ARISTOLOCHIACEA. 
_Birthworts. 
No. 52. 
ASARUM CANADENSE. 
Canapa Snaxeroot. Wild Ginger, Coltsfoot, Asarabacca. 
Geog. Position. United States. 
Quality. Aromatic, slightly bitter. 
Power. ‘Tonic, diaphoretic, expectorant. 
Use. Colic, whooping-cough, and as an errhine. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Classification. 
“Orpver ARISTOLOCHIACEZ:. 
Linnean Classification. 
Crass XX. Gynandria. Orver Decandria. 
Aurnorities. — Lin. Sp. Pl. 633. Willd. Sp. Pl. IL 838. Bigelow, Med. Bot. 
I. 150. Barton, Veg. Mat. Med. II. 85. Raf. Med. Flor. L 70. Whitlaw, Med. 
Disc. 87. Lond. Disp. 205. U.S. Disp. 123. Ec. Disp. U.S. 82. Loud. Encye. Pl. 
392. Ballard and Garrod, Mat. Med. 376. Thomson, Mat. Med. 779, "97. Pereira, 
Mat. Med. II. 244. Griff. Med. Bot. 527. Gray, Bot. Text-Book, 858. Beach, 
Fam. Phys. 644. Howard, Bot. Med. Il. 224. Kost, Mat. Med. 257. Wood, 
Class-Book, 465. 
Genus ASARUM. 
An ancient name, supposed to have been formed from a privative, and O80, 
bandage, because it was not used in garlands, of which the ancients were so 
fond. 
Synonymes.— L’asaret (Fr.), Die Haselwurz (Ger.), Mansoir (Dutch), Asaro 
(It.), Asaro (Sp.), Wodolei (Russ.), Kopytriuk (Pol.). ad 
Tue Essentiran CHaracrers. 
Caryx. Tube adherent to the ovary. Segments three, valvate 
in estivation. wei — 
Sramens. Six—twelve, epigynous, or adhering to the base 
of the short and thick styles. spe 
Ovary. Three-six-celled. Stigmas radiate, as many as the. 
cells of the ovary. j “ 
