ARALIACE^ 



white ; Rays of corona in two series, purple at bottom, white in middle, 

 blue at ends; Petals 5, resembling the sepals; Stamens 5, filaments adnate 

 to gynophore, anthers large, 1-lobed, spreading horizontally; Ovary supported 

 on gynophore, styles purplish ; Fruit a berry, egg-shaped, yellow. 



Leaves alternate, 5-partite, lobes oblong, entire, glabrous ; petioles with 

 4 glands at apex ; stipules falcate. 



A climbing shrub. 



Native of Brazil, Uruguay, and Peru; introduced 1G99. Generic name 

 from L. passio, passion, pattior, passus, to suffer, and jlos, Jioris, a flower ; 

 specific name from L. cceruleiis, sky-blue, ccelum, the sky. Common name 

 given by missionaries in S. America from fancied resemblance to a halo 

 and crown of thorns, the emblem of Christ's Passion. 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division II. . . . Calycijlorce 



Natural Okdeii . . . Araliacece 



Shrubs or trees, sometimes climbing, rarely herbs ; Leaves alternate, 

 usually exstipulate ; Floivcrs in simple umbels, sometimes paniculate ; Cahjoj- 

 limb superior, very short, entire, toothed or lobed ; Petals 5, deciduous, 

 valvate or slightly imbricate in bud, inserted under an epigynous disk ; 

 Stamens 5, anthers versatile ; Ovary inferior, 2 or more celled ; Fruit a 

 berry-like drupe, with as many seeds as there are carpels. 



CHINESE PAPER-PLANT, Ara/ia chinensis. 



Gardens. July, August. The pinnate leaves, often 8 ft. long, with 

 their prickly petioles, give a beautiful fern-like aspect to the plant. It is 

 best in a well-drained loamy soil, and requires water in summer, and some 

 protection in winter. Propagated by cuttings and root-cuttings. 



Fknvers creamy-white, inconspicuous, in a terminal umbellate panicle; 



Petals 5, inserted on margin of disk ; Fruit a berry, black. 



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