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Ovary 1-celled. 



Leaves pinnate or undivided /. . . 11. ARXHROPHTLtrM. 



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Ovftry 2-celled. 



Pedicels continuous. Styles distinct 12. Hetkkopanax. 



pedicels continuous. Styles combined , . . 13. Brassaiopsis. 



I'edicels jointed. Styles combined , . . . 14. Machopanax. 



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Ovary 5-4rceUed ; styles combined. 

 t Leaves mnple lobed or pinnate. 



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.•.ECT. IV. Plerandreae. Petals \tihsite. Stamens 20-50. 



Petals united, falling off in a cap 18. TupmANTHUs. 



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Herbs shrubs or small trees, glabrous hairy or prickly. Leaves alternate 

 or whorled, digitate pinnate or compound-pinnate ; leaflets serrate or nearly 

 entire; stipules not prominent. U^nbels solitary or in racemes or panicles 

 ^^Jy in compound umbels; pedicels jointed close under the flower or not. 

 -tlowers often polygamo-moncecious. Calyx margin truncate or 6-toothed. 

 -^^tals 6, ovate, imbricate in bud. Sta^nens 6. Ovary 2-5-celled ; styles 2-6, 

 2®e or shortly connate at base (at least in the seed-producing flowers). Frvit 

 ^o-celled 4-5-angular, or subglobose 2-3-celled. Albunien uniform. — Distrib^ 

 Species 30 ; extending from India and Malaya to Japan and Xorth America. 



^ Sect. I. Ginseng*. Herbs 1-2 feet with a whorl of digitate leaves. 

 ^yles 2-3. Fruit red or red and black, shining, globose, subdidymous. 





\ I. A. Pseudo-g^insengr, Benth, in Gen. PL i. 936; leaflets lanceolate 

 ^th scattered bristles especially on the upper surface. Panax Pseudo-ginseng. 

 ^^IL PL As. Par. t. 137, Cat. 3730; C. A. Mey. in Gaug, RepeH, Pharm. ^ 

 ^em. 1842, p. 525, with Jig, ; Seein. Rev. Heder. 99. 



/ J^iPAL, SiKKiM, and Bhotan, alt. 6000-12,000 ft., frequent. Khasia Mts., ait. 

 5000 ft. ; H. /. 4^T. 



/ Rootstock horizontal, tuberous or tuberiferous. Stem 6-15 in., erect, smooth, ter- 

 ?>'nated by a whorl of leaves ; the scale at its base deciduous or persistent. Leafiets 

 rarely 3, 2-6 by ^-1| in., acuminate often caudate, rounded or tapering at the base, 

 closely serrate or deeply doubly serrate, glabrous except the scattered bristles ; 

 petiole \~^ in., glabrous; petiolules 0-1 in. Peduncles shorter or longer than the 

 ^«aveg, glabrous or nearly so, solitary or 2-4, simple or with 2-6 umbellate heads ; 

 Pfdicels J-i in,, pubescent or puberulous; bracteoles I in., narrow lanceolate-linear. 

 ^^owers polygamo-monoecious ; styles in the male flowers sometimi^a united nearly to 

 *eir summit. Fruit red, or half-black half-red. ^ 



Doubtfully separable from the true Ginseng of Japan, Panax Gins€7ig, C, A. 

 ^^y- Lc, 524, which differs by having broader, more obovate, less bristly leaves, and 

 ^^^ by the characters relied on by C. A. Meyer. The Indian examples show every 



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