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ARALIA Hisprpa. HrsprD ARALIA, 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIAe 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Involucrum umbellule. Cal. 5-dentatus, fuperus, Cor. 5= 
petala. Bacca 5-fperma. : 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
- ARALIA bi/pida ; caule frutefcente hifpido, foliis duplicato- 
pinnatis ; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis argute ferratis 
glabris. 
ARALIA bifpida; humilis, ima parte frutefcens: caulibus 
foliifque fetis rigidis hifpidis : foliis duplicato pin- 
natis; foliolis incifo ferratis: umbellulis pauciffi- 
mis, longiufcule pedunculatis. Michaux Flor. Bor. 
Am, 1. p. 185. 
Alow fhrub, Stem, particularly at the lower part, covered 
with rigid hairs, more thinly {cattered at the upper parts of 
the branches, and on the footftalks, till they difappear in the 
leaflets, Petioles flattened and ftem-embracing at the bafe, 
Tounded upwards: Jeaves doubly pinnate: leaflets ovate- 
ceolate, acutely- fometimes incifedly-ferrate, {mooth, veined, 
terminal ones generally ternate, and lower ones frequently 
appendicated with one or two fmaller ones, either diftiné or 
Tunning into one another. Peduncles axillary, ereét, fomewhat 
branched, with a fingle linear, ciliated braéte. Umbels erett; 
*mvolucre of feveral fubulate, ciliated leaflets: pedicles three 
Umes as long as the involucre. Calyx minute, fuperior, five- 
eft. Petals five, reflexed, filaments longer than corolla: 
anthers white. Germen egg-fhaped, ftriate : fayles five, prefled 
a cther. Unripe feed veffel five-grooved, crowned with the 
ve reflexed ftyles, five-celled, Seeds oblong, folitary, affixed 
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