293 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. panax. 



JIab. In moist shady woods, among decaying leaves. April- 

 May. " 



2. P. quinquefolium L. : leaves in threes ; leaflets quin- 

 ate, petiolate ; peduncles shorter than the petioles ; root fusi- 

 form. Willd, Spec. IV. p. 11 24. Woo d v. Med. Bot. t. 

 99. J5of. ./Hag. t. 1333. Jl/ ? c A. /V. 11. p. 256. Pursh 

 FL 1. p. 191. Big. Med. BoL 111. p. 82. t. 29. IVrilt. 

 Car. p. 153. Roem. i^ Schult, VI. p. 211. 



Soo( 3 — 6 inclies long, whitish, transversely wrinUled. Siev:,, 

 a foot high, angular and sulcate. Common fietioles about 4 

 inches long, spreading; partial ones unequal; those of the ter- 

 minal leaflets nearly an inch in length ; leaflets obovate-lanceo- 

 late, 3 — 6 inches long, acuminate, of a thin and membranace- 

 ous texture ; margin acutely serrate. Peduncle erect, scarcely 

 more than half as long as the leaves. Umbel S—l 6-flowered i 

 micidle flowers frequently abortive ; /lef/Zcf/s half an inchJ9ng. 

 Leaves of the involucrum short, subulate.**'PSiFECT.'*'Ca/ya" 

 with 5 ovate rather acute teeth. Petals greenish, oblong, very 

 obtuse, deciduous. Stamens a little exserted. Styles 2, re- 

 curved. Bcrryi renjform, compressed, bright scarlet, ^eeds 

 2, semicircular. 



Hab. On mountains ; ■ rare. Canada to Carolina. July. 1 have 

 not found this plant nearer New-York than the Highlands. It 

 occurs on the Fishkill Mountains, sparingly. 



This is the celebrated Ginseng of the ChinesCo It is also a 

 native of Tartary. 



194. ATRIPLEX. L, 



Polygamous. Perfect Fl. Cahjx 5-partec1, in- 

 ferior. Corolla 0. Stamens 5. Style 2-parted. Fnii$ 

 depressed. Pistilliferous Fl. G//?at 2-partedo 

 Stamens 0. " Frnit compressed. Seed vertical. Gen. 

 pi. 1577. R. Broxvn Prod. I. p. 406. Nutt. 6V;z, 

 i. p. 197. Juss. p. 85. Lam. III. t. DCCCLIIL 

 Roejn.^Schutt. Gen. 1 149. Nat. Ord. A t r i - 

 VLiczsJuss. CiiEyiopoDEJE. D_e Ca?ul. Orache. 



1, A, honensis L. : stem erect, herbareaus ; leaves tri- 

 angular, dentate, green on both sides ; fructiferous calyx of 

 the fruit ovate, reticulate, entire. IV i lid. Spec. IV. p. 961. 

 M u h I. Cat. p. 1 00. iloem, 4' Schul I. VI. p. 28S. 



Root annual. Stem 3—4 feet high, smooth, branched, green, 

 obtusely angular. Leaves alternate, 2 — -3 inches long, of a 

 uniform colour on both sides. Flowers green, in terminal in- 

 ierrupied racemes or spikes. 



