338 ORDER LXH. ABALIACEiE. 



kled with hairs. Umbels opposite the leaves. Styles conical, short. 

 Fruit tapering at the summit. — White. %. May — June. Moist woods. 

 1—2 feet. 



Order LXIL— ARALIA'CEJS. 



Calyx obscurely 5-toothed, adhering to the ovary. Petals 

 5 ; aestivation valvate. Stamens equal in number to the petals, 

 and alternate with them ; filaments short. Ovary 2 — 3-celled, 

 with a solitary ovule in each cell. Styles 2, erect or spreading. 

 Fruit drupaceous, 2 — 3-celled. Seed anatropous. Herbace- 

 ous plants, with compound leaves. Flowers umbellate. 



Genus I.— ARA'LIA. L. 5—5. 

 (Meaning unknown.) 



Flowers usually perfect. Calyx entire or 5-toothed, superior. 

 Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, 

 short. Styles 5. Fruit baccate, 5-lobed, 5-celled, with a soli- 

 tary suspended seed in each cell. Herbs and shrubs ; when 

 the latter, prickly. 



1. A. racemo'sa, (L.) Stem much branched, glabrous. Leaves com- 

 pound, 3-parted, with the divisions 3 — 5-leaved ; leaflets glabrous, 

 ovate, acuminate, acutely serrate, frequently cordate. Petioles pubes- 

 cent. F/owers in umbels, disposed in racemose panicles, small, green- 

 ish-white. — If. July. Mountains. 3 — 5 feet. Spikenard. 



2. A. spino'sa, (L.) A shrub or small tree. Stem usually prickly, 

 scarcely branched. Leaves crowded at the summit of the stem, bi pin- 

 nate ; leaflets ovate, acuminate. Petioles often 2 — 3 feet long. Leaves 

 obscurely serrate ; upper surface a few stiff hairs, under surface glau- 

 cous. Flowers in umbels, arranged in a large racemose panicle. Styles 

 6, connivent at first, then spreading. Petals oval, reflexed, caducous. 

 Styles 5, short. — White. ^ . June — Aug. Common. 5 — 40 feet. 



Hercules' Club. Prickly Ash. Angelica Tree. 



3. A. nudicau'lis, (L.) Stem short or none. Leaf 1, radical, with the 

 petiole elongated, 3-cleft ; each division pinnately 5-foliate ; leaflets 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate, serrate. Flowers in 3 umbels, without an in- 

 volucre. — Greenish-white. June — July. Mountains. 12 — 18 inches. 



Sarsaparilla, 



Genus II.— PA' :n AX. L. 5— 2. 



(From the Greek pan, all, and akos, a remedy; that is, a remedy for all diseases.) 



Limb of ilk' calyx very short Fruit orbicular or didymous. 

 Perennial herbs, with Bbeathing petioles. 



1. P. quinqueko'uum. (L.) Boot fusiform, wrinkled, somewhat 

 branching, aromatic, leaves verticillate at the summit of the stem, 

 compounded of 5 — 7 leaflets; leaflets petiolate, obovate, acuminate. 

 Umbels solitary, simple, on long peduncles. Styles 2. Fruit 2-celled, 

 red. — Yellowish-green. U- July. Mountains. 10 — 12 inches. 



Ginseng. 



