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Family ARALIACEiE. 



Genus ARALIA Linne. 



(Sp. PL, 1753. P- 273-) 



A-RALiA Newberryi Berry. 



Aralia palmata Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 117, pi. jp, /. 6, 7; pi. 



40, f. J, 1896 (non Lamarck). 

 (?) Berry, Bull. N. Y. Botanical Garden, vol. 3:93, pi 44, 



1903; Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 31 : 79, pi. 4, f. 12, 1904. 



Hollick, U. S. Geol. Surv. Mon. 50:98, pi. 38, f. 4, 1907. 



Aralia rotundiloba Hollick, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 11 : 421, 



pi. 28, f. 2, 1898. 

 Aarlia sp., Hollick, Ann. Rept. N. Y. State ]\Ius., vol. 55 : r50 



1903. 

 Aralia polymorpha Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 118, pi. jp, f. i-j, 



1896. 

 Aralia Nezvberryi Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 34:201, pi. 13. 



f. I, 1907. 



Description. — Leaves very variable in size and outline, pal- 

 mately 3 to 5 lobed. Lo'bes conical, obtusely rounded. 

 Sinuses open, shallow, rounded. Margin entire except basally, 

 where incipient lobations cause undulations. Petiole long and 

 stout. Midrib stout, more or less curved or flexuous. Primaries 

 3 to 5 from the base, prominent, running to the tips of the 

 lobes. Secondary branches very slender, camptodrome. The 

 middle lobe is usually longest and broadest, and the basal lateral 

 lobes may be reduced to subordinate and but slightl}- m.-arked 

 divisions of the mlain lateral lobes. 



As can be readily seen, the relative development of the apical 

 or basal lobes and the depths of the intervening sinuses greatly 

 alters the appearance of these leaves. Some are quite symmet- 

 rical, while others are very unsymmetrical ; some are pre-emi- 

 nently 3-lobed and sublobate, others are 5-lobed with addi- 

 tional incipient lobes. The variations are almost exactly com- 



