GINSENG FAMILY 169 
5. G. missouriensis Sims. Perennial. Stems low, decumbent, with 
short, silky down. Leaves thick, from oval to linear, usually lanceo- 
late, narrowed to a slender petiole, 2-6 in. long, entire or remotely 
toothed. Flowers axillary, yellow, 8-6 in. in diameter. Capsule 
orbicular, with broad wings. In dry soil S.W. 
Il. FUCHSIA L. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees, Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl. 
Flowers showy. Calyx colored, tubular-funnel-shaped, the 
tube extending much beyond the ovary, the margin 4-lobed. 
Petals 4, borne in the throat of the calyx. Stamens 8, project- 
ing outside the corolla. Capsule berry-like, ellipsoidal, 4-angled. 
1. F. macrostemma R. & P. Common Fucusia, Lapiss’ Ear- 
props. Smooth. Leaves slender-petioled, toothed. Flowers on long, 
drooping peduncles from the axils of the leaves. Calyx tube oblong 
or a short cylinder, not as long as its spreading lobes. Petals obovate 
and notched, wrapped spirally around the projecting filaments and 
style. Found in many varieties, sometimes the calyx white or nearly 
so and the petals dark or with dark calyx and light petals. Culti- 
vated from Chile. 
Ill. CIRCAEA L. 
Slender, erect herbs, with creeping rootstocks. Stem simple. 
Leaves opposite, petioled. Flowers small, in terminal and 
lateral racemes. Calyx tube ovoid, the limb 2-parted, reflexed, 
deciduous. Petals 2, inversely heart-shaped, inserted with the 
2 stamens under the margin of a disk which is borne on the 
pistil. Ovary 1~—2-celled; style thread-like; stigma knobbed, 
2-lobed ; ovules, 1 in each cell. Fruit ovoid, not splitting open, 
covered with hooked bristles. 
1. C. lutetiana L. EncuanTEr’s NiGHtsHapeE. Stem 1-2 ft. 
high, glandular-downy. Leaves ovate, faintly toothed, long-petioled. 
Flowers } in. in diameter, white or pink, on slender pedicels, jointed 
at the base. Damp, shaded places; very common. 
72. ARALIACEH. Ginsena FamIty 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, simple or com- 
pound; stipules united to the petiole or wanting. Flowers 
regular, in umbels or heads. Limb of the calyx epigynous, 
