Sanguinaria Canadensis. 33 
most beautiful and delicate vegetables of our country. It is parti- 
cularly interesting from its flowering at a season when there is little 
or no general verdure, and scarcely any thing in bloom, except trees, 
the inconspicuous florescence of which does not render them in 
oe — —_— m is —— one of the most ne plants: 
The root of Puccoon is a ere of no 5 We to > size | 
varies in thickness from a quarter, to a half, or sometimes three 
quarters of an inch in diameter; and in length, from two to four 
inches. It is generally about the size and. length of a finger; fleshy, 
round, and abruptly terminated; being » for. the most part spre ioe 
straight in the middle, with a curvature at each end. It is common- 
ly of the shape represented in the plate, though not unfrequently, 
particularly in the new plant, shorter, and contorted or bent up- 
—s parame a atenber of roots are connected a 
external colour of the root is bro irnictl in 6 Sie but 
being cut, it appears of a red hue, and a bright orange-coloured juice 
is abundantly discharged. The end always has the appearance of 
having been cut off by a dull instrument, or broken in removing it 
from the ground. The aoe which is uniformly 
single flower, oceeds. fr ; | 
dicularly to the head 0 e 7 
the season, that is, about the last of March or first of April it flowers 
much under this height; and not unfrequently the flowers are ex- 
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