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3. Proserpinaca L. 

 1. P. palustris L. Mermaid Weed. 



Shallow water of marshes, possibly influenced by saline conditions ; scarce. July- 

 Sept. 



Summit Marsh (£>.) ; near Renwick (D. !) ; Cayuga Marshes (D.) ; marsh about 

 Crusoe Lake. 



N. B. and N. S. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex.; frequent along the coast. 



96. ARALIACEAE (Ginseng Family) 



a. Plant not climbing; leaves compound, not evergreen. 



b. Leaves alternate, decompound ; carpels 5 ; fruit black ; inflorescence compound. 



1. Aralia 



b. Leaves verticillate, 1-compound; carpels 2-3; fruit red or yellow; inflorescence 



simple. 2. Panax 



a. Plant climbing; leaves palmately lobed, evergreen. 3. Hedera 



1. Aralia (Tourn.) L. 



a. Umbels in a narrow panicle, on a zigzag leafy stem ; leaves very large, 

 decompound. 1. A. racemosa 



a. Umbels arranged subcorymbosely ; stem strict, leafy, often prickly at base; leaves 

 smaller, 2-pinnate. 2. A. hispida 



a. Umbels arranged subumbellatcly, on a naked scape; leaves basal, ternate and 

 pinnate, medium or large. 3. A. niidicaulis 



1. A. racemosa L. Spikenard. 



Rich woodlands and especially ravine banks, in neutral or slightly calcareous 

 gravels or shales ; frequent. July 20-Aug. 



Enfield Glen; Coy Glen; Six Mile Creek; Cascadilla Creek; Fall Creek, at 

 Beebe Lake and near the iron footbridge ; McLean Bogs ; and elsewhere. 



N. B. and N. S. to Minn., southw. to Ga., Mo., and S. Dak. ; occasional on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



2. A. hispida Vent. Bristly Sarsaparilla. 



Dry open banks and hilltops, in neutral or acid gravelly soils ; infrequent. June 

 20-July 20. 



N. of Summit Marsh (£>.) ; Six Mile Creek, s. of Green Tree Falls (D.) ; West 

 Dryden (D.) ; s. of Woodwardia Bog (D.) ; near Malloryville Bog (D. !) ; around 

 McLean Bogs ; along railroad e. of Chicago Crossing ; Junius ; Montezuma Marshes 

 (S. H. Wright, D.) ; sandy woods n. e. of Duck Lake; e. of Featherbed Bog; s. of 

 Pout Pond peat bog. 



Newf. to Hudson Bay, southw. to N. C, W. Va., Ind., Mich., and Minn. ; frequent 

 on the Coastal Plain. 



3. A. nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



Common in dry woodlands and on banks, .in gravelly subcalcareous, neutral or acid, 

 soils ; less frequent on the more acid gravels of the higher hills. May. 



Newf. to Man., southw. to Ga., Mo., Colo., and Idaho; frequent on the Coastal 

 Plain. 



2. Panax L. 



a. Plant 2-4 dm. high; leaflets stalked, acuminate, the larger ones 8-15 cm. long; 



fruit red ; fleshy root fusiform or conical. 1. P. quinquefolium 



a. Plant 0.5-2 dm. high ; leaflets sessile, obtuse or acute, the larger ones 3-6 cm. 



long; fruit yellowish; fleshy root globular. 2. P. trifoliitm 



