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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  very 
  short. 
  Petals 
  5, 
  very 
  deciduous. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  filaments 
  

   bent 
  inward, 
  anthers 
  versatile. 
  Ovary 
  2-celled 
  or 
  several- 
  

   celled 
  ; 
  styles 
  or 
  stigmas 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  cells 
  ; 
  ovules 
  1 
  in 
  

   each 
  cell. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  drupe 
  or 
  berry. 
  [The 
  English 
  ivy, 
  an 
  

   important 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  flowers 
  too 
  late 
  for 
  school 
  

   study.] 
  

  

  ARALIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  plants, 
  with 
  pungent 
  or 
  spicy 
  roots, 
  bark, 
  and 
  fruit, 
  

   Leaves 
  once 
  or 
  more 
  compound. 
  Flowers 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  mono3- 
  

   cious, 
  white 
  or 
  greenish, 
  in 
  umbels. 
  Drupe, 
  berry-like. 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  hispida 
  Vent. 
  BRISTLY 
  SARSAPARILLA, 
  WILD 
  ELDER. 
  Stem 
  

   1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  rather 
  shrubby 
  below, 
  with 
  prickly 
  bristles. 
  Leaves 
  

   once 
  or 
  twice 
  pinnate; 
  leaflets 
  ovate, 
  acute, 
  cut-serrate, 
  and 
  often 
  

   lobed. 
  Peduncle 
  bearing 
  several 
  umbels 
  of 
  cream-colored 
  flowers, 
  in 
  

   a 
  terminal 
  corymb. 
  Fruit 
  blue-black. 
  Dry 
  fields 
  and 
  pastures 
  E. 
  

  

  2. 
  A. 
  nudicaulis 
  L. 
  WILD 
  SARSAPARILLA. 
  Perennial 
  herb. 
  Roots 
  

   very 
  long, 
  somewhat 
  fleshy, 
  aromatic 
  ; 
  stem 
  very 
  short 
  or 
  none. 
  Leaf 
  

   solitary, 
  from 
  a 
  sheathing 
  base, 
  petioled, 
  6-12 
  in. 
  long; 
  compound 
  in 
  

   threes, 
  each 
  division 
  3-5-pinnate 
  ; 
  leaflets 
  oval 
  or 
  ovate, 
  taper-pointed, 
  

   finely 
  and 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  often 
  downy 
  below. 
  Scape 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  petiole, 
  usually 
  bearing 
  3 
  short, 
  peduncled 
  

   umbels. 
  Flowers 
  greenish. 
  Styles 
  distinct. 
  Fruit 
  globose, 
  black. 
  In 
  

   rich 
  woods. 
  

  

  73. 
  UMBELLIFERJE. 
  PARSLEY 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs, 
  usually 
  with 
  hollow, 
  grooved 
  stems. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  

   generally 
  in 
  umbels. 
  Limb 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  either 
  wanting 
  or 
  

   present 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  5-toothed 
  rim 
  or 
  margin 
  around 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  ovary. 
  Petals 
  5. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  which 
  

   is 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  ovary 
  (Fig. 
  26). 
  Ovary 
  2-celled 
  and 
  2-ovuled 
  

   (Fig. 
  26), 
  ripening 
  into 
  2 
  akene-like 
  carpels, 
  which 
  separate 
  

   from 
  each 
  other. 
  Each 
  carpel 
  bears 
  5 
  longitudinal 
  ribs, 
  in 
  

   the 
  furrows 
  between 
  which 
  secondary 
  ribs 
  frequently 
  occur. 
  

   On 
  a 
  cross 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  oil 
  tubes 
  are 
  seen, 
  traversing 
  

   the 
  interspaces 
  between 
  the 
  ribs, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  (Fig. 
  26, 
  Z>). 
  The 
  seeds 
  contain 
  a 
  small 
  embryo, 
  inclosed 
  

   in 
  considerable 
  endosperm. 
  [The 
  family 
  is 
  a 
  difficult 
  one, 
  

  

  