184 CORNACEiE. (dogwood FAMILY.) 



• Steins herbact'ons. 



1. A. racemosa, L. (Si'ikknakd.) Stfin«ino<>tli, leafy, widely braudied; 

 leaves tt-niatily di'ioinpniiiKl ; leaMets largo, ln-nadly cordate, d<<ul>ly serrate; 

 QiuWelri very iiuiiieruus, pauicled. — Kieii woods aluug tlie uiuuntaiiis. .July. 

 — Hoot thick, aromatic. Stem .'J'-'-5'^ '''J?''* 



2. A. hispida, Miiiix. Stem leafy, somewhat 8hrubl)y at the ha«e, 

 bristly; leaves bijjiuiiately comitoiiiui ; leaHets lanceohite ovate, tiharply ser- 

 rate ; umbels in uaked pedumled coryml)s. — Mountains of North Carolina. 

 June -.Inly. — Stem 1° - 2'^ high. 



3. A. nudicaulis, L. stem naked, short, hearing 3 long pedum Icil um- 

 bels at tlie ape.x ; leaf solitary, radical, long-petioled, ternately divided, the 

 divisions (piinate ; U^aflets ohlong-ovate, acuminate, serrate. — Mountains of 

 North Carolina, and northward. May. — Koot long and slender, aromatic. 

 Stem 1° high, much shorter than the leaves. 



* # Stems woody. 



4. A. spinosa, L. (Herclles's Club.) Stem simple, prickly ; leaves 

 very large, crowded at the summit of the stem, bipinnately compound ; 

 leaflets tiiick, ovate, crenate, glaucous beneath ; umbels in very large hoary 

 panicles. — Swamps. July - August. — Stem 10°- 15° high. 



2. PANAX, L. Ginseng. 



Calyx minutely .5-toothed. Petals and stamens .5. Styles 2-3. Berry 

 fleshy, drupaceou.s, 2-.3-lohed, 2-3-celled. — Low herbs, with naked stems, 

 bearing at the summit a single long-peduncled umbel of greenish flowers, 

 surrounded l)y a whorl of three 3 - 7-foliolate leaves. Berry red or greenish. 



1. P. quinquefolium, L. Root fusiform ; leaflets .5 - 7, oblong-obovate, 

 serrate, stalked ; styles 2, berrv crimson. — Kich woods along the mountains, 

 Georgia, and northward. July. — Stem 1° high. Leaflets 2' -3' long. 



2. P. trifolium, L. Root globose ; leaflets 3-5, lanceolate, serrate, 

 sessile ; styles 3 ; berry greenish. — With the last. — Plant 4'- 6' high. 



Ordp:r 69. CORXACE^E. (Dogwood Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with simple, entire or rarely toothed ex.stipulate 

 leaves, and perfect or polygamous flowers. — Calyx coherent with the 

 1-2-celled ovary, 4 -5-toothed. Petals 4-5, valvate in the bud, 

 sometimes wanting. Stamens 4-10, inserted into the margin of the 

 disk that crowns the ovary. Ovules solitary, anatropous. pendulous. 

 Fruit a berry-like 1-2-celled, l-2-seede(l drupe. Embryo nearly 

 as long as the fleshy albumen. Cotyledons large and foliaceous. 



1. CORNUS, Tourn. Docwooo, Cornel. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx 4-toothed. Petals and stamens 4. Stigma capi- 

 tate. Drupe 2celled, 2-seeded. — Shrubs or low trees. Leaves and branches 



