Tas. 8607. 
ACANTHOPANAX LEUCORRHIZUM. 
Central China. 
ARALIACEAE, Tribe PANACEAE. 
AcAaNTHOPANAX, Dene et Planch. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 938, 
ampl.; Harms in Engl. € Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. vol. iii. pars 8, p. 50. 
Acanthopanax leucorrhizum, Harms l.c.; C. K. Schneid. in Handb. d. 
Laubholzk. vol. ii. pp. 424, 1040; Bean in Trees and Shrubs, vol. i. 
p. 130, cum icon.; species A. Henryi, Harms et A. Simonii, C. K. Schneid. 
quam maxime affinis ab ambobus tamen aculeis longioribus tenuioribus et 
foliolis glabris differt. 
Frutex glaber, 1:5-3-metralis; ramuli valde medullosi, pallide lenticellati, ad 
nodos verticillatim aculeis 1-6 pallidis decurvis subulatis pungentibus 
3-8 mm. longis armati, inter nodos parcissime aculeati vel inermes. 
Folia decidua, alterna, 5-3-foliolata; foliola lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 
acuminata, basi cuneata, margine argute duplo-serrata, 5-12 cm. longa, 
1-3-4 cm. “lata, petiolulis 83-8 mm. longis suffulta; petioli 3°5-10 cm. 
longi, interdum parce aculeati. lores viridi-florescentes, umbellati, 
4 mm. lati, pedicellis gracilibus glabris 1*2-1°8 cm. longis suffulti; 
umbellae 60-90-flores, singulae vel paucae corymbosim aggregatae, 
terminales, globosae, 4-5 cm. latae; pedunculi 3°5-10 cm, longi. Calyx 
5-dentatus, dentibus minutis triangularibus. Petala 5, ovata, acuta, 
3 mm. longa, deflexa, margine apiceque incurva. Stamina 5; filamenta 
glabra, 8 mm. longa; antherae exsertae. Bacca nigro-purpurea, globosa 
vel oblonga, 6-8 mm. longa, stylo brevi persistente coronata ; caro sucosa; 
sucus tinctorius atramentum referens. Semina compressa, semi-elliptica, 
6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata.—Elewtherococcus leucorrhizus, Oliv. in Hook. 
Icon. Pl. sub t, 1711.—W. J. Bran. 
The Araliad here figured was originally described by 
Professor Oliver from specimens discovered by Professor 
A. Henry in the province of Hupeh in Central China 
about 1886. It was met with again in the same region 
by Mr. E. H. Wilson in 1901, and through his agency 
was introduced to cultivation by Messrs. J. Veitch and 
Sons. The plant which has supplied the material for our 
illustration is one at Kew which was purchased from 
Messrs. Veitch in 1913. When first described the species 
was referred with justice to the genus Lleutherococcus, 
based by the late Mr. Maximowicz on a species from 
Apri, 1915. 
