Acanthopanax ARALIACEAE Panax 



species, Asiatic; most of them occurring in China. (Greek: acanthos, spine; and 

 Panax.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Lfts. 3, glabrous. 



Brs. unarmed: styles 2-4 1 • A. evodiaefolius 



Brs. prickly: styles 2 2. A. trifoliatus 



aa. Lfts. 5. 



b. Lfts. with distinct petiolules. 



Lfts. glabrous, or scabrous above, pubescent beneath 3. A. leucorrhizus 



Lfts scabrous above and fulvous-pubescent along the veins 

 beneath; sometimes with recurved spines on petiolules 



and midrib beneath 3a. A. leucorrhizus 



vai. scaberulus 



bb. Lfts. sessile or nearly so. 



Styles 2, slender and distinct 4. A. gracilistylus 



Styles 5, connate nearly to the apex. 



Lfts. glabrous: peduncles slender, 5-10 cm. long, glabrous. 5. A. swboldianus 

 Lfts. pubescent along the veins beneath: peduncles stout, 



1-3 cm. long, pubescent 6. A. henryi 



1. Acanthopanax evodiaefolius Franch. (Lee 865). Tree, to 15 m.; fls. yellowish 

 green, VI; fr. black, X. China; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki. Forest. 



2. Acanthopanax trifoliatus (L.) Merr. (A. aculeatus H. Witte) (Sarg. 2:86). Scan- 

 dent shrub or climber, to 7 m.; fls. VIII-IX; fr. black, IX-X. China, Philippine 

 Islands; locally in Che., Hun., Hup., Ki. Forest. 



3- Acanthopanax leucorrhizus (Oliver) Harms Ji5J&n (T'eng Wu Chia; Vine-Aralia) 

 (R.M. 677). Shrub, to 4m.; fls. VII; fr. X. Central and western China; locally 

 in Ki. Forest. 

 3a. Acanthopanax leucorrhizus var. scaberulus Harms (R.M. 677). Ki., Hup. 



4. Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Sm. (Sarg. 2:84). Scandent shrub; fls. VI- 

 VII; fr. black, VIII-IX. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. 

 Forest shade. 



5. Acanthopanax sieboldianus Mak. (A. spinosus Miq., excl. basonym.) (R.M. 678). 

 Shrub, to 2m.; fls. VI; fr. black, VIII. Japan, China; locally in An., Che. 

 Woodland. Fig. 270. 



6. Acanthopanax henryi (Oliver) Harms (R.M. 677). Shrub, 1-3 m. high; fls. VIII- 

 IX; fr. black, IX-X. Northern and eastern China; locally in Che., Hon., Hup. 

 Woodland. 



6. Panax Linn. Ginseng A#M (Jen Shen Shu) 

 Dioecious or polygamous perennial herbs from tuberous roots, with a simple erect 

 stem bearing a single whorl of 3-5 palmately 5-foliolate Ivs and a solitary simple 

 terminal umbel of greenish fls.: petals imbricate; carpels and styles 2-3: fr. a small 

 drupe-like berry. 6 species, in North America and eastern Asia; 2 in China. (Greek: 

 all healing or panacea.) 



1. Panax pseudo-ginseng Wall. A# (Jen Shen; Human Tonic) (B.M. 745). Peren- 

 nial herb; fls. VII. Eastern, western and southern China, northern India, Indo- 

 China; locally in Che.. Hup., Ki. Forest shade. 



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