PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 589 

 Order UMBELLALES. 



Family ARALIACE^. Ginsengs.. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves alternate, decompound ; styles 5. 



b. Umbels numerous, in a large panicle, leaves large, decompound. 



c. A spiny shrub or tree, leaflets thick, ovate. Aralia spinosa, p. 589 

 cc. A large, branching , unarmed herb, leaflets thin, cordate. 



A. racemosa, p. 589 

 bh. Umbels 2-7, stem short, somewhat woody, leaves bipinnate. 



c. Plant prickly, with a leafy stem. A. hispida, p. 590 



cc. Plant unarmed, leaves and peduncle arising independently from 

 the root-stalk. A. nudicaulis, p. 589 



aa. Leaves verticillate, styles 2 or 3. 



A low herb, 7-20 cm. high, leaves with 3-5 palmately arranged leaflets. 



Panax trifolium, p. 590 



ARALIA L. 



Aralia racemosa L. Wild Spikenard. 



Aralia racemosa Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 273. 1753 [Canada]. — Barton, Fl. Phila. I. 

 156. 1818. — Britton 119. 



Frequent in woods of the northern counties, rare southward 

 in the Middle district within our limits. 



Fl. — Early July to late August. Fr. — Early September into 

 October. 

 Middle District.— Ro\m6.(t\ (C), Blackwood, Mt. Ephraim (P). 



Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



Aralia nudicaulis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 274. 1753 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 16. — 

 Willis 27. — Britton 119. 



Frequent in woods of the Northern, Middle and Coast dis- 

 tricts ; rather rare in the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Early May to late May. Fr. — Late June to mid-July 

 (approx.). 



Middle District. —Shsixk River, New Egypt, Bordentown, Kinkora, Sickler- 

 ville, Glassboro, Bridgeton (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Davenport, Albion, Landisville, Tabernacle, Waterford (P). 



Coast Strip.— Ft. Pleasant (S), Forked River, Cox's Barnegat, Surf City 

 (L), Manahawkin, Holly Beach (UP). 



Aralia spinosa L. Hercules Club. 



Aralia spinosa Linnseus, Sp. PI. 273. 1753 [Virginia].— Britton 119. — Keller 

 and Brown 236. 



