HAEMODORUM (from haima, blood, and doron, a gift; probably in reference to the roots serving as food for the natives of Australia. The name was given by Theophrastes to the Broom-rape). Bloodroot. ORD. Haemodoraceae. A genus of about seventeen species of pretty greenhouse perennials, all natives of Australia, with black, red, livid green, or orange-coloured flowers. They thrive in peat and loam. Increased by dividing the roots, in spring. The two species described below are those best known to cultivation. HAEMODORUM planifolium (flat-leaved). fl. livid-purple or greenish at the base, in short forked racemes or cymes, collected in a compact, more or less corymbose panicle; perianth segments linear or linear-lanceolate. August. l., lower ones grass-like, flat; upper ones few and short. Stems 2ft. to 3ft. high. 1810. (B. M. 1610.) HAEMODORUM teretifolium (terete-leaved). This closely resembles HAEMODORUM planifolium, but the leaves are from a short sheathing base, very long, slender, and terete, or nearly so. August. 1822.