ARALIACE^ — CORNACE.E. 107 



curved, cuspidate point. Fruit long, alternate, smooth. Car- 

 pels ribljcd. Seed terete. Perennial plants, with tusilbrm 

 roots. 



1. 0. Brevistvlis. Stem pubescent when young, glabrous in phndv pla- 



rr«. rroct. /.«iir* bi-tcrnatc ; soiinicnts oblong, serrate, sprinkled \yith hairs. 



■ opposite the leaves. Sit/lts conical, short. Fruit tapering at the 



White. %' May— June. Moist woods. 1-2 feet 

 Order LV. ARALIACE/E. 



Calyx obscurely 5.toothcd, adhering to the ovary. Petals 

 5, aestivation valvate. Stamens equal in nuniber to the petals, 

 and alternate with them, tilaments short. Orar^ 2-3.celled, 

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

 ing. Fn/i7 drupaceous, 2-3-celled. S'eefi anatropous. Her- 

 baceous plants w itli compound leaves. Flowers umbellate. 



Gents I. PANAX. 



Limb of the calyx very sliort. Fruit orbicular, or didymous. 

 Perennial herbs, with slieathing petioles. 



1. P. Qrrs'QtTFOLrrM. Foot fusiform, wrinkled, somewhat branching, 

 aromatic. Leave:* ^- >■'- -'ilate at the summit of the stem, compounded of 5—7 

 leafleif" ; leatlcts ; . obovate, acuminate. Unibeh solitary, simple on 

 longr ' " ' - ~^ ^ ~. i^rtii^ 2-celied, red. Ginseng. 



\ %. July. Mountains. 10-12 inches. 



2. P. U'Rii^JUUM. Stem herbaceous, glabrous. Root nearly globose, pun- 

 gent to the taste. Leases as in the preceding; leaflets 3-5, lanceolate, with- 

 out petioles. Flouxrs sometimes aicecious. Styles 3. Fmit 3-celled. 



Dwarf Ginsengs Groundnut. 

 Yellowish green. ^. April. Mountains. 



Order LVI. CORNACEiE. 



Calyx 4-toothed, minute, adhering to the ovary. Petals 4. 

 distinct, oblong, spreading, inserted with the calyx into an ep- 

 igvnous disk, a.'stivation valvate. Drupes baccate, with a 1- 

 2.celled nucleus, crowned with the calyx. Seeds anatropous. 

 Trees or shrubs, with an astringent bark. Flowers in cymes. 



Gexts I. CORNUS. 



Stamens 4-5, with filiform filaments. Stijle sub-clavatc. 

 Leaves entire, covered with aj^presscd hairs. Dogwood, 



1. C. Pamctlata. a shrub with erect, glabrous branches. Leave* ovate, 

 or lanceolate, acuminate, hairy beneath. Flowers in compact paniculate 

 cymca. Petals lanceolate. Drupes, globose, depressed, whito. 

 White. }i. May— June. 4-6 feet 



