PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM. 
THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS. - 
Panax. Diceciously polygamous. Calyx sdmbe to the ovary. 
Limb short, obsoletely five-toothed in the perfect flower, Calyx 
in the staminate flower entire. Petals five. Stamens five, 
alternate with the petals. Styles two—three. Fruit baccate, 
two—three celled. Cells one seeded. 
Polygamous, unbelled. Involucre many-leaved. Calyx five-toothed in the perfect 
flower, superior. Berry heart-form, two or three seeded. Calyx in the staminate 
flower entire. 
THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Panax Quinquerouiwm, Root fusiform. Leaves three, ver- 
ticillate, five foliate. Leaflets oval, acuminate, serrate, petiolate. 
Pedicles of the umbel rather shorter than the common petioles. 
Root fusiform. Leaves ternate, quinate. Leaflets oval, acuminate, petioled, serrate. 
THE ARTIFICIAL CHARACTERS, 
Crass Pewranpeta, Stamens five. Oapan Drevwra. Calyz 
superior. Flowers umbelled. — five pemstod. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
The Ginseng is a perennial plant indigenous to North America 
and Chinese Tartary. It occurs in most parts of the temperate 
portions of the United States, but is most common to the west- 
ward, being almost eradicated in the Atlantic States. It is 
usually found at the roots of trees, in rich soil, especially in hilly 
situations. It flowers in June and July. The hardy species 
__ thrive well in light rich soil, the others grow in loam and peat, 
and are merennes “by cuttings in sand ender a hand-glass, but 
Se ian Pua: ‘eeceabbk cos is a high-sounding title, weaning 
ae little less than that the plant which bears it is the long sought 
universal elixir, a remedy for all things. In Chinese Tartary 
3 = the plant oe and silos as an ee - oe 
