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1-2 tim pinnata. Stipullse nullae vel paulum prominentes. Umbellse 

 umbellatim vel racemosim vel paniculatim decompositte. Pedicelli 

 bract eati sab flores articulati. Calycis limbus truucatus vel breve 5- 

 dentatus. Petala 5 aestivatione imbricata. Stamina 5. Discus sub- 

 planus vel conicus. Styli 5 liberi vel coaliti. Ovarium 5-loculare. 

 Pyrense crustacean vel durse. Albumen sequabile. 



Species circ. 25 in America bor., Asia orient, et in Arcbipelago 

 India? orientalis incohe. 

 Sect. I. Eu-Aralia. 



Frutex. Inflorescentia erecta paniculatim ramosa, ramulis apice um- 

 bellit'eris. Continet Aralia spinosa Linnaeus, Aralia chinensis Linmeus. 

 Sect, II. Herbaralia Xakai, sect. nov. 



Herbas perennes. Inflorescentia erecta paniculatim ramosa, ramulis 

 apice umbelliferis. Continet Aralia racemosa Linneeus, Araba cordata 

 Thunberg. etc. 



Sect. III. Dimorphanthus Miquel in Fl. Ind. Bat. I. p. 749 (1S55); 

 in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I. p. 6 (1861). 



Syn. Dimorphanthus Miquel, Comment, Phytogr. p. 95, t. 12 (1840)- 

 Endbcber. Gen. PI. Suppl. II. p. 70 (1842). 



Frutex. Axis primaria inflorescentise brevissirna, secundaria um- 

 bellata divaricata et racemoso-decomposita, ramubs umbelliferis. 

 Continet Araba bypoleuca Presl, Araba elata Seemann, Aralia Decais- 

 neana Hance, Aralia Plancboniana Hance, etc. 



12. Aralia elata Seemann (Tabula nostra XVI). 



Araba elata Seemann in Journ. Bot, VI. p. 134 (1S68); Rev. Heder. 

 p. 90 (186S)-Harms in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. Abt. 

 8. p. 57 (1897)-Nakai in Journ. Arnold Arboret. V. p. 30 (1924). 



Syn. Dimorphanthus elatus Miquel, Comment. Phytogr. p. 95, t, 12 

 (1840). 



Aralia canescens Siebold & Zuccarini in Abb. Akad. Muencb. IV. 

 Abt. 2. p. 202 (184o)-Lavallee, Arb. Segrez. p. 125 (1877). 



Aralia mandshurica Maximowicz in Bull. Pbvs-Matb. Acad. Sci. 

 St. Petersb. XV. p. 134 (1865); in Mel. Biol. II. p. 427 (1857). 



