164 Order UMBELLALES 
state. Bellevue; Guide Rock; Lincoln; Nemaha; Ponca; Red Cloud; 
Valentine. 
4, Quercus bicolor Willd. Swamp White Oak. 
Rare in the southeastern part of the state. Talmage. 
5. Quercus imbricaria Michx. Shingle Oak. 
Rare along the Missouri in the southeastern part of the state. Peru. 
6. Quercus rubra L. Red Oak. 
Mostly along the Missouri and its tributaries in the southeastern 
part of the state. Aside from the bur oak, this is the most common 
and widely distributed oak in the state. Dixon county; Nebraska 
City; Nemaha; Weeping Water. 
7. Quercus palustris DuRoi. Pin or Swamp Oak. 
A single tree near Table Rock seems to belong here. 
8. Quercus coccinea Wang. Scarlet Oak. 
Along streams in the southeastern part of the state. Peru; Richard- 
son county; South Bend. 
9. Quercus velutina Lam. Black Oak. 
Along the Missouri and its tributaries as far up as the Platte, in 
the southeastern part of the state. Cedar island; Table Rock. 
10. Quercus marylandica Muench. Black-jack Oak. 
Along streams in the southeastern part of the state. Nemaha; 
Rulo; Table Rock. 
UMBELLALES. 
Styles 2-5; our species herbs. 
Fruit a 2-5-seeded berry. 1. Araliacez. 
Fruit dry, splitting into 2 mericarps when mature. 2. Umbelliferz. 
Style 1; shrubs or trees. 3. Cornacee. 
1. ARALIACEZ. 
Ginseng Family. 
Leaves alternate, decompound; styles 5; fruit black. 1.- Aralia; 
Leaves 3, whorled, 3—7-foliolate; styles 2-3; fruit red or yellow. 
2. Panax. 
1. Aralia. 667. 
Caulescent; leaves several; leaflets cordate. 1. A. racemosa. 
Acaulescent; leaf usually solitary; leaflets rounded or narrowed at 
the base. 2. A. nudicaulis. 
1. Aralia racemosa L. Indian-root. 
In woods along the Missouri. Nemaha; Nebraska City; Peru. 
2. Aralia nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 
In moist woods. Ft. Niobrara; Ponca. 
2. Panax. 668. 
1. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng. 
In woods along the Missouri. Albright; Bellevue. 
