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SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 



Canada Puccoon, or Blood-Wort. 



POLYANDRIA. MoNOGYNlA. 



Class 13. Order 1. 



Sanguinaria, — from its blood-coloured juice. 



Linn. gen. 645. Linn. spec. 723. Willd. 1 140. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth two-leaved, ovate, concave. Cor. Petals eight, oblong, 

 blunt. Stam. Filaments many, shorter than the corolla. Anthers 

 simple. Pist. Germ oblong, compressed. Style none. Stigma two- 

 grooved, height of the stamens, permanent. Per. Capsule oblong, 

 two-valved. Seeds many, round, acuminate. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves upright, sinuated, lobed. .Scape one-flowered. 



Root tuberous, fleshy, bright-red internally, when cut afford- 

 ing juice of the same colour, from which it takes its name of 

 Sanguinaria : the juice is bitter and acrid. The root shoots 

 out numerous slender stems, each bearing a flower of eightor 

 ten petals. Filaments above twenty. Anthers yellow. Germ 

 glaucous. Seeds shining, yellowish. A single leaf with each 

 flower, of a glaucous green, with conspicuous veins. The base 



