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CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES. 



English Name— BLT EBERRY COHOSH. 



• French Name — Cohoche Bleu. 



Gerjian Name — Blau Cohosch. 



Officinal Name — Cauiophyllum radix. 



Vulgar Names — Cohosh, Cohush, Blueberry, 



Papoose root, Squaw root, Blue Ginseng, Yellow 

 Ginseng. 



Synonyms — Leontice thaVictro^^des Linnaeus, &c. 



Authorities — Michaux, Pursh, Elliot and some 



dispensaries. Not in Barton nor Bigelow. 



Genus Caulophyllum — Callx colored with six 

 equal sepals. Corolla with 6 small petals, opposite to the 

 sepals of the calix and much shorter. Stamina six op- 

 posite to the petals, anthers opening laterally. Ouz 

 central free pistil, one Style ^wA Stigma. Fruit a glo- 

 bular one seeded drupe. — Leaves three on a trifurcate 



stem. 



Species C. thalictroides— Very smooth, three 



leaves with three dissected or lobed folioles, the ter- 

 minal cordate: in the centre a dichotome corymb, 



shorter than the leaves. 



" DESCRIPTION— Whole plant from two to four 



feet high.— Root perenniaU yellow inside, brow 



Dutsideriiard, irregular, knobby, branched, with i^ 



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