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Twin-Leaf. Rheumatism-Root

Jeffersonia diphylla. Barberry Family.

A low plant. Leaves.--From the root; long-stalked; parted into two rounded leaflets. Scape.--One-flowered. Flower.--White; one inch broad. Sepals.--Four, falling early. Petals.--Eight; flat, oblong. Stamens.--Eight. Pistil.--One, with a two-lobed stigma.

The twin-leaf is often found growing with the blood-root in the woods of April or May. It abounds somewhat west and southward.