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PENTANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 



ntulicaulis. 



ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 



155. ARALIA. Gen. pi. 525. (.iralice.) 



Umbelliferous. — Calix 5-toothed, superior. 

 Petals 5. Berry 5-celled, 5-seeded. — 

 Umbels involucellate. — Nutt. 



1. A. nearly stemless, bearing one leaf; leaf 

 triquinate; leaflets oblong-oval ; scape naked, 

 shorter tlian the leaf; umbels few. — Pursh. 

 Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 238. f. 5. 



Naked-stemmed Sarsaparilla. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



About a foot or two feet high. Flowers white. Possesses 

 medicinal properties On shaded hilly woods, bordering the 

 Schuylkill, not very common. Perennial. May. 



raeemosa. 



2. A. stem herbaceous, smooth ; leaves decom- 

 pound, glabrous: peduncles axillary, branching, 

 beaiing umbels. — Sp. PL 



Icon. Cold. Canad. t. 75. (Pursh.) 



Berry-bearing Aralia. Spikenard. Wild Liquorice. 



This plant is well known to the Jersey country people, who 

 bring the root and berries to market for sale. It is medicinal, 

 and much esteemed In rocky and very shady situations near 

 Woodbury, Jersey, scarce. Perennial. July, August. 



spmosa. 



A. arborescent; stem and leaves prickly; pani- 

 cle much branched, umbels racemose. — Pers. 

 Icon. Schmidt, arb. 102 & 103. (Pursh.) 



Thorny Aralia. Shot-bush. Pigeen-weed. Angelica- 



tree. 



Flowers white. Easily recognised by its thorny stems and 

 branches. It is common in gardens where it sometimes attains 

 a great size, as at Lemon-hill. It grows wild in a stony thicket 

 not far from Mantua-village. Also possessed of medicinal vir- 

 tues. Jj . August. 



