196 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



etc., and as an ingredient of liniments. The bark of the root, 

 the pith and the volatile oil are officinal. The leaves are some- 

 times chewed to allay thirst. 



BENZOIN Fabric. Wild Allspice. Fever Bush. 



Benzoin aestivale (L.) Nees (of summer). 

 Lindera Benzoin Blume. 

 Benzoin Benzoin Coulter. 

 Spice, Benjamin or Fever Bush. Wild Allspice. Spice-wood. 



Snapwood. 



Common. Wet woods and thickets. ]\Iid-April ~ mid- 

 May ; fruit Sept. — Oct. 



The fragrant bark and the berries are occasionally used 

 medicinally. 



PAPAVERACEAE. . POPPY FAMILY. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA Cham. 



Eschscholtzia californica Cham. 



California Poppy. 



Rare. Fairfield, a waif in waste ground (Fames). July. 

 Fugitive from the Pacific Coast. 



SANGUINARIA L. Bloodroot. 

 Sanguinaria canadensis L. 



Bloodroot. Red or White Puccoon. Red Indian Paint. 

 Red-root. 



Rich woods and shaded places, especially in rocky situa- 

 tions. Rare or local near the coast; local, frequent or com- 

 mon elsewhere. April — mid-^Iay. 



Flowers sometimes pink. The rootstock is employed in 

 medicine and is officinal. 



CHELIDONIUM L. Celandine. 

 CheHdonium majus L. (greater). 



Celandine. Swallow-wort. Tetter-wort. Kill-wart. 



Occasional or frequent. Fence-rows, roadsides, crevices 



of walls and rocky places and waste ground about dwellings, 



especially in shade. May — June. Naturalized from Europe. 



The plant is actively poisonous to stock ; is also medicinal, 



until recently officinal. 



