RANUNCULACEA. XXXII. Zantuorniza. 
ous; the juice of them with alum yields a black die. Toads 
are reported to enjoy the fetid odour of this plant. (f. 13.) 
Spiked-flowered or Common Bane-berry. Fl. May, July. 
England. Pl. 1 foot. 
_ 2 A. Ru'sra (Willd. enum. p. 560.) leaves bi or triternate ; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, serrated or cut; petals acute, shorter 
than the stamens ; racemes simple hemispherical ; pedicels slen- 
der; berries ovate-oblong. 2%. H. Native of North America 
in shady rocky woods in rich vegetable soil, from Canada to 
Virginia, and from Hudson’s bay to the Rocky Mountains. A. 
brachypétala var. C, rubra, D. C. syst. 1. p. 385. Berries red. 
Flowers, fruit, and seeds larger than those of 4. alba. This 
plant is known in North America by the name of Red Co-hosh, 
and is considered by the natives a valuable medicine. 
Var. b, cærùlea ; berries blue. Ņ4.H. Native of Florida, 
where it is known by the name of Blue Co-hosh. A. brachypé- 
tala y, cærùlea, D. C. syst. 1. p. 385. , 
Red Bane-berry. FÌ. May, June. Clt. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
3 A. a'LBa (Bigl. fl. bost. ed. 2. p. 211.) leaves bi or triter- 
nate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, serrate or cut ; petals truncate, 
equal in length to the stamens ; racemes simple, oblong ; pedi- 
cels a little thickened; berries ovate-oblong. X4. H. Native 
of North America in shady rocky woods in rich vegetable soil, 
, from Canada to Virginia; in Canada, particularly about Lake 
Huron. A. brachypétala a, alba, D. C. syst. 1. p. 385. Berries 
white. This plant is known in North America by the name of 
White Co-hosh, and is considered a valuable medicine by the 
natives. 
Var. B, microcárpa; berries small white or reddish, on thick 
pedicels, 4%. H. Native about Boston. A. brachypétala 6, 
microcarpa, D., C. syst. 1. p. 385. 
cite Pane-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
soil. Th ese plants will thrive well in any common garden 
easily j ey succeed best under the shade of trees. They are 
whi y mcreased by dividing the plants at the root, or by seeds, 
ich usually ripen in abundance. 
Pan ZANTHORHI ZA (from £avSoc, zanthos, yellow, 
arh erT a root; deep yellow colour of the roots.) Marsh. 
A 7. Lam. ill. t. 854. D. C. syst. 1. p. 286. prod. 1. p. 65. 
sepals, ar Polydndria, Mono-T: rigynia. Calyx of 5 deciduous 
abortion etals 5.6 Carpels 2-3-seeded, but usually solitary from 
larly pinnata small shrub, with yellow creeping roots, irregu- 
rising from the sealy hale racemes, and small purplish flowers 
. * APIIFO ‘LIA (Lher. stir 
ti ] p. nov. p. 79. t. 38.) h.H. Na- 
> O arth America on shady banks of rivers ) from Virginia 
p. J1 ga Bart. elem. bot. t. 12. ex. coll. mat. med. amer. 2. 
57. prall shrub, with irregularly pinnate leaves; leaflets 
with the T y serrated. Racemes branched, pendulous, rising 
usually aes from the scaly buds. Flowers small, dark-purple, 
adhesivel sexual from abortion. Bark of the root intensely and 
vely bitter, and somewhat acrid. 
S cy leaved Yellow-root. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1766. Sh. 
eet. 
Cult, «on N eect 
. Zanthorhiza will thrive in any common garden soil. It 
IS easily in 
d creased b k i 
o y suckers from the root, which are throw 
ut n great numbers, wne OWD 
XXXI , 
use this a PÆO NIA (The physician Pæon was the first to 
cure Pluto f icine, The Greek legend adds, that he used it to 
ært. fruct I wound inflicted by Hercules.) Lin. gen. no. 678. 
P. 65, -te P. 309. t. 65. D.C. syst. 1. p. 386. prod. 1. 
Lin, o>. 
SYST, Polydndria, Di-Pentagynia. Calyx of 5 leafy inequal 
TManent 
VoL, cakes b. a.) Petals from 5 to 10, somewhat 
XXXIII. Ponta. 65. 
orbicular (f. 14. c.) Stamens indefinite. Disk fleshy, girding 
the ovaries. Carpels follicular, from 2 to 5 (f. 14. e.) large, 
many-seeded, terminated with thick bilamellate stigmas (f. 14. 
e.) Seeds rather globose, shining.—Roots fascicled. Cauline 
leaves biternate. Flowers large, white or purplish, usually with 
a strong disagreeable smell. The root is acrid, bitter, and 
fetid, and its qualities are reported to be narcotic and dan- 
gerous, which we can readily believe. The seeds are somewhat 
emetic. 
= Secr. I. Mo vuran (the name of the tree Peony in Japan 
and China.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 65. Stem shrubby. Disk ex- 
panded into a membranous urceolus, involving the carpels more or 
less. The flowers of the Moutan Pæony are generally fragrant. 
In China the shrubs sometimes exceed 10 feet in height, but in 
Britain they scarcely ever exceed 5 feet. 
1 P. Mo vuran (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1154.) segments of leaves 
oval-oblong, glaucous underneath; carpels 5, villous. h. H. 
Native of the North of China on mount Ho-nan. Cultivated in 
the gardens throughout China and Japan for the beauty of their 
blossoms. Flowers single, purple. All the varieties of Moùtan 
are very ornamental. 
Var. a, papavaracea (Andr. bot. rep. t. 463.) petals from 8 
to 13. white, with a purple spot at the base of each; capsules 
altogether inclosed in the unceolus or disk. b. H. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 547. Sims, bot. mag. 2175. 
Var. B, Banksii (Anders. Lin. trans. v. p.) flowers double ; 
petals reddish in the middle ; segments of leaves, withblunt 
fissures. h. H. Andr. bot. rep. t. 448. Ker. bot. reg. 379. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1154. The petals are slightly tinged with 
blush, becoming nearly white at the edges, and are marked at 
the base with purplish red. Clt. 1794. 
Var. y, Hùmei (Ker, bot. reg. t. 379.) flowers double, with 
a bunch of long petals rising from the middle of the flower, of 
the same colour as Banksii. h. H. Clt. 1817. 
Var. ò, rosea (D. C. prod. 1. p. 65.) flowers semi-double, 
rose-coloured ; segments of leaves, with very blunt fissures at 
the apex. h. H. Andr. bot. rep. t. 373. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 
1035. Petals large, of a fine deep pink. Clt. 1794. 
Var. s, ròsea-plèna (Hort. trans. 6. p. 477.) flowers very 
double, of a fine deep pink, nearly scentless.—Bonpl. pl. rar. p. 
61. t. 23. P. suffruticòsa, Andr. bot. rep. t. 373. Petals jagged. 
Var. {, Ranèsii (Hort. trans. 6. p. 479.) flowers single, pale, 
slightly tinged with pink. The foliage much resembles that of 
an herbaceous Peony. hk. H. Cit. 1820. 
Var. n, Carnea-plena (Hort. trans. 6. p. 481.) flowers very 
double, of a delicate purplish pink, with a rich purple rayed spot 
at the top of each. Very like Banksii, but without the central 
elongated petals, which sometimes in that variety appear to rise 
from amongst the germens. 
Var. 3, albida-plena (Hort. trans. vol. 6. p. 482.) flowers 
double, very pale, though not decidedly white, suffused with 
purple. kh. H. 
Var. ı Anneslèi (Hort. trans. 6. p. 482. t. 7.) flowers small, 
almost single, of a rich purplish pink ; petals usually 9, obcor- 
date, slightly jagged at the margins, of a darker colour at their 
bases. h. H. , ; 
Moutan or Tree Peony. Fi. April, June. Clt. 1789. Shrub 
3 to 10 feet. 
Secr. II. Pon (applied to this section on account of its con- 
taining the original Peeonys, for the derivation see genus.) D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 65. Stems herbaceous. Disk of flower hardly or 
not expanded, and therefore only surrounding so much. of the 
base of the carpels (f. 14. d.) Roots fascicled, composed of 
fusiform tubers. 
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