PENTANDRIA.— PENTAGYNIA. Mi 



220. STAPHYLEA. Bladder-nut. Celastrince. 



S. trifolia: leaves ternate. 



HAB. Rocky hills. May. Shrub 6— 10 ft. high ; fl. 

 in pend. racem., greenish-wk. ; caps, large. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



221. PARNASSIA. Grass of Parnassus. 

 Uncertain. 



1. F. caroliniana: radical leaves orbicular-ovate, cor- 

 date ; nectaries 3-bristled. 

 HAB. Boggy woods. Aug. — Sept. %. Leav, 

 mostly rad., on long pet. ;Jl. sol., term.^yellowish-wh. 

 5. P. palustris : radical leaves cordate ; nectariev 

 many- bristled. 

 HAB. Bog-meadows. -f~. 



PENTAGYNIA 



222. ARALIA. Aytlice. 



1. A. nudicaulis: nearly stemless ; leaf solitar}', triqui • 



nate ; scape naked, shorter than the leaf; umbel.* 1 

 few. 

 HAB. Among rocks. June — Jury. Root thick. 

 creep. ; petiole long ; leajl. oval, serrate ; scape 1 - 

 Jl., long, 3-urnbelled ; jl. greenish. 



2. A. racemosa : stem herbaceous, branched ; petioles 



3-parted ; partitions ternate and quinate ; umbels 

 compound, in axillary panicles. 



HAB. Rocky woods. July — Aug. U . Root thick, 

 aromat. ; stem 3 — 4 ft. high ; umb. num. 

 J. A. hitpida : suffruticose ; stem and petioles hispid j 

 leaves doubly pinnate ; leaflets ovate, incisely ser- 

 rate ; umbels on lonp peduncles. 



HAB. Mountains. July— -Aug. Stem U ft. high, 

 very hispid below; pedunc. nxill. and term. 

 •I. A. spinosa : arborescent; stem and leaves spinous ; 

 leaves doubly pinnate ; umbels numerous, in com- 

 pound panicles. 



