. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHTXU ROOT DRUGS. 41 Description of plant.âThis indigenous plant is iiuiong tlie earliest of our spring flowers, the waxy-white blossom, enfolded by the grayish green leaf, usually making its appearance early in April. The stem and root contain a Mood-red juice. Bloodroot is a perennial, and belongs to the same family as I he oiiinm poppy, the Tapaveracep. Each bud on the thick, horizontal root- stock produces but a single leaf and a flowering scape, reaching about 6 inches in height (fig. The plant is smooth, and both stem and l
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHTXU ROOT DRUGS. 41 Description of plant.âThis indigenous plant is iiuiong tlie earliest of our spring flowers, the waxy-white blossom, enfolded by the grayish green leaf, usually making its appearance early in April. The stem and root contain a Mood-red juice. Bloodroot is a perennial, and belongs to the same family as I he oiiinm poppy, the Tapaveracep. Each bud on the thick, horizontal root- stock produces but a single leaf and a flowering scape, reaching about 6 inches in height (fig. The plant is smooth, and both stem and leaves, especially when young, present a grayish green appearance, being covered with a " bloom " such as is found on some fruits. The leaves are palmately 5 to 9 lobed. the lobes either cleft at the apex or having a wavy margin, and are borne on leaf stems about (> to 14 inches long. After the plants have ceased flowering the leaves, at fii"st only 3 inches long and 4 to 5 inches broad, continue to expand until they are about 4 to 7 inches long and (> to 12 inches broad. The under side of the leaf is paler than the upper side and shows prominent veins. The flower measures about 1 inch across, is white, rather waxlike in appearance, with numerous golden-yellow stamens in the center. The petals soon fall off. and the oblong, narrow seed pod de- velops, attaining a length of about an inch. Description of rootntoclc.âWhen dug out of the ground bloodroot is rather thick, round, and fleshy, slightly lurvetl at the ends, and contains a quantity of blood-red juice. It is from 1 to 4 inches in length, from i to 1 inch in thickness, externally reddish brown, internally a bright-red blood color, and produces many thick, orange- <-oIored rootlets. (Fig. 15.) The rootstock shrinks considerably in drying, the out- side turning dark brown and the inside orange-red or yellowish with numerous small red dots, and it breaks with a short, sharp fracture. It has but a slig
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