142 ARALIA' i 



23. CORIANDRUM. 



Gr. Icoris, a bug; on account of the smell of the leave?. 



Calyx with 5 conspicuous teeth. Petals obcordate, 

 inflexed at the point; those of the outer flowers radiate, 

 bifid. Fruit globose; carpels cohering, with 5 depressed 

 primary ribs, and 4 secondary, more prominent ones ; seeds 

 eoncave on the face. — Smooth annuals with bi-pinnaie haves; 

 involucre one-leaved or none, involucels S-ltaved, unilateral, 

 and white flowers. 



C. sativum, L. Coriander. 



Leaflets on the lower leaves broad, wedge-shaped, upper with linear ones; carpels 

 hemispherical. A well known plant, eultivat-d chiefly for its aromatic seeds. 

 Native of Europe. _ \ much divided, strong scented. Urn- 



bds with only the partial involucre. Flowers white. July. 



Order 52. ARALIACEE2E. 



Trees, herbs or shrubs, with the habit of the Umlellifercv, lut with usually 5 to 10 

 fiat petals, 5 to 10 stamens, 2 to 5 styles, and the fruit 2 to 3-celled drupes. 



1. AH ALIA. Linn. Spikenard. 



Calyx with the margin very short, 5-toothed. Petals, 

 stamens and pistils 5. Fruit a berry-like drupe, 3 to 

 5-celled, 5-seeded, crowned with the remains of the calyx 

 and styles. — Low tires, shrubs or perennial herbs, with large 

 2 to o-ternately or pinnatehj compound leaves, and panichd 

 umbels of greenish-white flowers. 



1. X. xudicaulis, L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



Herbaceous, smooth: stem very short; Uaf solitary, decompound ; leaflets oblong- 

 ovate or oval, pointed, serrate. 5 on each divi -:ion ; scope naked, bearing 3 umbels. 



Moist rocky woods: common. May, June. Fool large, fleshy and aromatic, 

 running underground several feet in length, from which arises a single leaf-stalk 

 and scape, without a proper stem. Scape about 1 feet high, with 3 simple umbels 

 of greenish flowers. 



2. A. racemosa, L. Spikenard. 



herbaceous; stem widely branched, leafy: femes decompound; leaflets heart- 

 ovate, doubly serrate pointed, slightly downy ; uml els small, very numerous. 



Rich rocky woods. June, July. Boat* large, spicy, aromatic. Stsm 2 to 5 feet 

 high, dark green or reddish. The leaf-stalks are 3-parted, each division of which 

 bears 3 or 5 large leaflets. Flowers greenish-white, in panicles 4 to S inches long. 



3. A. HISPIDA, Miehx. Bristly Sarsaparilla. 



Stem shrubby at base, hispid; leaves twice pinnate; leaflets oblong ovate, acute, 

 eat-serrate ; umUls on long peduncles, axillary and terminal. 



Rocky places. June — Aug. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, the lower part woody and 

 thickly beset with sharp stiff bristles, the upper part branching, herbaceous 



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