200 Araliaceae 



uncle usually shorter than the leaves ; umbels 

 usually three, nearly round, composed of 

 numerous small greenish flowers. 



In rich woods throughout the region, 

 flowering in July. 



Very prickly throughout; stems 



Echino- erect from a decumbent base 



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horridum 



(Smith) to P- Leaves roundish, cordate, 



Dec. and prickly on both sides, palmately 

 Planch. lobed, more or less hairy be- 



neath, 6-24 inches long. Flowers 

 Club. 



greenish-white in a dense ter- 

 minal paniculate umbel ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 5, alternate with the petals; fruit berry-like, 

 laterally compressed, bright scarlet when 

 ripe. 



An ornamental though very prickly shrub, 

 in moist rich woods throughout the region, 

 sparingly in the Rockies, west of the di- 

 vide, but very abundant in the Selkirks 

 where it frequently forms dense impenetrable 

 thickets, flowering in early summer. 



