. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 20 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. J* 1. X. /(piifo'lia VHent. The Parsley-Iesived Yellow-Root, IdmtljUation. L'Hov. Stirp. nov., t. 38.; Dec. Proil., i. p. 65.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 65.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 40. Synonymes. Xauthorhlza uplifdlia; Zanthorise k Feuilles de Persjl,
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 20 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. J* 1. X. /(piifo'lia VHent. The Parsley-Iesived Yellow-Root, IdmtljUation. L'Hov. Stirp. nov., t. 38.; Dec. Proil., i. p. 65.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 65.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 40. Synonymes. Xauthorhlza uplifdlia; Zanthorise k Feuilles de Persjl, Fr.; Sellerie-blattrige Gelb- wurz, Ger. Derivation. From the Greek words xanthos, 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. Lanr. 111., t. 854.; Bot. Mag., 1736. ; and onr fig. 31. Spec. Char., ^c. Flowers minute, dark purjjle, often by aboi-tion polygamous. A low, siiffnitesceiit, deciduous shrub. Flowers dark purple; May. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Pennsylvania. Introduced in ] 776. Decaying leaves yellowish or brown, dropping in September. 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 oi its fruit. Suckers, or division of the root. â "â <. Order II. WmTERA'CEjE. Ordinal Character. Calyx of 2â6 deciduous sepals, and 2 to many petals ; the sepals and petals, when more than two, disposed ternately. Carpels whorled, very rarely solitary from abortio
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