ARALIACEtfl. IX. ARALIA. 



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Racemose-flowered Aralia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1658. PI. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



3 A. HU'MILIS (Cav. icon. 4. p. 7. t. 313.) stem herbaceous, 

 glabrous, a little branched ; leaves impari-pinnate, pubescent : 

 leaflets cordate, acute, serrated ; umbels disposed in terminal 

 racemes ; involucra very short, of many leaves, y. . G. Native 

 of New Spain. The fruit, according to Cav. icon, is nearly glo- 

 bose. Styles 5, erect, rather distant. Stem variegated with 

 brown tubercles. Petals green. 



Humble Aralia. PI. 1| foot. 



4 A. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 80.) stem 

 woody, unarmed, glabrous, branched ; leaves impari-pinnate, 

 pubescent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, serrated, attenuated at the 

 base, and acuminated at the apex ; umbels numerous, disposed in 

 a terminal raceme ; involucra very short, of few leaves. Ij . G. 

 Native of New Spain. A. scabra, Presl, in herb. Haenke. Pe- 

 tioles not dilated into auricles at the base. Styles 5, divari- 

 cately recurved. Fruit globose, dark purple. 



Pubescent Aralia. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



5 A. HI'SPIDA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 185.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, very hispid at the base from bristles ; leaves bipinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate, acute, deeply serrated, glabrous ; petioles hispid ; 

 umbels on long peduncles ; involucra of many short setaceous 

 leaves. Jj . H. Native of North America ; in stony woods in 

 New England, &c. ; on high mountains in Pennsylvania and 

 Virginia; Canada, from Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan ; 

 Hudson's Bay, and of Newfoundland. Vent. hort. eels. t. 41. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 1085. Lodd. bot. cab. 1306. A. Muhlenber- 

 giana, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 704. does not differ from this species. 

 The shrub is called Wild-elder. Stem paniculately branched at top. 



Hispid Aralia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1799." Shrub 1 foot. 



f Unarmed species, which are not sufficiently known. 



6 A. CORDA TA (Thunb. jap. p. 127.) stem almost herbaceous, 

 angular, unarmed, a little branched ; leaves cordate-ovate, ser- 

 rate-toothed, scabrous on both surfaces ; pedicels of umbels 

 tomentose. I/. H. Native of Japan. Dos Jen, Kcempf. 

 amcen. 5. p. 826. Styles 5, divaricate, ex Thunb. 



Cordate-leaved Aralia. PI. ? 



7 A. JAPONICA (Thunb. fl. jap. 128.) stem shrubby, unarmed; 

 leaves petiolate, 7-nerved, 7-lobed : lobes ovate, serrated at the 

 apex ; panicles terminal ; peduncles umbelliferous. Tj . H. 

 Native of Japan, near Nagasaki. Banks, icon. Kaempf. t. 10. 

 Styles 5, diverging. Berry striated. Petals ovate, acute, re- 

 flexed (Thunb.). Leaves coriaceous, glabrous in the adult state, 

 but when young woolly on both surfaces. (Blum, bijdr. p. 371.) 

 Petals white. 



Japan Aralia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



8 A. SCHEFFLE'RA (Spreng. pug. 1. p. 28.) stem shrubby, 

 smooth ; leaves on long petioles, digitate ; leaflets 5, petiolulate, 

 lanceolate, attenuated at the base, serrulated, glabrous on both 

 surfaces. ^ . G. Native of New Zealand. Schefflera digitata, 

 Forst. gen. t. 23. Lam. ill. t. 221. Petals 5, nearly spatulate, 

 erect, not as in the genus Sciadophy'llum, cohering into a calyp- 

 tra at the apex. Styles 8-10, diverging, not erect, as in Hedera. 

 Berry 8-10 angled. 



Scheffler's Aralia. Shrub. 



9 A.? OCTOFHY'LLA (Lour. coch. p. 187.) stem almost 

 arboreous, unarmed ; leaves petiolate, digitate : leaflets 8, ob- 

 long, obtuse, quite entire, glabrous ; panicle umbellate, fj . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china. Flowers yellow, of 5 petals. Stigmas 

 5, sessile. Berry ovate, 5-seeded. Perhaps a species of Po- 

 ly scias. Panicle large, ending in umbels, which are without in- 

 volucra. 



EigU-leajletted Aralia. Shrub 10 feet. 



10 A.? PALMA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 224. but not of Lour.) 



stem shrubby, unarmed ; leaves petiolate, pinnately 9-nerved, 

 9-cleft : lobes lanceolate, serrated ; berry sulcately angular, 6-8- 

 cellecl. Tj . S. Native of the Moluccas. Humph, amb. 4. t. 

 43. Perhaps a species of Poly'scias or Hedera. Umbels 

 crowded, terminal. 



Palmate-leaved Aralia. Shrub. 



11 A.?MI'CANS (Willcl. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 953.) 

 leaves digitate ; leaflets or lobes 10, subcordate, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, mucronately toothed, hispid above, and silky beneath ; 

 heads disposed in racemes. Jj . S. Native country unknown. 

 Perliaps a species of Hedera. 



Glittering Aralia. Tree or shrub. 



2. Prickly species. 



12 A. SPINOSA (Lin. spec. p. 392.) stem arboreous, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, prickly ; leaves doubly and triply pin- 

 nate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, deeply serrated ; panicle much 

 branched, beset with velvety stellate down ; umbels numerous ; 

 involucra small, of few leaves. fj . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, in fertile low woods; of Carolina and Virginia; likewise 

 in the Illinois country. Wats. dend. brit. t. 116. Comm. hort. 

 amst. 1. t. 47. Pluk. aim. t. 20. Schmidt, arb. 102 and 103. 

 A tree about 8-12 feet high, with a simple stem. Petals white, 

 reflexed. Styles 5, divaricate, arched. Fruit 5-ribbed. Known 

 under the name of angelica-tree. The berries used in an in- 

 fusion of wine or spirits are a remarkable medicine for relieving 

 rheumatic pains. 



Var. j3, inermis (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 209.) stem spi- 

 nose, glaucous ; petioles unarmed. J? . H. Native of South 

 Carolina, near Charlestown. 



Spiny Aralia or Angelica-tree. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1688. 

 Tree 8 to 12 feet. 



13 A. MONTANA (Blum, bijdr. p. 870.) stem arborescent, and 

 are, as well as the petioles and base of the leaves, prickly ; leaves 

 decompound ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, obliquely subcordate 

 at the base, doubly serrated, hairy on both surfaces ; panicle 

 branched ; flowers umbellate. ^ . S. Native of Java, on the 

 mountains of Seribu, where it is called Kibohoya. 



Mountain Aralia. Shrub 8 to 10 feet? 



14 A. CHINE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 393.? Blum, bijdr. p. 870.) 

 stem arborescent, and is, as well as the petioles, prickly ; leaves 

 bipinnate, decompound : leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, un- 

 equally rounded at the base, sharply serrated, villous ; panicle 

 branched; flowers glomerate. ^ S. Native of Java, on the 

 mountains (Blum.), China (Lin.), Lour. coch. 187. Styles di- 

 verging, revolute. Petioles villous, bearing a few straight 

 prickles. The figure in Rumph. amb. 4. t. 44. cited by Lin- 

 naeus for this plant, is a species of Leea. Loureiro describes 

 the plant as very troublesome to travellers, with its numerous 

 crooked prickles, as it climbs in the hedges. According to him 

 the corolla is white. Styles scarcely any. 



China Aralia. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



15 A. ERINA'CEA (Hook, in Brewst. edinb. journ. sc. 1827. 

 p. 61.) stem very spiny; leaves nearly palmate, very acute: 

 lobes cut; petioles and nerves of leaves spiny ; umbellules glo- 

 bose, disposed in racemes. T? . H. Native of the west coast 

 of North America, in Queen Charlotte's islands. 



Ermaceous Aralia. Shrub. 



16 A. ? PENTAPHY'LLA (Thunb. fl. jap. 128.) stem arboreus, 

 prickly; leaves digitate : leaflets 5, ovate, acute, somewhat pe- 

 tiolate, serrated at the top ; umbels simple, pedunculate. Jj . H. 

 Native of Japan. Panax spinosa, Lin. fil. suppl. 441. ex Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 715. 



Five-leaved Aralia. Tree. 



Cult. The hardy herbaceous species of Aralia grow best in 

 peat or vegetable mould, and are increased by dividing at the 



