ARALIACEÆ. 
Racemose-flowered Aralia. Clt. 1658, Pl. 
3 to 4 feet. 
3 A. nu'mitis (Cav. icon. 4. p. 7. t. 313.) stem herbaceous, 
glabrous, a little branched; leaves impari-pinnate, pubescent : 
leaflets cordate, acute, serrated; umbels disposed in terminal 
racemes ; involucra very short, of many leaves. 2%.G. Native 
of New Spain. The fruit, according to Cav. icon. is nearly glo- 
bose. Styles 5, erect, rather distant. Stem variegated with 
brown tubercles. Petals green. 
Humble Aralia. Pl. 14 foot. 
4 A. ruse'scens (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 80.) stem 
woody, unarmed, glabrous, branched; leaves impari-pinnate, 
pubescent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, serrated, attenuated at the 
base, and acuminated at the apex ; umbels numerous, disposed in 
a terminal raceme; involucra very short, of few leaves. h. G. 
Native of New Spain. A. scabra, Presl, in herb. Henke. Pe- 
tioles not dilated into auricles at the base. Styles 5, divari- 
cately recurved. Fruit globose, dark purple. 
Pubescent Aralia. Clt. 1818. Shrub, 
„5A. HISPIDA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 185.) stem suffru- 
— very hispid at the base from bristles ; leaves bipinnate ; 
eaflets ovate, acute, deeply serrated, glabrous ; petioles hispid ; 
ee on long peduncles ; involucra of many short setaceous 
lee h.H. Native of North America; in stony woods in 
oe England, &c.; on high mountains in Pennsylvania and 
mal Canada, from Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan; 
ae son’s Bay, and of Newfoundland. Vent. hort. cels. t. 41. 
ais bot. mag. t. 1085. Lodd. bot. cab. 1306. A. Muhlenber- 
a Schultes, syst. 6. p. 704. does not differ from this species. 
he shrub is called Wild-elder, Stem paniculately branched at top. 
Hispid Aralia, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1799. Shrub 1 foot. 
t Unarmed species, which are not sufficiently known. 
as x CORDA TA (Thunb. jap. p. 127.) stem almost herbaceous, 
SARN unarmed, a little branched ; leaves cordate-ovate, ser- 
; e-toothed, scabrons on both surfaces; pedicels of umbels 
omentose. XY. H. Native of Japan. Dos Jen, Kæmpf. 
ameen. 5. p. 826. Styles 5, divaricate, ex Thunb. 
Cordate-leaved Aralia. Pl. ? 
7A, Jaronica (Thunb. fl. jap. 128.) stem shrubby, unarmed; 
faves petiolate, 7-nerved, 7-lobed: lobes ovate, serrated at the 
el panicles terminal ; peduncles umbelliferous. h. H. 
ala of Japan, near Nagasaki. Banks, icon. Kempf. t. 10. 
A yles 5, diverging. Berry striated. Petals ovate, acute, re- 
exed (Thunb.). Leaves coriaceous, glabrous in the adult state, 
ut when young woolly on both surfaces. (Blum. bijdr. p. 371.) 
Petals white. 
Japan Aralia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
8 A. SCHEFFLE'RA (Spreng. pug. 1. p. 28.) stem shrubby, 
Smooth ; leaves on long petioles, digitate ; leaflets 5, petiolulate, 
anceolate, attenuated at the base, serrulated, glabrous on both 
Surfaces. h, G. Native of New Zealand. Scheffléra digitata, 
orst. gen. t. 23. Lam. ill. t. 221. Petals 5, nearly spatulate, 
erect, not as in the genus Sciadophy'llum, cohering into a calyp- 
e at the apex. Styles 8-10, diverging, not erect, as in Hédera. 
erry 8-10 angled. 
Scheffler’s Aralia. Shrub. 
A.? ocrorny’tta (Lour. coch. p. 187.) stem almost 
arboreous, unarmed ; leaves petiolate, digitate : leaflets 8, ob- 
ong, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous; panicle umbellate. kh. G. 
P ative of Cochin-china. Flowers yellow, of 5 petals. Stigmas 
ae esile. Berry ovate, 5-seeded. Perhaps a species of Po- 
y scias. Panicle large, ending in umbels, which are without in- 
volucra, 
Eight-leafletted Aralia. Shrub 10 feet. 
10 A.? parma`ra (Lam. dict. 1. p. 224. but not of Lour.) 
Fl. June, Sept. 
IX. Araria. 389 
stem shrubby, unarmed; leaves petiolate, pinnately 9-nerved, 
9-cleft: lobes lanceolate, serrated ; berry sulcately angular, 6-8- 
celled. %.S. Native of the Moluccas.—Rumph. amb. 4. t. 
43. Perhaps a species of Poly'scias or Hédera. Umbels 
crowded, terminal. 
Palmate-leaved Aralia. Shrub. 
11 A.? micans (Willd. herb. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 953.) 
leaves digitate ; leaflets or lobes 10, subcordate, oblong, acumi- 
nated, mucronately toothed, hispid above, and silky beneath ; 
heads disposed in racemes. k.S. Native country unknown. 
Perhaps a species of Hédera. 
Glittering Aralia. Tree or shrub. 
§ 2. Prickly species. 
12 A. svindsa (Lin. spec. p. 392.) stem arboreous, and are, 
as well as the petioles, prickly; leaves doubly and triply pin- 
nate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, deeply serrated ; panicle much 
branched, beset with velvety stellate down; umbels numerous ; 
involucra small, of few leaves. k.H. Native of North Ame- 
rica, in fertile low woods; of Carolina and Virginia; likewise 
in the Illinois country. Wats. dend. brit. t. 116. Comm. hort. 
amst. 1. t. 47. Pluk. alm. t. 20. Schmidt, arb. 102 and 103. 
A tree about 8-12 feet high, with a simple stem. Petals white, 
reflexed. Styles 5, divaricate, arched. Fruit 5-ribbed. Known 
under the name of angelica-tree. The berries used in an in- 
fusion of wine or spirits are a remarkable medicine for relieving 
rheumatic pains. 
Var. B, inérmis (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 209.) stem spi- 
nose, glaucous ; petioles unarmed. k. H. Native of South 
Carolina, near Charlestown. 
Spiny Aralia or Angelica-tree. 
Tree 8 to 12 feet. 
13 A. monra‘na (Blum. bijdr. p. 870.) stem arborescent, and 
are, as well as the petioles and base of the leaves, prickly ; leaves 
decompound; leaflets ovate, acuminated, obliquely subcordate 
at the base, doubly serrated, hairy on both surfaces; panicle 
branched ; flowers umbellate. h. S. Native of Java, on the 
mountains of Seribu, where it is called Kibohoya. 
Mountain Aralia. Shrub 8 to 10 feet? 
14 A. Cuixe’nsis (Lin. spec. 393.2? Blum. bijdr. p. 870.) 
stem arborescent, and is, as well as the petioles, prickly ; leaves 
bipinnate, decompound : leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, un- 
equally rounded at the base, sharply serrated, villous; panicle 
branched; flowers glomerate. h.S. Native of Java, on the 
mountains (Blum.), China (Lin.), Lour. coch. 187. Styles di- 
verging, revolute. Petioles villous, bearing a few straight 
prickles. The figure in Rumph. amb. 4, t. 44. cited by Lin- 
neus for this plant, is a species of Leéa. Loureiro describes 
the plant as very troublesome to travellers, with its numerous 
crooked prickles, as it climbs in the hedges. According to him 
the corolla is white. Styles scarcely any. 
China Aralia. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 
15 A. ertwa'cea (Hook. in Brewst. edinb. journ. sc. 1827. 
p- 64.) stem very spiny; leaves nearly palmate, very acute: 
lobes cut; petioles and nerves of leaves spiny; umbellules glo- 
bose, disposed in racemes. h. H. Native of the west coast 
of North America, in Queen Charlotte’s islands, 
Erinaceous Aralia. Shrub. 
16 A.? penrapny’itA (Thunb. fl. jap. 128.) stem arboreus, 
prickly; leaves digitate : leaflets 5, ovate, acute, somewhat pe- 
tiolate, serrated at the top; umbels simple, pedunculate. kh. H. 
Native of Japan. Panax spindsa, Lin. fil. suppl. 441. ex Lam. 
dict. 2. p. 715. 
Five-leaved Aralia. Tree. 
Cult. The hardy herbaceous species of Æràlia grow best in 
peat or vegetable mould, and are increased by dividing at the 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1688. 
