SANGUTNARIA ffrandlflonn 



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a. 



Large-Jloivered Bloodwort. 



Class and Order. — Polyandkia Monogynia. 

 Syn. Lyons MSS. 



Root tuberous, knobbed — leaves radical, lobed — -lobes laciniated, light green, 

 under surface reddish purple — veins recVenclosing the infant blossom, 

 which gradually emerges from its folds — flower stem simple, erect, 

 about six or eight inches in height — calyx two segments, convex, 

 deciduous — corolla white — petals eight, oblong, obtuse — stamens many 

 — style very short — germen superior, terminated by a stigma divided 

 into two parts. 



This beautiful species, which is much larger than the Sanguinaria 

 Canadensis, was introduced into this country about the year 1812, by 

 the late Mr. John Lyon, with several other valuable plants, collected 

 by him in different parts of North America. It takes its name from 

 the root, which, when broken, emits a red juice resembling blood, with 

 which the Indians are said to paint themselves. Its blossoms ai'e 

 transient, and, like many other Spring- flowers, require the warmth of 

 the sun to expand them. It grows best in bog soil and a sheltered 

 situation, and may be increased by parting its roots, which should be 

 done in the Autumn, to prevent any check to its flowering in the 

 following March or April. There is only another species, the S. 

 Canadensis, above alliuled to. 



PI. 8. 



