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Aralia—continued. 
approaching peas 6 the leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets being 
rounded and toothed, and the terminal one being about double 
the size of the lateral ones. Stems erect, brownish-green, spotted 
when young with pale elongate blotches. Polynesia, 1882. 
A. Scheffleri (Scheffler’s). 7. on long petioles, digitate ; leaflets 
five, petiolulate, lanceolate, attenuated at the base, serrulated, 
glabrous on both surfaces. Stem shrubby, smooth. New Zealand. . 
Greenhouse species. 
A. spectabilis (showy). A synonym of A. concinna. 
A. spinosa (thorny).* Angelica Tree. l. doubly and triply pinnate ; 
leaflets ovate, acuminated, deeply serrated. Stem simple, prickly 
(as are also the petioles), forming into an umbrella-like head, 
deciduous. , h. 8ft. to 12ft. North America, 1688. A very fine 
hardy species for sheltered spots. : 
A. spinulosa (small-spined). J. alternate, pinnate; pinnæ ovate 
Pe 
acuminate, dark green, margined with little reddish-crimson 
spines or ‘aint Stems and petiole spotted, and suffused 
¿ with crimson, 1880. A bold and robust stove plant. i 
A. ternata (three-leafleted).* Z ite, ternate; leaflets oblong- 
lanceolate hrebene in some cases deeply serrate, in others sinuate, 
light Agger New Britain, 1879. A er growing species, very 
suitable, when small, for table decoration, 
A. Veitchii (Veitch’s).* l. digitate, with about eleven filiform 
undulated leaflets, ossy gr above, dark red beneath ; petioles 
long and slender. New „1867. A very handsome (said 
to be the r stem. 
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Aralia—continued. 
A.V. patuna (most graceful).* 7. alternate, spreading ; leaflets 
nearly linear, but slightly narrowed at both ends, pare pro- 
minent ivory-white central rib. South Sea Islands, 1 An 
erect growing species, with an elegantly graceful habit. It is. 
allied to A. reticulata, but is more handsome. This charming 
variety is undoubtedly the finest for table decoration, and is 
frequently grafted upon stocks of the typical form. It enjoys 
plenty of heat. Syn. A. gracillima. 
ARALIACEZ:. An order of trees, shrubs, or (rarely) 
herbaceous plants, often pubescent, and sometimes spiny. 
Flowers variously disposed, hermaphrodite or unisexual, 
regular; petals usually five, and valvate. Leaves alternate, 
or (rarely) opposite. This order is closely allied to Umbel- 
lifere ; and the best known genera are Aralia and Hedera. 
ARAR TREE. See Callitris quadrivalvis. 
ARAUCARIA (from Araucanos, its name in Chili). 
Syn. Eutacta. ORD. Coniferæ. A noble genus of 
dicecious or sub-dicecious evergreen trees, with usually 
imbricated persistent flat sessile scale-like leaves. Male 
cones large, cylindrical, terminal; female ones very large, 
globular, terminal, with dense ligneous deciduons scales, 
each bearing a solitary seed. The 
are not, unfortunately, sufficiently 
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majority of the species 
hardy to withstand our — 
