ARALiA. PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA, 32> 



ORDER V. 

 PENTAGYNIA. 



220. Aralia. 222. Linum. 



221. Statice. 223; Sibbaldia 



220. ARALIA. JL. 



Flowers Umbelled. Calyx 5-toothed, superior. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stigmas sessile, subglobose. Berry 5- celled, 

 5-seeded. Gen. pi S25. Nutt. GVn. I. p. 205. 

 Juss. p. 218. Lam. ML t. CCXXI. Roem. fe- 

 Schult. Gen. 1552. Nat. Ord. Aralia /w 5^. 



1. A. nudicauUs L. : nearly stemless; leaf solitary, tri- 

 quinate ; scape naked, shorter than the leaf; umbels few. 

 W ill d. Spec. \.-^.\b1\. Mich. Fl.\. ip.lSb. Pursh 

 Fl. 1. p. 209. B i g. Bost. p. 74. Elliott Sk.\. p. 374. 

 Roem.^' Schult. \\. p. 703. P luk. ./if/m. p. 98. t. 233. 

 {,5. Gron. Virg. 34. Cold. Koveb. 66. 



Root perennial, creeping, thick and irregular, aromatic. Stem 

 very short, (scarcely any except the naked root.) Zea/ mostly 

 solitary ; peiiule twice 3-parted, with the partitions quinate ; 

 leaflets sessile, oval, acviminate, acutely serrate, smooth. Scape 

 arising from the very short stem below the leaf, divided into 3- 

 long peduncles, each bearing an umbel of 20 or 30 flowers. 

 Involucrum 0. Pedicels spreading, filiform, nearly an inch 

 long, hairy. Calyx with 5 minute acute teeth. Petals green- 

 ish-white, spreading, caducous. Stamens longer than the pe- 

 tals ; filaments subulate ; anthers small, roundish. Stigmaa 

 minute, obtuse, connivent. 

 Hab. In rich soil, among rocks; common. June— July- 



fVild Sarsafiarilla. 

 The root is frequently used as a substitute for Sarsaparilla. 



2. A. racemosa L. : stem herbaceous, branched ; pe- 

 tioles 3-parted ; partitions ternate and quinate; umbels com- 

 pound, in axillary panicles. Willd. Spec. I. p. 1521. Mich. 

 Fl. I. p. 1 85. Pursh Fl. I. p. 209. B ig. Bust. p. 74. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 373. R c m. c^- S c h ult, VI. p. 702. 

 Cold. J^oteb. 67. Corn. Canad. t. 75. 



Root perennial, thick and horizontal, aromatic. Stem 3—4 feet 

 high, smooth, branched somewhat dichotomously. Leaves 

 stnooth ; petiole 3-parted ; the terminal division on a long pe- 



