640 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ARALIACEAE. Ginseng Family. 
ARALIA L. Sp. Pl. 1:273. 1753. 
Thirty species, warmer and temperate northeastern Asia. North America, 7. 
Woody or herbaceous perennials. 
Aralia racemosa L. Sp. Pl. 1:278. 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. Pl. 1: 278. 1753. ANGELICA TREE, 
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. FI. 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 350 
feet. Flowers May. Widely diffused over the mountain and hili country and in the 
palustpcus hills of the Tertiary formation as far south as Monroe County. Per- 
ennial. 
Economie uses: The root is the ginseng of commerce. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab.in Canada, Pensylvania, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
APIACEAE. Parsley Family. 
DAUCUS 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 CARROT. 
Ell. 8k.1:349. Chap. Fl. 161. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:140. 
MEXxIco. y 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, On the Pacific coast 
from British Columbia to Mexico. 
ALABAMA: Central Pineregion 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. Pl. 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. Ill, Fl. 2: 510. 
