95, COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



2. 0. brevis'tylis, DC. (Hairy Sweet Cicely.) Whole 

 plant hairy. Leaflets taper-pointed. Styles very short. 

 con^aL— Rich woods. 



21. CO'NIUM, L. Poison Hemlock. 

 C. maeula'tum, L. Stem smooth, spotted. Leaflets 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid, pale green, with an offensive odour 

 when bruised. Involucels one-sided. Inner face of the 

 seed marked with a deep groove. — Waste places. 



22. EUIGE'JriA, Nutt. Habbinger-of-Sprins. 

 E. bulbo'sa, Nutt. Stem 4-6 inches high, from a tuber 

 deep in the ground, producing 2 leaves, the lower radical. 

 Leaflets much incised. Flowers few. — Alluvial soil. 



Order XLIV. ARALIA'CEjE. (Ginseng Family.) 

 Herbs (with us) differing from the last Order chiefly in 

 having, as a rule, more than S styles, and the fruit a drupe. 

 The umbels, also, are either single, or corymbed, or panicled. 

 Flowers often polygamous. The only Canadian genus is 



ARA'LIA, Tourn. Ginseng. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



*Uvfibels corymbed or panicled. Petals, stamens, and styles each 5. 



Fruit black or dark-purple. 



1. A. raeemo'sa, L. (Spikenard.) Umbels in u, large 

 compound panicle. Stem 2-3 feet high, widely branching. 

 Leaves very large and decompound ; leaflets ovate-cordate, 

 doubly serrate. Roots aromatic Rich woods. 



2. A. his'pida, Michx. (Bristly Sarsaparilla. Wild 

 Elder.) Stem 1-2 feet high, bristly, leafy, somewhat 

 sh.nibby at the base. Umbels ^-7, corymbed. Leaves twice- 

 pinnate. Leaflets sharply serrate. Fruit black. — Rocky or 

 sandy woods. 



3. A. nudieau'lis, L. (Wild Sarsaparilla.) True stem 

 very short, sending up a naked scape bearing 3 or 4 long- 

 peduncled umbels at the summit, and one long-petioled leat, 

 terhately divided, and with 5 leaflets on each division. Rooi 

 horizontal, aromatic; — Rinh woods. 



