UMBELLIFER.\E • ARALIACEAE 217 



Family 51. UMBELLIFERAE. K5, C5, A5, G (2) 

 (Carrot, Parsnip, Hemlock, Celery) 



* BuPLEURUM FRUTicosuM. 8. July. I E. Ls. alternate, oblong, lane, 3, 

 entire, bluish green, firm, rounded at end with minute point. Fls. small, greenish 

 yellow, in terminal umbrella-shaped clusters. Fruit of two round 5-ribbed carpels 

 joined by a Y-shaped stalk. Mediterranean region. (Fig. 120 a.) 



Family 52. ARALIACEAE. K5, C5, A5, G (5) 



Fls. small, white or greenish yellow, in umbrella-shaped terminal clusters or 

 panicles. Fruit a berry. 



ACANTHOPANAX (ELEUTHEROCOCCUS). Ls. alternate, palmately 

 lobed, 3-fol. or digitate. Stems usually prickly. Berry black. 



{a) Ls. simple, y] -lobed 



A. ricimfoliwn. 90. D. Stems prickly. Ls. up to 14. China and Japan. 



(Fig. 31 E-) 



(b) Ls. 3-s-fol. 



A. Giraldii. 9. July. D. Stems dark green, bristly. Lflts. lane, 2, double- 

 toothed, long-pointed. China. 

 A. Henryi. 10. June-July. D. Stems bristly and spiny. Lflts. ov., obov., 3, 



finely and evenly toothed, rough above. China. 

 A. lasiogyne. 20. July. D. Branches grey, arching, wide spreading. Ls. 



3-foi., long-stalked; lflts. ov., 2, toothed or entire, very shortly stalked. 



Fls. white. China. (Fig. 2 a.) 

 A. leiicorrhiziim. 8. July. D. Hairless. Stems yellowish green, with few 



prickles or none. Lflts. lane. 4, double-toothed, long-pointed. Fls. 



greenish. China. 

 A. senticosum. 6. July. D. Stems yellowish green, without spines but 



bristly. Lflts. ov., 5, finely toothed. Fls. purplish yellow. China. 

 A. sessiliflorum. 10. July-August. D. Stems stout, grey, very pithy, few or 



no prickles. Lflts. ov., 5, middle one largest, unevenly toothed. Fls. 



brown-purple, in tight heads; stamens yellow, protruding. China. 

 A. setchuenefise. 10. July. D. Stems yellow, hairless; prickles few or none, 



straight. Ls. 3-fol.; lflts. ov., 5, finely toothed or entire, glaucous below. 



China. 

 A. Simonii. 5. July. D. Stems green; spines point downwards. Ls. 5-fol.; 



lflts. lane, 6, toothed, hairy. China and Japan. (Fig. 5 l.) 



ARALIA (DIMORPHANTHUS). Stout upright prickly stems. Ls. alternate, 

 pinnate or 2-3-pinnate, large and spreading. Fls. small, whitish. Berr^' black. 

 A. chinensis. Chinese Angelica Tree. 30. August-September. D. Lflts. 

 stalkless or nearly so, veins straight and ending in teeth. China. 

 (Fig. 21 B.) 



Variety albo-tnarginata. Lflts. edged with white. 



Variety aureo-marginata. Lflts. edged with yellow. 



Variety mandschtirica. Lflts. deeply toothed, often lobed, downy on 



midrib and veins below. (Fig. 21 c.) 



