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Leaflets numerous, long. Umbels numerous, simple, globose. Flowers greenish- 

 white. Fruit blackish, nauseous to the taste. 



4. A. sriNOSA, L. Angelica Tree. 



Arborescent; stem and petioles prickly ; hones large, 2 to 3-pinnate; leaflets ovate, 

 pointed, serrate, sessile, glaucous beneath; umlels in a branched panicle, nu- 

 merous. 



Damp woods, Southern parts of the State. Cultivated. July, Aug. A small 

 tree 8 to 12 feet high, (sometimes 20 to 40.) the leaves crowded near the summit. 

 Flowers white, in very large terminal panicles. The bark is said to be emetic and 

 cathartic. 



2. PANAX. Linn. Ginseng. 



Qr.pzn, anl akoe, a medicine, i. e. a.pinacea. or a universal remedy. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals 

 and stamens 5. Styles 2 to 3. Fruit a 2 to 3-lobed ; 2 

 to 3-celled, and 2 to 3-seeded drupe, often fleshy. — Perennial 

 herbs or shrubs, with palmatehj compound leaves, (in our spe- 

 cies 3 stem leaves in a whorl,) and whitish flowers in a single 

 simple umbel on long peduncles. 



1. P. trifolium, L. Dwarf Ginseng. Ground-nut. 



Soot globular ; leaves 3-verticillate, 3 to 5-foliatc; leaflets lanceolate-oblong, ser- 

 rate, sub-sessile; styles o; berries 3-seeded. 



Low moist woods; common. May. A neat little plant 4 to S inches high with a 

 tuber deep iu the ground. Stem smooth, slender, simple. Leaves 3, in a whorl at 

 the summit, compound, with a central peduncle terminating in a little umbel of 

 pure white Bowers. Barren and fertile flowers on different plants, the latter with- 

 out stamens succeeded by green berries. 



2. P. quinquefolium, L. Ginseng. 



Root fusiform; leaves 3, verticillate, 5-foliate; leaflets oblong-ovate, pointed, 

 serrate, long-petioled, the lateral ones smaller; peduncles shorter than the petioles; 

 styles 2; fruit flattened; seeds 2. 



Rich woods and mountain sides; not common. June, July. Soot spindle 

 shaped, 3 to 6 inches long, often forked, aromatic. Stem round," smooth, about 1 

 foot high, with a terminal whorl of 3 compound leaves, and a central peduncle 

 bearing a single umbel of yellowish flowers. Berries light-scarlet. The root is 

 highly esteemed by the Chinese and Tartai'3 for its supposed medical properties. 



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3. HEDERA. Linn. Ivy. 



Celtic hedra, a ccrd ; from the vine-like habit. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, dilated at the base. Berry 

 5-seeded, surrounded by the permanent calyx. — European 

 sfirulby, climbing or erect plants, with simple evergreen leaves, 

 and greenish flowers. 



H. helix, L. English Ivy. 



Stem and branches long and flexible, attached to the earth trees or walls by its 

 numerous radicating fibres; leaves dark green, smooth, with white veins, petiolate; 

 lower ones 5-lobcd, upper ovate, flowers in numerous umbels, forming a corymb; 

 lory black, with a mealy pulp. Native of Britain. Cultivated. 



