YUCCA ZANTHORHIZA 689 



loosely arranged; the parts of the flower as in Y. gloriosa. Fruit 2 to 2^ ins. 

 long; seeds not glossy, about ^ in. long. (See plate, vol. i., p. 58.) 



Native of the coast region of the south-eastern United States, especially 

 of Georgia; introduced in 1794. This is the commonest and most easily 

 cultivated of Yuccas, and although not so striking as Y. gloriosa in flower, is 

 a more graceful plant and hardier or, at any rate, resists snow and damp 

 better. It flowers in late summer, and withstands the smoke of London 

 admirably. It associates well with a formal arrangement of paths and lawns,. 

 and gives a very pleasing exotic effect. There are several varieties such as 

 MARGINATA, whose leaves are bordered with yellow; and VARIEGATA, with 

 a yellow line down the centre. 



Y. RUPICOLA, Scheete. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7172.) 



A nearly stemless plant, consisting above ground'mainly of a dense rosette 

 of leaves, which are 2 to i\ ft. long, i to i| ins. wide; pale glaucous green, 

 the margins finely toothed, cartilaginous, and yellowish. Flowers in a much- 

 branched, glabrous panicle 4 to 6 ft. high, the branches slender, semi-erect. 

 Flowers pendulous, somewhat bell-shaped, milky white; the three outer 

 parts of the perianth oblong, f in. wide; the inner ones broader (i in. wide); 

 all i\ ins. long, and pointed. 



Native of S. Texas; introduced about 1850. It flowered with Canon 

 Ellacombe at Bitton, in 1890, but at present it is extremely rare in cultivation 

 in this country. The yellowish or brownish horny margin of the leaves 

 mentioned above distinguishes this from all other hardy species. 



ZANTHORHIZA APIIFOLIA, UHMtier. YELLOW ROOT. 



RANUNCULACE^:. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 1736.) 



A deciduous shrub with creeping roots and erect stems from i to 2 ft. 

 high. The handsome leaves are pinnate, consisting of three or five 

 stalkless leaflets which are themselves deeply and irregularly toothed, i 

 to 3 ins. long, the basal pair two- or three-lobed. The naked base of 

 the main leaf-stalk varies from 3 to 6 ins. in length. Flowers produced 

 in March and April, along with the young leaves in a cluster of more 

 or less drooping panicles 3 to 5 ins. long; individually the flowers are 

 very small (^ to -J in. wide), lurid purple, petals five, triangular, 

 pointed. 



This interesting little shrub is a native of the eastern United States, 

 where it extends from Pennsylvania to Florida, being most abundant in 

 Virginia and N. Carolina; introduced to England about 1776, but, on 

 account of its lack of any striking beauty of flower, has never become 

 common. The foliage, however, is attractive, and the flowers are amongst 

 the first to appear in spring. Easily increased by division in February. 

 In the milder parts of the country it would appear to be suitable for 

 naturalising in woods and moist shady spots, spreading rapidly as it 



