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ZANTHORHIZA APIIFOLIA. PARSLEY-LEAVED 
ZANTHORHIZA, OF YELLOW-ROOT. 
Sipe leet eae ie eee 
Cla/s and Order. 
PENTANDRIA PoLyGyYNIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal.o. Petala 5. Neéaria 5, pedicellata. Cap/. plurime, 
monofpermz. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
ZANTHORHIZA apifolia. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 199. 
DL Herit. Stirp. Nov. 79. t. 38. Perfoon Syn. 341. Michaux 
Fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 186. Pur/h Fl. Am. Sept. 222. 
XANTHORHIZA apitfolia. Mart. Mill. Did. 
XANTHORHIZA /implicifima. Marfball Arbuf. 168. 
The ZantTHoRH1z<A, Of which only one fpecies is known, is 
an elegant little fhrub; native of Carolina and Georgia; and 
confequently, though confidered as hardy, is liable to be killed 
by fevere froft. As it takes up but little room, it may be ad- 
mitted into the confervatory, where it appears to more advantage, 
being liable to be overlooked among fhrubs of larger ftature. 
Its yellow root, from which it takes its name, has been fup- 
pofed to offer a ufeful dye; but we do not find that it has 
hitherto been applied to ufe. Indeed, produéts affording “a 
yellow colour are fo common, that, unlefs it fhould be afcer- 
tained to poffefs fome fuperior advantages, it will moft probably 
continue to be overlooked. 
The flowers of this plant, though not fhewy, are curious ; 
the xeffarium confifting of five pedicled double glands, inferted 
between the laciniz of the corolla; and which might be taken 
for fo many didymous anthers. Juss1zv, who feldom admits 
of Linnaus’s neélaria, confiders thefe parts as the petals, 
and what we have, with moft others, denominated corolla, he 
calls calyx. And in the fame way Jussieu interprets man 
other genera, belonging to the family of ranunculacee, to which 
order ZANTHORHIZA is referred. 
Firft difcovered by Joun Bartram in Georgia. Intro- 
duced into this country about the year 1766, by Joun Busn, 
Efg. Flowers in February, March, and April. Communicated 
by Mr. Georce Graves. 
Fig. 1, two of the ne&taries, magnified, fhewing their pofition with & 
to the petal, Fig. 2, germens, natural fize, Fig, fen of wr a 
magnified, Fig, 4, a neQtarium, magnified. 
