CLASSIFICATION OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



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30 cm. long and 10 to 12 cm. broad. This paper dififers from 

 other papers in that it is a natural product. 



Fig. 169. Panax quinquefolium (Ginseng): A, upper portion of plant showing pal- 

 mately-compound leaves with long-stalked leaflets, the berry-like drupes; B, fusiform 

 root: C, roots showinR charscteristic stem scars at the upper portion.- From a photograph 

 by Wyss. (See also Fig. 63, p. 98.) 



The rhizome of Panax re pens growing- in Japan, contains 20.8 

 per cent, of a non-toxic saponin with hemolytic properties. 



