ar = e S 
PENTANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 205 
should be called S. gentianoides, a comparison which must 
tend to mislead, as its affinity, if any, to that genus, is 
entirely fanciful. — ka ea 
Oxver [V.—TETRAGYNIA. 
296. PARNASSIA. ZL. (Grass of Parnassus.) 
Calia 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5. Lepan-- 
i thia (nectarys) 5, inserted upon the claws of the 
' petals, ciliate, filaments with globose tips. Cap- 
sule 2-celled, 4-valved. Receptacle .in the mid- 
iB dle of each valve, Seeds membranaceously 
margined. 
i . Leaves radical, cordate, nerved; scape unifoliate about 
| the middle, 1-flowered; flowers white, with pellucid veins. 
Species. 1. P. palustris. 2. caroliniana. 3. asari- 
Solia. : =e 
A North American genus with the exception of P. pa- 
lustris, which is also common to Burope. 
Orver V.—PENTAGYNIA. 
297. ARALIA. L. 
Umbelliferous.—Caliv 5-toothed, superior. 
Petals 5. Berry 5-celled, 5-seeded.—Umbells in- 
volucellate. Se 
Arborescent, gpa bates * herbaceous; leaves entire, 
lobed, digitate, or repeatedly pse nded. 
Sycerns 1. A. nudicaulis. 2, racemosa. (called Spike- 
nard.) 3. hispida. 4. spinosa. {Angelica-tree:) 
‘The remaining species Of this genus are indigenous to 
the tropics! parts of America; there are also 3 species in 
Japan and 1 in China. — 
298, STATICE. L. a 
Calix 1-leaved, entire, plaited, scariose. Pe- 
tals 5. Seed 1, superior. a 
—AnMenia. Scape simple, flowers capi- 
tate, common calix many-leaved. : 
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