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GINSENG FAMILY. 



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Aralia nudicaulis elongata Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 



374- 1893. 



Leaflets longer and narrower, coarsely serrate, 

 paler beneath. Catskill Mountains. 



4. Aralia hispida Vent. Bristly Sarsa- 

 parilla. Wild Elder. (Fig. 2629.) 



Aralia hispida Vent. Hort. Cels, pi. 41. 1800. 



Erect, leafy, i-3 high, the stem and petioles 

 more or less hispid with slender bristles. Leaves 

 petioled, or the upper nearly sessile, bipinnate; 

 leaflets ovate or oval, acute at the apex, nar- 

 rowed or rounded at the base, glabrous or pu- 

 bescent on the veins beneath, sharply and ir- 

 regularly serrate, i / -2 / long; umbels several, 

 slender-peduncled, simple, corymbo-racemose 

 at the summit of the stem; pedicels glabrous; 

 flowers white, \" broad; fruit dark purple, 3"- 

 4" in diameter, strongly 5-lobed when dry. 



In rocky or sandy woods, and clearings, New- 

 foundland and Labrador to North Carolina, west to Ontario, Minnesota and Indiana. June-July. 



2. PANAX L. Sp. PI. 1058. 1753. 



Erect perennial herbs, from globose or elongated aromatic roots, with a verticil of digi- 

 tately compound leaves at the summit of the stem. Umbel solitary, terminal, simple. 

 Flowers greenish or white, polygamous. Calyx-limb obscurely 5-toothed. Petals 5, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Styles 2-3. Fruit a small drupe-like some- 

 what flattened berry, enclosing 2-3 seeds. [Greek, all-healing.] 



About 7 species, natives of eastern North America and central and eastern Asia. 

 Leaflets 5, ovate or obovate, stalked, acuminate. i. P. quinquefolium. 



Leaflets 3-5, oval, to oblanceolate, sessile, obtuse. 2. P. trifolium. 



i. Panax quinquefolium L,. 



Ginseng. (Fig. 2630.) 



Panax quinquefolium L. Sp. PI. 1058. 1753. 

 Ginseng quinquefolium Wood, Bot. & Flor. 

 142. 1873. 



Glabrous, 8'-i5' high. Root fusiform, 

 deep, simple or branched. Petioles \}^'-\ f 

 long; leaflets 5 (rarely 6-7), stalked, thin, 

 ovate or obovate, acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or narrowed at the base, 2'-$' long, 

 !/_ 2 / w ide, irregularly dentate; peduncle 

 slender, i'-2' long; umbel 6-20 -flowered; 

 pedicels 3 // -6 // long in fruit; flowers green- 

 ish yellow, about \" broad; styles usually 2; 

 fruit flattened, somewhat didymous, bright 

 crimson, 5" broad. 



In rich woods, Quebec to Alabama, Minne- 

 sota, Nebraska and Missouri. July-Aug. 



2. Panax trifolium L,. Dwarf Ginseng or 

 Ground-nut. (Fig. 2631.) 



Panax trifolium L. Sp. PI. 1059. 1753. 

 Ginseng trifolium Wood, Bot. & Flor. 142. 



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Glabrous, 3 / -8 / high. Root globose, deep, about ]/*' in 

 diameter, pungent to the taste; petioles j^ / -2 / long; leaflets 

 3-5, oval to oblanceolate, sessile, obtuse, usually narrowed at 

 the base, i'-i y^ long, 3"-8" wide, dentate or serrate; pedun- 

 cles i / -2^ / long; pedicels \"-\W long in fruit; flowers 

 white, often monoecious, about i" broad; styles, usually 3; 

 fruit mostly 3-angled (or when with 2 styles, didymous), yel- 

 low, about 2" broad. 



In moist woods and thickets. Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to 

 Ontario, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. April-June. 



