Aralin. ARALIACK/E. 273 



oiula dl" Uio slcin and braiiclK-s, subtoiideJ by 2 or iiioro fuliaccMius disscdci] Ijiacls, 

 .'{ - Grayed ; rays sloiider, 1 to 3 inches long ; niubollots I'ew-llowercd, with unc(iiial 

 pedicels ; involueels of short entire bracts, rarely more foliaceous and divided : fruit 

 oblong-oval, 2 lines long, armed with rows of hooked i)ricklcs : seed deeply chan- 

 nelled. — Eot. Beechey, 348. 



Dry liillsidcs, .Sac-ranicnto Valley. Of reputed efficary, npi'licd in ymultice, as a lenicdy for the 

 l>ile of lattlrsiiakes. Tliis nliuit is jiueuliar in habit, but lias a sei^d siniilaf to tliat of several of 

 the species of 6VfHm7?'.<t. It has been referred to JJ<ii(cu.i /)wc/i,t«<«.9 of Australia, which liowuver 

 liiis the prickles nhvaj's barbed and is a true Dmiciis. 



Onmm XLVI. ARALIACE.aS. 



Like Umhellifene, but i\m umbels not regularly comj)ound, stems apt to be woody, 



petals imbricated in the bud, styles and carpels more than two, and the fruit fleshy 



(l)erry-like or drupaceous). 



.\ rather large order in the warm parts of the world, represented in iMiiopo and in cultivation 

 by the Ivy, and in North America aiul Nortiiorn Asia iiuunly by the following genus. 



1. AHALIA, Linn. Si'ikknaki). 

 Calyx r)-toothed or entire. Petals 0, ovate, slightly imbricate. Stamen.s 5. 

 i)isk depressed or rarely conical. Ovary 2 - 5-celled : styles free or connate at 

 l)ase, at length divaricate : stigmas terminal. Fruit laterally compressed, becoming 

 3-r)-angled, fleshy externally; cndocarj) chartaceous. — I'erennial lu^rbs or shrubs; 

 leaves alternate, digitate or compound, with serrate leaflets : umbels mostly simple, 

 solitary, racemed, or panided ; pedicels jointed ; bracts small. 



About 30 species, of which 8 belong to North America, chiefly east of the Rocky Mountains, 

 the remainder to Eastern Asia. Probably the only Californian representative of the order is the 

 following spe(!ies. 



1. A. Californica, "Watson. Herbaceous, unarmed and nearly glabrous, 8 to 

 10 feet high, from a large thick root : leaves bipinnate, or the upper pinnate with 1 

 or 2 pairs of leallets, wliich are cordate-ovate, 4 to 8 inches long or more, shortly 

 acuminate, simply or doubly serrate with short acute teeth ; ujipcrmost leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate : umbels in loose terminal and axillary compound or simple racemose 

 panicles, which are n foot or two long and more or loss glandidar-tomentose; rjiys 

 numerous, 4 to G lines long; involucres of several linear bractlcts : flowers H to 2 

 lines long; disk and stylopodium obsolete; styles united to the n)iddle : fruit (im- 

 mature) 1| lines long. — Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 144. 



In shaded mountain ravines and moist places ; Ga\'ilan Mountains (Pirurr) ; Bolinas Bay 

 (Biijelov)) ; Sierra County, Lcmmon. Much resembling the eastern >/. rnc/;wo.<in, but dilTering in 

 its much greater size, fewer umbels, larger and with more numerous rays, and larger flowei-s and 

 involucres. It has not been collected in mature fruit. A. huniilis, of Mexico and New Mexico, 

 is distinguished especially by its large ])ulvinato atylo]wdium. 



A. SPINOSA, another e.astern species, known as Hercules' Club, has become somewhat common 

 in cultivation. 



Fatsia IIOurida, Benth. k Hook. (Echinopnnax, Dei-aisne k Planch.), is reported in Hook. 

 Fl. as having been collected in California by Douglas. It is frcipient in shady fir woods in the 

 Cascade and T'oast Panges, from the Columbia northward to Sitkn, and also extends so\ifhwanl 

 in the Coast Pange, but it is doubtful as belonging to this State. It has a stout woo<ly stem 6 to 

 12 feet long, creeping at Imse, leafy nt the sununit, iind very prii'kly throughout, making the for- 

 ests in ])la('es almost impassalile; the very large leaves pnlmntely lobed. nnd the capitntr umlx'N 

 in a long raceme. The genus is distinguished by valvate jietals, 2-S-celled fniit, j)edicels not 

 jointed, and palmatiful leaves. 



Hedkua Hki.ix, the European Ivy, is very freiiuentiv cultivated, and near the coast is alreadv 

 half wild. 



