Professor Ives of New Haven, North America, con- 
siders the Blood-root an important remedy in many diseases, 
particularly of the lungs and liver. He observed, that in typhoid 
pneumonia, in plethoric constitutions, when respiration is very 
difficult, of greater benefit than any other remedy; in such 
cases the dose must be large, and repeated until it excites 
vomiting or relieves the symptoms. He infuses from a scruple 
to half a drachm of the powdered root in half a gill of hot 
PAPAVERACES. VI. Sancurnarta. VII. Bocconta. 
water, and gives one or two tea-spoonfuls every half hour in 
urgent cases. This treatment has often removed the symptoms 
in half an hour. Dr. Ives thinks highly of its use in influenza 
and pthisis, and particularly in hooping cough. In large doses 
to produce vomiting, he says, it often removes the croup. Dr. 
Macbride of Charlestown says, the Blood-root is useful in hydro- 
thorax, given in doses of sixty drops three times a day, and in- 
creased until nausea followed each dose. He prefers the pill or 
powder in a dose of two to five grains, and vinous infusion to 
the spirituous tincture. The tincture may be made by digesting 
an ounce of the powdered root in eight ounces of diluted alcohol. 
This preparation possesses all the bitterness, but less of the nau- 
seating qualities, than the infusion. In the dose of a small tea- 
spoonful it is used by many practitioners as a stimulating tonic, 
capable of increasing the appetite and promoting digestion. 
Canadian Blood-root or Puccoon. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1680. 
Pl. Ł to 3 foot. 
Cult. This being a dwarf plant should be planted near the 
front of the flower border ; it will thrive well. in a light sandy 
loam or peat soil, and it is easily increased by dividing the roots 
or by seeds. 
VII. BOCCO'NIA (in honour of Paolo Bocconi, M. D. a Sici- 
lian botanist, author of the Museum des Plantes, and Histowe 
Naturelle de Vile de Corse, &c. died 1704.) Plum. gen. 35. t 
25. Lin. gen. no. 591. Juss. gen. 236. Geert. fruct. 1. p. 
204. t. 44. f. 1. D.C. syst. 2. p. 89. prod. 1. p. 121. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Sepals 2, ovate, deci- 
duous. Petals none. Stamens 8-24. Stigmas 2, spreading. 
Capsules two-valved, elliptical, 1-seeded. Seed 1, erect, fixed 
to the bottom of the capsule, inwrapped in soft pulp at the 
base; hilum filiform; albumen: fleshy. Embryo very minute, 
erect. American shrubs from 2 to 10 feet high, abounding in 4 
yellow juice. Leaves stalked, glaucous, form of those of the 
oak. Flowers in terminal panicles, with the branches and branch- 
Jets furnished each with one bractea. This genus does not well 
agree with the rest of Papaveracea, from its 1-seeded capsules, 
as well as in the flower being destitute of petals. 
1 B. rrure’scens (Lin. spec. 634.) leaves oval-oblong, cu 
neated at the base, pinnatifid. h.S. Native of Mexico, Cuba, 
St. Domingo, Jamaica, Guadaloupe, on the mountains. Lam. ul. 
t. 394. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 83. B. quercifolia, Moench. suppl. 122. 
B. glatica, Sal. prod. 377. The juice of this shrub is acrid, and 
is used in the West Indies to take off warts. , 
Var. B, cérnua (Moc. et Sesse icon. fl. mex. ined.) perennial; 
scapes 1-flowered. 
Var. y, subtomentisa (Lher. in herb. Dombey.) leaves on the 
under surface, especially at the nerves, somewhat tomentose ; 
lobes much crenated. h.S. Native of Peru. This variety ® 
called by the Peruvians Palo de Tinto or Palo Amarillo. 
The sepals of all the varieties are more or less brown. 
Frutescent Tree Celandine. Fl. Jan. April, in its native coum 
try. Britain, Oct. to Jan. Clt. 1739. Shrub 3 to 10 feet. 
2 B. inreeriro'iia (H. B. et Kth. nov. pl. gen. 1. p. 119. 
t. 35.) leaves oblong, tapering towards each end, entire, or 
scarcely crenated. h.S. Native of Peru on the Andes towar 
Casca. Leaves flat. Panicles crowded. Flowers greenish. 
Var. B, Mexicana (D. C. syst. 2. p. 91.) margins of leaves 
somewhat revolute; panicles loose. h. S. Native of New 
Spain. Flowers green or brownish. 
Entire-leaved Tree Celandine. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Shrub 9 ft 
Cult. Shrubs with fine foliage but with insignificant bloom 
They grow well in a rich light soil. Ripened cuttings 1° 
readily, under a hand-glass in a pot of sand, plunged in a mode 
rate heat, or they may be increased by seed, which usually ripen 
in plenty. 
