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Sp. pi. 1. p. l.)68. ISfich. 1. p. 186. Pursli, 1. p. 212. 



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A shrub :2— 3 feet high, bearlxia; many suckers. Stem simple, the 

 i)ark smootli, alabrous, wood yellow, leaves crowded at thc' suni^mt 

 of the stem, triternate ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, acute, daublv i - 

 cised, t!ie upper surfLice glabrous, the under and margin pubescvnt ; 

 petioles 6—8 inches lon<r, dilated and amplexicaule at base. /<'' - 

 ers in compound racemes below the leaves. Petals oblo-ij;, dark 

 pie. J\'*ectaries obovate, two lobed, dark purple, altcruat?nij wiih 

 petals and about half their length. Fiiumputs short, ^nthprs \nc 

 bent. Germs generally 5, sometimes more (7—1 I, Schr.) Kup. ii;,^, 

 compressed, s!m;htly incurved, terminating in short styles. Sti'-unn. 

 siinple. Capsules as many as the styles, inflated, "compre^MHl. I 

 celled, 2 valved, opentug at the oblique summit. Heed oblon ^ com- 

 pressed. ° 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina, near the mountains, 

 r lowers March 



April. 



Yelloiv root. 



The root is extremely bitter, and has been used as a substitutd»foi- 

 i^olumbi). It also yields plentifully a yellow colouring matter. 



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