20 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
# 1. X. apuro‘iia L’Hérit. The Parsley-leaved Yellow- Root, 
Identification. L’Hér. Stirp. nov., p.79. t. 38.; Dec. Prod., i. p. 65.; Don’s Mill., 1. p.65.; Tor. 
and Gray, 1. p. 40. ecrbtin nose 
Synonymes. Xanthorhiza apiifdlia ; Zanthorise A Feuilles de Persil, Fv.; Sellerie-blittrige Gelb- 
wurz, er. 
Derivation. From the Greek words zanthos, yellow, and rhiza, a root; applied from the deep 
yellow colour of the roots. The French name needs no explanation ; and the German is a literal 
translation of the English one. 
Engravings. Lam. Ill., t.854.; Bot. Mag., 1736. ; and our fig. 31. 
Spec. Char., &c. Flowers minute, dark purple, often by abortion polygamous. 
A low, suffrutescent, deciduous shrub. Flowers dark purple; May. 
Height 2 ft. to 3ft. Pennsylvania. Introduced in 1776. Decaying leaves 
yellowish or brown, dropping in September. ve 
A small shrub with yellow creeping roots, which 
attain a large size, and throw up numerous suckers ; 
with irregularly pinnate leaves, branched racemes, and 
small purplish flowers (which are usually unisexual ., 
from abortion) rising from the scaly buds. The flowers 
appear early in May, and continue a month or upwards 
before they drop off. We have never heard of its 
ripening seeds in Europe; nevertheless, this may have 
occurred, and been overlooked, from the inconspi- 
cuousness of the shrub, and the smallness of its fruit. 
Suckers, or division of the root. 
ol. Xanthorhiza apiifdlia. 
Orpver II WINTERACEZ:. 
ORDINAL CHARACTER. Calyx of 2—6 deciduous sepals, and 2 to many petals ; 
the sepals and petals, when more than two, disposed ternately. Carpels 
whorled, very rarely solitary from abortion. — Evergreen shrubs, or low 
trees, chiefly natives of warm climates. 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, evergreen ; full of pellucid dots, and 
coriaceous. Properties aromatic and stimulant. Ilfcium is the only genus of 
this order which contains species that will stand out in the open air in 
Britain. 
Genus I. 
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ILLYCIUM L. Tue I[cxictum. or AniseeD Tree. Lin, Syst. Polyandria 
Pat 
Polygynia. 
deni ticaliar: Lin. Gen., 611.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p.42.,; Dec. Prod. 1. p.77.; Don’s Mill., 
1. p. 78. 
Synonymes. Badiane, or Anis-étoilé, Fr.; Sternanis, Ggr. 
Derivation. The generic name Illicium is formed from the Latin word ¢ircio, to allure, on 
account of the agreeable aromatic smell of all the species. It is called the Aniseed Tree, from its 
smell bearing a strong resemblance to that of aniseed. Badiane appears to be an aboriginal French 
word; Anis-étoilé, and Sternanis, signify literally the starry anise, and may allude to the starry 
disposition of the parts of the flower and of the capsules. 
Gen. Char, Calyx of 3-6 petal-like sepals. Carpels stellately disposed, cap- 
sular, opening on the upper side, l-seeded. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 79.) 
# 1, Iuu’citum FLorIDA'NUM Ellis. The Florida Micium. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 395. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p.77.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 79. 
Synonymes. The Florida Aniseed Tree, red-flowered Anise-seed Tree, Mor. Hist. ; Badiane de la 
Floride, Fr.; unachter (spurious) Sternanis, Ger. 2 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., 439. ; Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 209.; and our fig. 32. 
Spec. Char, §c. Petals 27—30, dark purple, outer ones oblong, inner 
ones lanceolate. (Don's Mill.) An evergreen glabrous shrub. West 
