472 ARALIACEAE 



4. A. hispida Vent. In rocky or sandy woods and clearings: 



Newf. to N. Car., Ont., Minn, and Ind. 



Conn. Throughout the state, not common along the coast, in- 

 creasing but not very common northwestward. 



N. Y. Rare on the north side of L. I. near the western end, and 

 on the south side coastal strip, and at Hewlett; formerly on 

 S. I., unknown in the Bronx, thence increasing and becoming 

 common northward. 



N. J. Rare and local in northern Ocean and Monmouth counties, 

 near the coast, thence increasing northward; not in the pine- 

 barrens. 



Pa. Wayne, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, 

 Lehigh and Chester counties. 

 Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, very rare: Older Formations, increasing 



northward: 117-220 days. Sea level-4,050 ft. 



2. Panax L. 



Leaflets 5, ovate or obovate, stalked, acuminate. 1. P. quinquefolium. 



Leaflets 3-5, oval or oblanceolate, sessile, obtuse. 2. P. trijolium. 



i. P. quinquefolium L. In rich woods: Que. to Ala., Minn., 

 Neb. and Mo. 

 Conn. Scattered and rare over most of the state, increasing 



northwestward. 

 N. Y. Recorded from Rockland Co., but rare, thence increasing 



but never common northward, particularly in the Catskills; 



otherwise unknown. 

 N. J. In Sussex and Warren counties, rare; reported from but not 



recently collected at Plainfield, Union Co., otherwise unknown. 

 Pa. Luzerne, Northampton, Schuylkill, Berks and Bucks counties. 



Tertiary, 0: Cretaceous, 0: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. 1 17-190 days. Sea level-4,050 ft. 



2. P. trifolium L. In moist woods and thickets: N. S. to Ga., 

 Ont., Minn., Iowa, and 111. 



Throughout the range except in the pine-barrens, and the coastal 

 plain of L. L, there apparently wanting; rare on the coastal strip 

 of southern N. J. 



The cultivated shrub Acanlhopanax pentaphyllum (Thunb.) March, has been collected 

 as a garden escape near Hartford; hardly an element of our wild flora. 



