AraKa.] lxxi. aealiaom;. (C. B. Clarke.) 721 



Sbct. in. Hedereae. Petals Talyate. Albumen ruminated. 



* Ovary 1-celled. 



Leaves pinnate or Tindivided 11. Aetheophtlltjh. 



** Ovary 2-cdled. 



Pedicels continuous. Styles distinct 12. Hbteeopaitax 



Pedicels continuous. Styles combined 13. Bbassaiopsis.' 



Pedicels jointed. Styles combined . 14. Maceopanax. 



*** Ovary 5-ircelled; styles combined. 



t Leaves simple lobed or pinnate. 



Pedicels continuous ig_ Hedeea 



Pedicels jointed '..'.'.'. U. Hedbeopsis. 



t+ Leaves digitate. 



Tree. Leaflets ciliate 17. G-amblea. 



Sect. IV. Flerandreae. Petals valvate. Stamens 20-50. 

 Petals united, falling off in a cap 18. Tupidanthits. 



1. ABAIaXAi, Lirm. 



Herbs shrubs or small trees, glabrous hairy or prickly. Leaves alternate 

 or whorled, digitate pinnate or compound-pinnate ; leaflets serrate or nearly 

 entire ; _ stipules not prominent. Umbels solitary or in racemes or panicles 

 rarely in compound umbels; pedicels jointed close under the flower or not. 

 Mowers often poly^mo-monoecious. Calyx margin truncate or 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, ovate, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-5-celled ; styles 2-5, 

 free or shortly connate at base '(at least in the seed-producing flowers). Phiit 

 4-5-celled 4-5-angiilar, or subglobose 2-3-ceIled. Albumen uniform. — Distreb. 

 Species 30 ; extending from India and Malaya to Japan and North America. ' 



Sect. I. Ginseng'. Herbs 1-2 feet with a whorl of digitate leaves. 

 2-3. Fruit red or red and black, shining, globose, subdidymous. 



1. A. Fseudo-g'inseng', Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 936; leaflets lanceolate 

 ■with scattered bristles especially on the upper surface. Panax Pseudo-ginseng, 

 Wan. PI. Ajs. Rar. t. 137, Cat. 3730 ; C. A. Mey. in Oaug. Repert. Pharm, Sf 

 Chem. 1842, p. 525, with Jig. ; Seem. Rev. Seder. 99. 



NiPAL, SiKKiM, and Bhotan, alt. 6000-12,000 ft., frequent. Khasia Mis., alt. 

 5000 ft.; fl-./. ^ r. 



Bootstoch horizontal, tuberous or tuberiferous. Stem, 6-15 in., erect, smooth, ter- 

 minated by a Trhorl of leaves ; the scale at its base deciduous or persistent. Leaflets' 

 5 rarely 3, 2-6 by J-IJ in., acuminate often caudate, rounded or tapering at tite base, 

 closely serrate or deeply doubly serrate, glabrous except the scattered bristles; 

 petiole 1-6 in., glabrous; petiolules 0-1 in. Peduncles shorter or longer than the 

 leaves, glabrous or nearly so, solitary or 2-4, simple or mth 2-6 umbellate heads ; 

 pedicels J-1 in., pubescent or puberulous; braeteoles ^ in., narrow lanceolate-linear. 

 Mowers polygamo-monoscious ; styles in the male flowers sometimes united nearly to 

 their suiamit. Fruit red, or half -black half -red. 



Doubtfully separable from the true Ginseng of Japan, Panax Ginseng, C. A. 

 Mey. 1. 0. 524, which differs by having broader, more obovate, less bristly leaves, and 

 not by the oharacters relied on by C. A. Meyer. The Indian examples show every 

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