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The NeUariim crowning the corolla, of five fmall leaves, 

 fomewhat two-lobed : th^ lobes very fmall, roundifh, 

 or rather runcinate, and inferted by flender claws in 

 the common receptacle, alternating with the petals. 

 The Filaments live, iTiort and thread-form. The Anthem round- 

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The Germen feveral, moft frequently from feven to eleven, 



fmall and ending in as many awMliapcd, lliort, incurved 



Styles. The Stigmas acute. 

 The Seed'VejJeU as many Capfules; which are fmall, fomewhat 



oval, comprefTed, oblique pointed, of one cell and two 



valves, joined at their bafc to the common receptacle, and 



(preading above. 

 The Seeds are fingle in each cell, fmall, fomewhat ovate and 



lightly compreflfed 

 OhJ, The petals are fometimes fix in number. The number 



of Stamina are alfo fometimes increafed. 



The Species but one^ viz. 



Xantiiorhiza fimplicifTima. Shtirb Yellow 

 Root. 



This Is a fmall flirub, growing naturally in Caro- 

 lina. The roots are flender and cylindrical, but 

 fending off fide fhoots by which it fpreads much; 

 the wood of which, together with that of the ftems, 

 are of a bright yellow colour. The ftems are flender^ 

 rifing to the height of two feet or more, generally 

 fimple, or without branches, and covered with a 

 iightifh brown bark. The leaves are compound, 

 confiding of two pair of oppofite lobes, terminated 

 by an odd one; the lobes are much and deeply cut 

 or cleft on their edges, (fomewhat in form of Gar- 

 den Lovage) and joined to very long, common foot- 

 ftalks, coming out from the tops of the (tems. The 

 flowers arc produced at the top of the former year's 

 growth, in a compound or panicled racemus) having 

 their partial footftalks generally three flowered j they 



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