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ASARUM CANADENSE. 



English Name— BROADLE AF AS ARABACCA- 



Frenxh Name — Asaret dtj Canada. 

 German Name — Canadische Haselwurz. 

 Officinal Names — Asari Canadensis, radix and 

 herba. 



Vulgar Names — Wild Ginger, Indian Ginger, Ca- 

 nada Snakeroot, Heart Snakeroot, Coltsfoot, &c. 



Authorities — Linnteus, Schoepf, Michaux, Pursh, 

 Cornut, Coxe, Dispensaries, B. Barton, W. Barton, 

 % 32, Bigelow fig. 15 and Sequel. 



Synonyms— J. latifolium of Salisbury. A. caro- 

 li?iianum of Walter. 



Genus Asarum — Perigone urceolate trifid. Sta- 

 mina twelve epigynous, anthers adnate. Germ coa- 

 lescent with the base of the perigone, style sdort, 

 stigma stellated six parted. Capsul six locular, many 

 seeded. — Stemless, leaves radical geminate, flowers 

 solitary in the bifurcation. 



Species A. Canadense—'Le&ves broad, reniform, en- 

 tire, puberulent : flower woolly, tripartite, segments 

 lanceolate reflexed. 



DESCRIPTION-Roots perennial, creeping, 

 fleshy, cylindric, jointed, with scattered fibres, brown 

 outside, white inside— Radical leaves, geminate, pu- 

 bescent, with long and round petioles, reniform or 



