a!3 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



2. 0. brevis'tylis, DO. (Haiuy Sweet Cicely.) Whole 

 planb hairy. Leaflets taper-pointed. Styles venj short, 

 conical. — Rich woods. 



21. eo'SIUM, L. Poison Hemlock. 

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

 lanceolate," pinnatifid, pale green, with an oflensive odour 

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

 seed marked with a deep groove. — Waste places. 



2!8. KKICIG'NIA, Nutt. Harbinser-of-Spring. 

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

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

 Leaflpts much incised. Flowers few. — Alluvial soil. 



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

 Herbs (with us) difi'ering from the last Order chiefly in 

 having, as a rule, more than 3 style^ and the fruit a drupe. 

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

 Flowers often polygamous.- The only Canadian genus is 



AUAXIA, Tonrn. GiNSEifG!. "Wild Sarsapabilla. 



* Umbels corymbed or paniclcd. Petals, stamens, and styles each 5. 



Fmit black or darlc-purple. 



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

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

 Leaves very large and decompound ; leaflets ovate-cordate, 

 d-oubly serrate. Roots aromatic. — Rich woods. 



'2. A. riSs'pida, Michx. (Bristly Saksaparilla. Wild 

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

 shrubby at the base. Umbels S-7, corymbed. Leaves twice- 

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

 sandy woods. 



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

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

 podunclcd umbels at the summit, and one long-petioled leaf, 

 ternately divided, and- with 5 leaflets on each divi^on. Root 

 horizontal, aromatic— Rich woods. 



