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 chew^ed 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. 



Snapvi^ood. 



Common. Wet woods and thickets. Mid- April — mid- 

 May ; fruit Sept. — Oct. 



The fragrant bark and the berries are occasionally used 

 medicinally. 



PAPAVERACEAE. POPPY FAMILY. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA Cham. 

 Eschscholtzia calif ornica 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-May. 



Flowers sometimes pink. The rootstock is employed in 

 medicine and is officinal. 



CHELIDONIUM L. Celandine. 

 Chelidonium 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. 



