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DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 



691 



tis 



9 



crehato-serratis 



petiolis inermibus; flo 

 ribus corollatis; capsu 

 lis subternis. E. 



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ceolate, creiiately ser- 

 rate; petioles unarmed; 

 flowers bearing petals; 

 capsules generally by 

 threes. . 



Mich. 2. p. 235 Pursh, 1. p. 210. Nutt. 2. p. 236. 

 Z. Fraxinifolium, Walt, p, 243. 



A small tree 12 



20 feet high and 6 



10 inches in diameter, with nume- 



rous expanding branches, and the old bark thickly studded with prickles, 

 very acute at the summit, dilated at base, ovoid, and sometimes an incli in 

 their longest diameter. Leaves alternate unequally pinnate, leaflets (3 — 4 

 pair) obliquely lanceolate, generally equal at base, sparingly dotted, lucid on 

 the upper surface, the terminal leaf not oblique. Flowers in terminal pani- 

 cles composed of small umbels, the florets on pedicels about 5 lines long. 

 Calyx very small, 5-parted. Corolla 5-petalIedj petals oval, much longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens variable, more frequently 5 than any other num- 

 ber, longer than the corolla. Styles in the fertile flowers 2 or 3, incurved 

 gibbous. Stig7nas simple. Capsules 1-seeded. 



Grows in dry sandy soils, confined I believe to the sea-coast. The leaves 

 are very aromatic and pungent. Prickly Asly 



Flowers June. 



PANAX. Gen. Pl. 1604 



Masculi. Umhella, | Sterile florets in an 

 Calyx integer. Carol- umbel. Calyx entire. 



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5-petala. Stamina 



hell 

 tus 



Hermaphroditic Um 



a% 



Calyx 5-denta 



y 



superus 



Corolla 



5-petaIa. Stamina 5. 

 Styli 2. Bacca dis- 



perma, infera. 



Corolla 



Stamens 5. 



5-petalled. 



Fertile florets in an 



umbel. Calyx 5-tootli 



ed 



^ 



superior 



Coro I la 



5-petalled. Stamens 



5. 



Styles 2. 



2-seeded, inferior. 



Berry 



1. QtlNQUEFOLlUM. 



p. radice fusiformi 



ftlii 



lis terms, quinatis 



5 

 9 



Root fusiform: leaves 



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ternate, quinate 



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