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HypRASTIS CANADENSIS. CANADIAN 
Y ELLOW-ROOT. 
Class and Order. 
PoLtyanpRiA Potyeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ranuncunaces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 3-sepalus, sepalis ovatis; Pet. 0. Stamina_ovari- 
aque plurima. Cariopsides baccate, plurime in capitulum, 
stylo terminate, 1-loculares, 1—2-sperma ; Semina obovo- 
idea levigata. D C. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Hyprastis * canadensis. : 2 
Hyprastis canadensis. Linn. Sp. Pl. p.'784. Mich. Bor. 
Am. 2.1. p.317. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2.2. p. 1340. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 389. De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 
218. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 23. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. Cura post. p. 220. (not of Poiret Encycl. et Lam. 
Ml. t. 500.) 
ARNERIA canadensis. Mill. Ic. t. 285. 
ae 
Descr. The root, which I have not seen, is perennial, 
and described by authors as composed of fleshy tubercles, 
of an intensely yellow colour, affording a dye of the same 
tint, bitter, somewhat pungent and tonic, according to Dr. 
ARTON. Stem erect, herbaceous, rounded, about a foot 
high, simple, hairy upwards, bearing two leaves of a rather 
iit size, the lower one petioled, the other sessile, palmate, 
with three or five deep inciso-serrated segments, hairy, 
veiny, 
* From 6xp, water: this plant growing in moist places. 
