i. Family RANUNCULACE^E. (Crowfoot Fam.) 

 Genus XANTHORHIZA. (Marshall.) 



From two Greek words meaning "yellow" and "root." 



Fig. I. Shrub Yellow-Root. X. apiifblia, L'Her. 



Flowers, small, dark purple, in slender drooping clusters, 

 appearing with the leaves. Petals, five, not united, 

 much smaller than the five sepals, slightly two-lobed, 

 raised on a claw. Stamens, five to ten. Seed-cases, 

 free from the sepals. 



Leaves, once or twice compound (odd-feathered). Leaflets, 

 three to five, stemless, lobed and toothed, and two to 

 three inches in length. 



Bark and Roots, bitter, deep yellow. 



Fruit, in clusters, oblong, one-celled, one-seeded ; splitting 

 once lengthwise ; about one eighth of an inch long ; 

 a follicle. 



Found, along shady banks of streams in Pennsylvania 

 Southwestern New York, and Kentucky, and south- 

 ward among the mountains. 



A bushy plant, two to three feet high. A yellow dye 

 is made from its roots. 



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