ARALIACEjE. II. PANAX. 



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FIG. 68. 



branches and petioles prickly ; leaves of 3 ovate, or nearly lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous leaflets ; umbels terminal, usually simple, 

 rarely compound, on short peduncles; petals 5. 1? . G. Na- 

 tive of China. Jacq. coll. 4. p. 175. icon. rar. t. 634. Zan- 

 thoxylum trifoliatum, Lin. spec. 1455. Lam. diet. 2. p. 40. 

 Umbels exinvolucrate. Pedicels purplish. Flowers white, poly- 

 gamous. Calyx exactly 5-toothed. Styles 2-3, short. Prickles 

 hooked. 



Pnc% Panax. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1773. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



6 P. LOUREIRIA'NUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 252.) stem shrubby; 

 branches prickly : leaves of 3 broad, lanceolate leaflets ; 

 umbels terminal, dense ; petals 4. tj . G. Native of China, 

 in the province of Canton. Plectronia Chinensis, Lour. coch. 

 p. 162. This is a true species of Panax, and probably nothing 

 but P. aculeatum. Flowers white. Stamens 5. Berry 2-seeded. 



Loureiro's Panax. Shrub 5 feet. 



7 P. HO'RRIDUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. 26. no. 10.) shrub 

 bushy and very prickly ; leaves simple, palmately lobed, deeply 

 serrated, cordate : with prickly veins ; umbels capitate, race- 

 mose ; styles and seeds 2. lj . 



H. Native of the west coast 

 of North America, at Nootka 

 Sound. Abundant on the west 

 side of the Rocky Mountains, 

 from the head- springs of the 

 Columbia to the coast ; and of 

 North California, ex Smith ; and 

 of the islands of Kadiak and 

 Sitka, according to Steven. 

 Styles 2, short. Fruit orbicular, 

 pulpy. Racemes hispid. Flowers 

 polygamous. Aralia occidenta- 

 lis, Willd. herb, ex Stev. The 

 entangled stems of this remark- 

 able plant are described as a 

 great impediment to travellers in the woods of North America. 

 Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 273. t. 98. (f. 68.) 

 Horrid Panax. Shrub straggling. 



8 P. ? HAINLA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 253.) stem arboreous, prickly; 

 leaves cordate, 5-lobed, toothed, coriaceous, glabrous ; umbels 

 globose, tomentose, disposed in racemose panicles. J? . F. 

 Native of Nipaul, at Narain-hetty. Hedera flainla, Hamilt. in 

 D. Don, prod. nep. 187. 



Hainla Panax. Tree. 



3. Shrubby, unarmed. Leaves simple, undivided. 



9 P. COCHLEA'TUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 253.) stem thick, fru- 

 tescent, unarmed ; leaves petiolate, cordate, ovate-foundish, 

 concave, cochleate, spiny-ciliated, and somewhat toothed ; um- 

 bels densely capitate, disposed in a panicle. Tj . S. Native of 

 the Moluccas and Java. Aralia cochleata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 224. 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 697. P. scutellarioides, Reinw. in Blum, 

 bijdr. ned. ind. 880. P. conchifolia, Roxb. Scutellaria, Rumph. 

 amb. 4. p. 75. t. 31. 



Shell-leaved Panax. Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



10 P. HEYNEA'NUM (Wall. cat. no. 4927.) shrubby, unarmed; 

 leaves broad, roundish-cordate, petiolate, quite entire, coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; branches of panicle in clusters ; umbellules few- 

 flowered. fj . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Heyne's Panax. Tree. 



11 P. SI'MPLEX (Forst. prod. no. 399.) stem fruticose ; leaves 

 lanceolate, serrated ; umbels compound, fj . G. Native of 

 New Zealand. Perhaps the same as P. simplicifblium, Dietr. 

 gaertn. lex. 6. p. 633. 



Simple-leaved Panax. Shrub. 



VOL. III. 



4. Unarmed shrubs, with digitate leaves. 



12 P. ATTENUA'TUM (Swartz, prod. p. 54. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 562.) stem shrubby, unarmed ; leaves petiolate, digitate ; sti- 

 pulas intrapetiolar, membranous : leaflets 5, rarely 3, petiolate, 

 ovate, narrowly acuminated, crenated, glabrous ; umbels ter- 

 minal ; branches racemiferous. Tj . S. Native of Guada- 

 loupe and St. Christopher. Racemes shorter than the leaves. 

 Fruit compressed, indehiscent, obtuse, hardish, 2-seeded, rarely 

 3-seeded. Flowers hermaphrodite, all fertile. Style bifid, 

 rarely trifid. 



Attenuated-leafietted Panax. Clt. 1823. Shrub 10 to 12 ft. 



13 P. ARBOREUM (Forst. prod. 398.) stem arboreous, un- 

 armed; leaves digitate, petiolate; leaflets 5, obovate, serrate- 

 toothed ; umbels compound ; rays of umbel elongated. tj . G. 

 Native of New Zealand. Lin. fil. suppl. 441. 



Arboreous Panax. Tree. 



14 P.? GAUDICHAU'DII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 253. Hook, and 

 Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 1. p. 84.) stem arboreous, glabrous, 

 unarmed ; leaves digitate, petiolate : superior ones opposite ; 

 leaflets 5, on long petioles, oval-elliptic, obtuse, remotely and 

 sharply serrated, coriaceous ; peduncles terminal, bearing umbels 

 which are disposed in panicles ; pedicels very short ; styles 3 ; 

 fruit globosely-trigonal, 3-seeded. Tj . G. Native of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, in temperate places. Aralia trigyna, Gaud. voy. 

 p. 474. t. 98. This species is very nearly allied to P. Lessonii, 

 and will perhaps, along with it, form a separate genus. 



Gaudichaud's Panax. Tree. 



15 P.? LESSONH (D. C. prod. 4. p. 253.) shrub gla- 

 brous, unarmed ; leaves digitate, petiolate ; leaflets 3-5, ob- 

 ovate-lanceolate, cuneated at the base, acute, and quite entire 

 at the apex, or bluntly somewhat toothed ; umbels panicled, 

 rising from the upper axils of the leaves, length of leaves. 



Tj . G. Native of New Zealand, where it was gathered by 

 Lesson. Petioles not dilated at the base. Peduncles having 

 the branches umbellately disposed at the apex, the rest scattered. 

 Leaves scattered along the branches. Styles 3, very short, almost 

 concrete. 



Lesson's Panax. Shrub. 



16 P. ? OVA'TUM (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 1. p. 

 84.) stem arboreous, glabrous, unarmed ; leaves petiolate : su- 

 perior ones opposite ; leaflets 3, on long petiolules, ovate, quite 

 entire, coriaceous, (j . F. Native of the Sandwich Islands. 

 Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Ovate-leaved Panax. Tree. 



17 P.? PLATYPHX'LLUM (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 

 1 . p. 84.) stem arboreous, glabrous, unarmed ; leaves petiolate : 

 upper ones opposite ; leaflets 3, on long petiolules, transversely 

 oblong, twice as broad as long, apiculated at the apex, coria- 

 ceous, quite entire ; peduncles terminal, bearing umbels of 

 flowers, which are disposed in panicles. tj . S. Native of 

 Oahu, one of the Sandwich Islands. 



Broad-leaved Panax. Tree. 



18 P. GLABRA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth,nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 10.) 

 stem arboreous, unarmed ; leaves petiolate, digitate ; leaflets 5, 

 petiolulate, elliptic-oblong, acute at the base, quite entire, gla- 

 brous ; panicle terminal ; umbellules few-flowered. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, near La Vepte Grande de Caraccas. 



Smooth Panax. Tree 20 feet. 



19 P. LONGI-PETIOLATUM (Pohl, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 253.) stem arboreous, unarmed ; leaves on long petioles, digi- 

 tate, glabrous ; leaflets 5-9, oblong, acuminated, acute at the 

 base, entire, or acutely toothed, membranous, on long petioles : 

 adult ones glabrous, but when young clothed with rusty tomen- 

 tum beneath. f? . S. Native of Brazil. 



Long-petioled Panax. Tree. 

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