24 HEDERACEiE. 



ORDER XI.— HEDERACE^, A. Rich. (Bot. med.— as to the name.) 

 Araliaccie, A. Rich. Diet, class, d'hist. nat. — Lindl. nat. syst. p. 2.5. 



THE IVY TRIBE. 



Trees, shrubs, (sometimes climbing) rarely herbs, according to DC. pr. 

 (1830) containing 14 genera and 123 species: 46 from the E. Indies; 

 42 from S. America ; 8 from N. America ; 5 from N. Zealand ; 4 from 

 the W. Indies ; 3 from China ; 3 from Japan ; 3 from S. Africa ; (5 Har- 

 vey) 3 from Mauritius and Bourbon ; 1 from Madagascar ; 2 from New 

 Holland and the Sandwich Islands ; 2 from Europe ; and 1 unknown, as 

 to its native place. — The E. Indian forms have since risen to 75 ; viz. 22 

 oi Panax ; 1 of Gilibertia? 1 of Toricellia ; 2 of Aralia ; 10 of Scioda- 

 phyllum ; 27 of Hedera ; 9 of Paratropia ; and 3 of Arthrophyllum. The 

 greatest number of these inhabit the Moluccas, Java, and the Himalayas ; 

 the rest have been discovered on the Khassya mountains, in the two Pe- 

 ninsulas of India, Ceylon and Cochin China. — We are not acquainted with 

 Endlicher's genus, Botryodendron. 



" The plants of this family are not possessed of very decided medical pro- 

 perties, though the Ginseng, produced by Panax quinquefolia, L., has been 

 more celebrated than plants of greater value. This plant, produced in the 

 mountains of Chinese Tartary, between 39° and 47°, was recognized from 

 the description in Canada and Virginia, whence it is now exported to 

 China. Subsequently the same plant, or a species so closely allied to it, 

 that Dr. Wallich had called it Panax Pseudo-Ginsing, (PL as. rar. 2, 

 t. 137), was discovered by him on Sheopore, at an elevation of 9000 to 

 10,000 feet, an additional instance of the existence of similar plants in 

 the mountains of China, N. America, and the Himalayas." (Roy I. ill. p. 

 233 and 234.) Aralia nudicaulis, L. is used in N. America as a substitute 

 for Sarsaparilla. 



Panax, L. (DC. pr. 4, p. 252 ;—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 376.) Panax, acis, f. 

 Lucret. 



1. aculeata. Ait. (DC /. c. ; — Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 634.) B. China. Fl. 

 small, greenish, C. S. 



2. cochleata, DC. (o. c. p. 253 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 85. Panax 

 conchifolium, Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 77. — Rumph. 4. t. 31.) B Moluccas, 

 Java. Does not fl. in Bengal, and rarely in the Moluccas. Whole 

 plant, when dried, strongly smelling of Celery. 



3. fragrans, Roxb. (Fl. ind. 2. p. 76 ;— DC pr. 4, p. 254 ;— J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 85.) 5. Khassya Mountains, Nepal. Fl. small, fragrant 

 C. S; fr. H. S. 



4. fruticosa, L. (DC.pr. 4, p. 254 ^—Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 76,— W. and A. 

 pr. \,p. 376;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 85 ;— ZJ. Repo.<i. 9. t. 595.— 

 Rumph. 4. t. 33.) 'S. Moluccas, Java. Fl. small, brownish green, 



