338 65. ABALIACEJ1. 



Eeadily distinguished from the polymorphous A. spinosa by its 

 capitate flowers. 



2. Aralia quinquefolia, A. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. Sc. n. s. 

 vi. p. 391. 



Panax quinquefolium, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 1058 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 252 ; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 54 ; Bot. Mag. t. 13:53 ; Regel et 

 Maack in Reg. Gartenfl. 1862, p. 314, t. 3/5 (var. Ginseng); Sieb. Ver- 

 handl. Bot. Genoot. xii. (var. eoreense). 



Panax Ginseng, C. A. Mey. in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. P&tersb. i. p. 340 ; 

 Walp. Rep. v. p. 924 ; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 320, et 1868, p. 54. 



Shingking or Cobea (James !). Herb. Kew. 



Mandshuria, Japan, and eastern North America, from Canada 

 to the mountains of Georgia. 



[Aralia palmata, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 187), is an obscure 

 plant, doubtfully referred by Seemann to the Indian Brassaiopsis 

 Uainla.~] 



3. Aralia spinosa, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 273 ; DC Prodr. iv. 

 p. 259 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. p. 7 ; Franch. et 

 Sav. Fnum. PI. Jap. i. p. 191. 



Aralia chinensis, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 273; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 259 ; 

 Benth. FL Hongk. p. 135 ; Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 133 ; Henriques 

 in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 149. 



Leea spinosa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. p. 670. 



Aralia canescens, Sieb. et Zucc. FL Jap. Fam. Nat. i. p. 94. 



Aralia Planchoniana, /lance in Journ. Bot. 1866, p. 172. 



Aralia Decaisneana, JIance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me serie, x. p. 215. 



Dimorphanthus mandshuricus, Rupr. et Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Sc. St. 

 Petersb. xv. (1856), p. 134, et in Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 133. 



Aralia mandschurica, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 134. 



Dimorphanthus elatus, Miq. Comm. Fhytogr. p. 95, t. 12; Walp. Rep. 

 ii. p. 430. 



Aralia elata, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 134. 



Aralia hypoleuca, Presl, Epimel. p. 250; Walp. Ann. ii. p. 724. 



Shingkikg : Fungshan (Boss !) ; Chekiang : Niugpo (Faber !); 

 Hupeh : Patung district, and Nanto and mountains to the north- 

 ward (A. Henry V); Foemosa : Tauisui (Oldham, 201!); Sze- 

 chuen: Chungching (Bourne I); Kwangtung : Macao (Hance, 

 12693 ! Gaudichaud !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Maudshuria, Japan, Philippines, and eastern North America 

 from Canada to Texas. 



This is an exceedingly variable plant both iu its American and 

 Asiatic areas ; and Miquel included all of the above synonymy 

 escept Hance's names and the Philippine Aralia hypoleuca. 



