640 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ARALIACEAE. Ginseng Family. 



ARALIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 273. 1753. 



Thirty species, warmer and temperate northeastern Asia. North America, 7. 

 Woody or herbaceous perennials. 



Aralia racemosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 273. 1753. SPIKENARD. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 373. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 213. Chap. Fl. 166. 



Canadian to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario; New 

 England west to Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Montana; southern Ohio Val- 

 ley to Missouri, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woodlands. Winston County, Davidson 

 Creek, 1,500 feet. Rare. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is used medicinally under the name of spikenard. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aralia spinosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 273. 1753. ANGELICA THEE. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 372. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 213. Chap. Fl. 166. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5 : 56, 

 t. 211. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia and Ohio to Missouri and Arkansas, 

 south to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Throughout, excepting the highest summits. Damp borders of woods 

 and copses. Cullman County, Mariots Creek, 600 feet. Arborescent, clear trunk 30 

 feet high, 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Clarke and Mobile counties. Flowers white; 

 June. Frequent, principally throughout the Coast Pine belt. 



Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PANAX L. Sp. PL 2 : 1058. 1753. GINSENG. 



About 30 species, temperate Asia. Atlantic North America, 2. 

 Panax quinquefolia L. Sp. PL 2 : 1058. 1753. GINSENG. 



Aralia quinquefolia Decaisne & Planch. Rev. Hort. ser. 14, 3 : 105. 1854. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 213. Chap. Fl. 167. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario, throughout the eastern United States 

 to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich hilly 

 woodlands. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Monroe County, 300 to S50 

 feet. Flowers May. Widely diffused over the mountain and hill country and in the 

 calcareous hills of the Tertiary formation as far south as Monroe County. Per- 

 ennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the ginseng of commerce. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Canada, Pensylvania, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Stirv. Herb. Mohr. 



APIACEAE. Parsley Family. 

 DATJCUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 242. 1753. CARROT. 



Fifty species, temperate and warmer temperate regions of Europe, northern Afric.,, 

 Asia. North America, 1. 



Daucus pusillus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 164. 1803. LESSER CAKKOT. 



Ell. Sk. 1:349. Chap. Fl. 161. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:140. 



MEXICO. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. On the Pacific coast 

 from British Columbia to Mexico. 



ALABAMA : Central Pine region to Coast plain. Dry open sandy or gravelly places, 

 pastures, roadsides. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Clark, and Mobile counties. Flowers 

 white; June. Common. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in campestribus Carolinae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Daucus carota L. Sp. PI. 1 : 242. 1753. WILD CARROT. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Common in the North. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 201. 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 182. Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 510. 



