Panax.] ARALIACE^. 273 



1. A, Moschatellina. — Linn, Sp. PL p, 257, EngL Bot t 453. RicL in FrankL 1st Voy. 

 ed, 2. App.p. 13. 



Hab. Woody country, between lat 54° and 64° North. Dr. Richardson. Rocky Mountuhis, between 

 lat. 42° and 46° North. Drummond. — This was likewise found by Dr. James, in the more southern chain of 

 the Rocky Mountains. 



2. PANAX. Linn. 



Flores polygami. Calycis margo brevissimus obsolete 5-dentatus. Pet 5. Stam, totidem 

 siib margine disci cum petalis inserta et iis alterna. Styli 2 breves. Fructus carposus 

 compressus orbiculatus aut didymus bilocularis, loculis coriaceo-cliartaceis 1-spermis. — 

 Herbse, frutices et arbores. Folia et inflorescentia varia. DC, 



1. P, quinque folium ; caule herbaceo, radice fasiformi foliis ternatim verticellatis petiola- 

 tis quill ato-digitatis, foliolis obovatls acuminatis serratis pctiolulatis, pedunculo foliis iiiulto 

 breviore, stylis seminibusque 2. — Linn, Sp, PL p, 1512. Mich. Am, v. 2. p. 256. Purs/i, FI, 

 Am, V, 1. p, 191. Sims, Bot, Mag. t 1333. Elliott, Carol v, 2. p. 691. Bigel. Med. Bot, 

 IIL p. 82. i, 29. Bigel Fl Bost, ed, 2, p. 375. Torraj, Fl of Un. St. v. 1, p. 292. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v, 4. p. 252. 



Hab. Canada. Michaux. Mr. Cleghorn. — My specimen of P. quinquefolium, from the Mountains of 

 Sheopore in Nipal, (the true Ginseng? of the East,) for which I am indebted to Dr. Wallich, has the leaves 

 often in fours, narrower leaflets, and the nerves hispid on the upper side : yet in other respects, it does not 

 appear different from our American species. * 



2. P, trifolium ; caule herbaceo, radice tuberosa, foliis ternatim verticillatis petiolatis 

 3-5-nato-digitatis, foliolis lanceolatis acutis serratis, pedunculo foliis sequali, stylis 

 seminibusque 3. — Linn. Sp. PI p. 1512, Mich, Am, v. 2, p, 256. Pursk, Fl. Am. v. I, p. 

 191. Elliott, Carol v, 2, p, 692. Bigel Fl Bost ed. 2, p. 376. Torrey, Fl of Un. Si v. 1. 

 p. 291. De Cand. Prodr, v, 4. />. 252. — P. pusilla. Sims, Bot, Mag. t. 1334. 



Hab. Canada. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. About Quebec. Mrs. Percival. Mrs. Skeppard. 



3. P, horridum; fruticosum subrepens ubique aculeatum, foliis palmato-lobatis inciso- 

 serratis, umbellis capitatis racemosis, stylis seminibusque 2. (Tab. XCVIII.) — 5m. in 

 Rees' Cycl, n, 10. De Cand. Prodr. v, 4. p. 252. — Aralia erinacea. Hook, in Scouler's 

 Voy. in Brewst, Journ, 1827, p, 64. De Cand. Prodr, v, 4>. p. 259.— Prickly Ash, of Sir 

 Alex. Mackenzie's Voy. {Douglas.) 



Caulis fruticosus, 10-12 pedalis, subrepens, crassus, dense aculeatus ; aculeis non raro transversim seriatim 

 dispositis, acicularibus, aureis. Folia arapla, cordata, palmata, inciso-serrata, petiolata, petiolis nervisque 

 aculeatis. XJmbellm capitata*, poly^amae, in racemum ralde aculeatum, nudum vel lanatum, nunc hispidum 

 dispositae. Calyx obsoletus. Petala 5, ovata, subacuminata, patentia. Stamina 5. ' Ovarium inferum, 

 turbinatum, abortlvum in flore masculino, in fcemineo globoso. Styli 2, divergentes. Fructus, Bacca seu 

 Drupa rubra, disperma. Sernina oblonga, pendentia. Albumen copiosum. Embryo par^'um in partem 

 superiorem albuminis. 



• This, Dr. Wallich has now published as a distinct species, in his splendid " Planta; Asiatics/' under the name 



of Panax pseudo- Ginseng. 



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