majuse 
Canadensis. 
POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
Purslane. 
A well-known pot-herb, common in gardens and wastes. 
July. 
240. CHELIDONIUM. Gen. pl. 880. (Papaveracee.) 
Calix 2-leaved, deciduous. Petals 4. Stig- 
ma small and bifid, sessile.  Stlique su- 
perior, 2-valved, 1-celled, linear. Dissepi- 
ment none. Seeds many, crested.—WVutt. 
1. C. leaves alternate, pinnate, lobate ; umbels ax- 
illary, pedunculated.—Wiild. 
Icon. Fl. Dan. 542. Engl. Bot. 1581. 
Celandine. 
As well-known as the preceding, and equally common 
among rubbish; and, along the banks of the Wissahickon and 
Schuylkill, appearing to grow wild. It is however introduced, 
though completely naturalized. It is hardly necessary to 
mention the reputed power of the juice of this plant, which is 
so universally believed to cure warts. It is, for this purpose 
inefficacious. Perennial, May. 
241. SANGUINARIA. Gen. pl. 878. (Papaveracee.) 
Calix 2-leaved, deciduous. Petals 8. Stig- 
ma sessile, 2-greoved. Capsule superior, 
oblong, 41-celled, 2-valved, apex attenu- 
ated. Receptacles 2, filiform, marginal. 
— Nutt. | 
1. S. leaves subreniform, sinuate-lobate, scape 
one-flowered.— Willd. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 162. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. 
Be. 4. S. 
Blood-root. Puccoon. Indian Paint. Turmeric, &c. 
This elegant plant is admirable for its delicacy, and inter- 
esting from the circumstance of its very early inflorescence. 
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