SANGUINA'RIA CANADEN SIS. 
BLOODWORT. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order . 
PAPAVERACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
N. America. 
5 inches. 
Mar. April. 
Perennial. 
in 1680. 
No. 242. 
Sanguinaria, from the Latin sanguis, blood ; is a 
name which may readily have been suggested by the 
blood-coloured juice of the plant. Some authors 
assert its name to have arisen from its utility in stop- 
ping hemorrhages. However its name may have 
arisen, it is probable that the plant was esteemed by 
the herbalists of old, as valuable in such maladies, 
on account of its blood-like juices ; for they not un- 
frequently determined the virtue of a herb by some 
fancied external indication of its uses ; thus the red 
beet was also pronounced good in similar disorders; 
and the pulmonaria,from the resemblance of its spot- 
ted leaves to the lungs, was considered as beneficial 
against all affections of these organs. 
The Sanguinaria Canadensis was introduced to 
England from the woods of Canada, whence comes 
its specific name. Its leaves spring forth as a cu- 
rious envelope to its delicate flowers, of which there 
are single and double varieties. In groups they are 
a pretty ornament amongst early flowering plants. 
A light peaty soil, in a cool situation, is most suit- 
able to it ; and it succeeds best by remaining two or 
three years undisturbed. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 286. 
Class. 
POLYANDRIA. 
