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about ^ in. in diameter. One of the commonest woods plants. 

 Newfoundland to Georgia, and westward. May. 

 535- Wild Elder. Aralia hispida. A leafy-stemmed herb, 

 bristly below, usually about i^^ ft. high. Leaves twice com- 

 pound, the leaflets sharply toothed, 1-2 in. long, and often 

 hairy on the veins beneath. Umbels in a simple terminal 

 cluster, the flowers white. Fruit dark purple, about Ys in. 

 in diameter, 5-angled, when dry. In dry open thickets, or 

 along sea shores. Newfoundland to No. Carolina, and west- 

 ward. June. Fig. 535. 



536. Dwarf Ginseng. Panax trifolinm. A delicate plant of 

 moist woods, not usually over 5 in. high. Leaves usually 3, 

 compound, with 3-5 oval or oblong, toothed, stalkless leaflets 

 that are about i in. long. Flowers white, scarcely Yiq in. 

 wide, the umbel usually about ^ in. wide. Fruit yellow. 

 Nova Scotia to Georgia and westward. May. Fig. 536. 



537. Ginseng. Panax quinqiiefolium. Suggesting No. 536, 

 but taller, and with 5 stalked oval leaflets, about 2]^ in. long. 

 Flowers greenish, fruit bright red. Formerly in rich woods, 

 now very rare because of its collection for export to China 

 as a reputed medicine. Quebec to Alabama. Often cultivated 

 for its roots. July. 



538. CARROT FAMILY. AMMIACEAE. 

 (UMBELLIFERAE.) 



A large and important family of plants containing, besides 

 the carrot, the parsley, celery, parsnip, and several aromatic 



