. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1994 XANTHORRHCEA XANTHORRHIZA plants of the general appearance described above: peri- anth persistent, of 6 distinct segments, the 3 outer glume-like, erect, concave or almost hooded, 3- or 5- nerved, the 3 inner muc
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1994 XANTHORRHCEA XANTHORRHIZA plants of the general appearance described above: peri- anth persistent, of 6 distinct segments, the 3 outer glume-like, erect, concave or almost hooded, 3- or 5- nerved, the 3 inner much thinner, usually 5-nerved. erect, but more or less protruded beyond the outer seg- ments into a short, hyaline or white, petal-like, spread- ing lamina. Flora Australiensis 7 Xantho^i ). (See p. 1993.) a. Trunk very short. B. Spike S-S in. long. minor, Lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 1-2 lines â ide: scape longer than the lvs.: spike less than 34 in. wide. 6297.â Belongs to the group in which the inner perianth- segments have a white blade conspicuously spreading above the outer ones, while in the next two species the inner segments have a short whitish tip, little longer than the outer and scarcely spreading. BB. Spike 1%-S ft. long. hastilis, Lvs. 3-t ft. long, 2-3 lines broad: scape often 6 8 ft. long, not counting the spike. Readily distinguished by the dense, rusty tomentum covering the ends of the bracts and outer perianth-segments. 4722. III. 17:196. 9:868. AA. Trunk becoming 5 or 6, of even 15 ft. long. Preissii, Endl. Lvs. 2â1 ft. long, 1-2 lines broad,, rigid, very brittle when young: scapes 2-6 ft. long, in- cluding the spike, which occupies one-half to nearly all its length. 6933. rt. M XANTHORRHIZA (Greek, yellow root). Often spelled Zanthorrhiea. Manuneulaeece. A genus of only one species, native in the eastern United States from New York to Florida. Plant shrubby: lvs. pinnate or bipinnate: tls. in drooping racemes or panicles;
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