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being narrow linear-lanceolate ; and the flowers are white or rose- 

 colored. 



Fig. 345. Panax quinqtiefolium (Ginseng): A, upper portion of plant showing pal- 

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

 root; C, roots showing characteristic stem scars at the upper portion. — From a photograph 

 by Wyss. (See also Fig. 166, p. 305.) 



Conium rnaculatum or Poison Hemlock is a tall, erect, branch- 

 ing, biennial plant, with purplish spotted stems, large pinnately 



