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ACANTHOPANAX 



on a sturdy, slightly hairy stalk, i to 2 ins. long ; the terminal umbel the 

 largest and earliest. Fruits inky black, oblong, in. long, in globose umbels 

 2 ins. across. 



Native of Central China ; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1901, 

 and first flowered at Coombe Wood four years later. It is an interesting but 

 not showy shrub, although its foliage and spherical clusters of inky black fruit 

 are striking ; the latter remain long on the plants. It is a close ally of A. 

 Simoni, but the very different toothing of the leaflets of that species, the more 

 decurved and slender spines,, and its smoother branches distinguish it readily 

 from the present one. 



A. LEUCORRHIZUM, Harms. 

 (Eleutherococcus leucorrhizus, Oliver?) 



A deciduous shrub, probably 6 or 8 ft. high, entirely devoid of down, some- 

 times unarmed, sometimes with small, slender, downward-pointing prickles at 

 the joints. Leaves composed of three or five leaflets borne on a stalk I to 3 ins. 



ACANTHOPANAX LEUCORRHIZUM. 



long ; leaflets 2 to 4 ins. long, to i ins. wide, lanceolate, slender-pointed, 

 doubly toothed, tapering at the base to a stalk \ to in. long. Flowers pro- 

 duced in July in a terminal cluster of umbels, each umbel i^ to 2 ins. across, 

 spherical, borne on a stalk 2 to 4 ins. long. Each flower is small, and on a 

 slender stalk ^ to | in. long. Fruits black, roundish oval, in. long, crowded in 

 umbels over 2~ins. across. 



Native of Central China ; discovered by A. Henry ; introduced by Wilson in 

 1901. This is one of the handsomest species in this genus ; its habit is not so 



