SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 
Blood root. 
PLATE VII. 
Anone the earliest visiters of spring the bota- 
nist will find in almost any part of the United 
States the Sanguinaria Canadensis. Its fine white 
flowers _proceeding from the bosom of a young, 
convoluted leaf, become visible in the woods, in 
Carolina, in the month of March, and in New En- 
gland, toward the end of April. Its most com. 
mon name is Blood root. It has also the appella 
tion of Puccoon, Turmeric, Red root, &e. It is the 
only species we at present possess of the genus 
Sanguinaria, distinguished by a two leaved calya 
eight petals, and an oblong capsule, with one cell 
and many seeds.—Class Polyandria, order Mono- 
Synia. Natural order Bhwodew, L, Papaveracee, 
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