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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNtCUM. 



Order XXXVI. ARALIA^CE^. 



Ort). Char. Calyx entire or toothed. Petals 5 or 10 ; aestivation valvate. 

 Stamens same, or double the number of petals. Anthers peltate. 'Ovarium 

 of 2 or more cells; cells 1-seeded. Styles numerous, usually distinct. Bfrry 

 crowned by the limb of the calyx. Albumen fleshy. Differs from the 

 Umbellaceae in inflorescence, numerous styles, and baccate, generally many- 

 celled fruit. 



Leaves simple or compound, alternate, stipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; 

 serrated or entire. Flowers small, greenish. 



The genera belonging to this order, which contain ligneous plants, are 

 Araha and iJedera, the former rather sufti-uticose than permanently woody: 

 their characteristics are as under : 



Ara^lia L. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Styles 5, expanded. Berry 5-celled. 

 T/e'dera Swartz. Petals 5 10. Stamens 5 10. Styles 5 10, conniving. 

 Berry 5 10-celIed. 



Genus I. 



ARA^LIA L. The Aralia, or Angelica Tree. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Pentagynia. 



Identification. D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p 18S., in a note ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 257. ; Don's Mill., 3. 

 p. 388. 



Synonymcs. ArMia sp. Lin. ; Araliae veras Blum. 



Derivntiun. According to some, from ara, annoyance, the spines being very troublesome in its 

 native country to travellers ; hut, according to others, a name of unknown meaning, under which 

 one species was sent to Fagon, at Paris, from Quebec, in 1764, by one Sarrazin, a French phy- 

 sician. 



Gen. Char. Calyx margin very short, entire or toothed. Petals 5, free, 

 and expanded at the apex. Stamens 5. Styles 5, expanded, spreading divari- 

 cately. Berry 5-celled, usually torose. Pyrenx chartaceous. {Don^s Mill.) 

 Leaves compound, imparipinnate, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; large, 

 rough. Flowers white, or greenish; in umbels, usually disposed in panicles. 

 SufFrutescent shrubs, with prickly branches and leaves, and with large : 

 pith. Natives of North America and Japan. 



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1. A. spiNO^SA L. The spiny Ai'alia, or Aiigelica Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 



392.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 389.; 



Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymcs. Aralie, Fr. and 

 ' Ger. ; Angelica spinosa, 



Ital. ; Spikenard, A'. Arner. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Arb., 



t. 10-2. and t. 103. : "Wats. 



Dend. Brit., t. 116. ; and 



our^^. 907. 



SjJec. Char., Si-c. Stem 

 arboreous and prick- 

 ly. Leaves doubly 

 and trebly pinnate. 

 Leaflets ovate, acu- 

 minated, and deeply 

 serrated. Panicle 



much branched, beset 

 with velvety stellate 

 down. Umbels nu- 



