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ARALIACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



3. Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild or \'ir- 

 giiiian Sarsaparilla. Fig. 3091. 



Aralia nudicaulis L. Sp. PI. 274. 1753. 



Aralia nudicaulis prolifera A. C. Apgar, Bull. 



Torr. Club 14: 166. 1887. 

 A. nudicaulis elongata Nash, loc. cit. 20 : 374. 1893. 



Acaulcscciit or nearly so. Roolstock long : 

 leaf arising with the peduncle from the very 

 short stem, both sheathed at the base by dry 

 thin scales; petioles erect. 6'-l2' long; primary 

 (Hvisions of the leaf ternate, slender-stalked, 

 pinnately 3-5-foliolate; leaflets oval, ovate or 

 ovatc-lanceoIate, acuminate, finely serrate. 2'-$' 

 long ; umbels commonly 3, simple, rarely com- 

 pound ; involucre none; pedicels slender, 

 glabrous; flowers greenish, iJ" broad; fruit 

 globose, purplish-black, about 3" long, 5-lobed 

 when dry. 



In woods. Newfoundland to Manitoba, Idaho. 

 Georgia. Missouri and Colorado. Small spike- 

 nard. Rabbit-root. False sarsaparilla. Wild 

 liquorice. Shot-bush. May-June. 



4. Aralia hispida A^ent. Bristly Sarsapa- 



rilla. Wild Elder. Fig. 3092. 



Aralia hispida Vent. Hort. Cels, pi. 41. 1800. 



Erect, leafy, l-3 high, the stem and petioles 

 hispid with slender bristles. Leaves bipinnate; 

 leaflets ovate or oval, acute, glabrous or pubescent 

 on the veins beneath, sharply serrate, i'-2' long; 

 uinbels several, slender-peduncled, simple ; pedicels 

 glabrous; flowers white, i" broad; fruit dark- 

 purple, 3"-4" in diameter, strongly 5-lobed when 

 dry. 



In rocky or sandy woods, and clearings, Newfound- 

 land to North Carolina, Hudson Bay, Minnesota, 

 Indiana and Michiiian. June-July. Rough sarsa- 

 parilla. Dwarf elder. Hyeble. Pigeon-berry. 



2. PANAX L. Sp. PI. 1058. 1753. 



Erect perennial herbs, from globose or elon- 

 gated aromatic roots, with a verticil of digitately 

 compound leaves at the summit of the stein. 

 Umbels solitary, terminal, simple. Flowers green- 

 ish or white, polygamous. Calyx-limb obscurely 5-tootlied. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 



5, alternate with the petals. Styles 2 or 3. Fruit a small drupe-like somewhat ilatter.ed berry, 

 enclosing 2 or 3 seeds. [Greek, all-healing.] 



About 7 species, of eastern North America and Asia. Type species : Panax quinquefolium L. 

 Leaflets 5. ovate or obovate, stalked, acuminate. i. P. quinquefolium. 



Leaflets 3-5, oval, to oblanceolate, sessile, obtuse. 2. P. trifolium. 



I. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng. 

 Red-berry. Sang. Fig. 3093. 



Pana.r quinquefolium L. Sp. PI. 1058. 1753. 

 Ginseng quinquefolium Wood, Bot. & Flor. 142. 

 1873. 



Glabrous, 8'-i5' high. Root fusiform, deep. 

 Petioles i*'-4' long; leaflets S (rarely 6-7), 

 stalked, thin, ovate or obovate, acuminate, 

 2'-$' long, i'-2' wide, irregularly dentate ; 

 peduncle slender, l'-2' long: umbel 6-20- 

 flowered ; pedicels 3"-6" long in fruit; flowers 

 about i" broad; styles usually 2; fruit some- 

 wdiat didymous. bright crimson, $" broad. 



In rich woods, Quebec to Alabama, Ontario. 

 Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri. July-Aug. 

 The plant has become rare in most parts of its 

 range by the gathering of its roots for export to 

 China, but is now extensively cultivated in arti- 

 ficial shade. 



