Dendropanax ARALIACEAE Acanthopanax 



2. Dendropanax Decne. & Planch. fE^iUM (Ch'i Li Shen Shu; 

 Medlar-plum Ginseng Genus) 



Unarmed evergreen glabrous trees or shrubs with simple entire or irregularly 3- 

 5-lobed lvs.: petals 6-8, valvate; ovary 5-celled: fr. globose or ellipsoid. 80 species, 

 tropical America and eastern Asia; 15 in China. (Greek: dendro, tree; and Panax.) 



1. Dendropanax chevalieri (Vig.) Merr. (Gilibertia sinensis Nakai) (Sarg. 2:39). 

 Shrub or tree, to 7 m.; fls. yellowish, VIII-IX; fr. X-XI. South China, Indo- 

 China; locally in An., Che., Ki. Forest. Fig. 267. 



3. Hedera Linn. Ivy S'#I§M (Ch'ang Ch'un T'eng Shu) 



Evergreen shrubs with simple often lobed lvs., climbing by aerial rootlets: fls. 

 perfect; ovary 5-celled; styles united: fr. a 3-5-seeded berry. 5 species, in Europe, 

 North Africa, Asia; 2 in China. (Ancient Latin name of the Ivy.) 



Key to the Species 



Hairs of young growth stellate: umbels with 5 or 6 rays: fr black .... 1. H. helix 

 Hairs of young growth scaly: umbels with 15-20 rays: fr. red or yellow. 2. H. nepalensis 



var. sinensis 



1. Hedera helix Linn. English Ivy (R.M. 672). Climbing woody vine; fls. IX-X; 

 fr. black, IX-V. Europe; locally in An., Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 268. 



2. Hedera nepalensis K. Koch. var. sinensis (Tobler) Rehd. Chinese Ivy 'ftj'^Hf 

 (Ch'ang Ch'un T'eng; Evergreen Vine) (R.M. 674). Climbing woody vine; fls. 

 X; fr. yellow or red, IV. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



4. Aralia Linn. \U^U (Ts'ung Mu Shu) 

 Aromatic polygamous, often prickly herbs, shrubs or trees, with pinnately com- 

 pound deciduous estipulate lvs.: fig. umbels i?z large terminal panicles; ovary usually 

 5-celled: styles 5: fr. a berry-like drupe with 2-5 stones. 30 species, in North America, 

 Asia, Malaya and Australia; 20 in China. (Name of uncertain origin.) 



Key to the Species 



Herbaceous plants; unarmed 1. A. cordata 



Shrubs or small trees; stems prickly or spiny. 



Stems prickly, not densely spiny: pedicels of the inn. 4-6 mm. long. 2. A. ckinensis 



Stems densely spiny: pedicels of the infl. 5-15 mm. long 3. A. echinocaulis 



1. Aralia cordata Thunb. (Sarg. 2:104). Herb, 1-3 m. high; fls. VII. Japan and 

 China; locally in An. In stream beds. 



2. Aralia chinensis Linn. Chinese Angelica Tree tfgjf. (Ts'ung Mu) (R.M. 679). 

 Shrub or tree, to 8 m.; fls. white, VII-VIII. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., 

 Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland, Forest. Fig. 269. 



3. Aralia echinocaulis Hand.-Mazz. (Sarg. 2:111). Shrub or tree, to 7m.; fls. 

 white, VI-VIII. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki. Brushy slopes. 



5. Acanthopanax Miq. Sinfll (Wu Chia Shu) 

 Sparingly brg. usually prickly trees or shrubs with palmately compound estipulate 

 lvs.: petals valvate; ovary cells and styles 2-5: fr. a 2-5-seeded black berry. 30 



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