ARALIACEiE. 



Flowers white, the outer petals larger. 

 Fruits about 2 Hues long. 



A native of the Levant, long since 

 cultivated in Europe, and occasionally 

 spreading as a weed of cultivation. Said 

 to be established as such in some of 

 the eastern counties of England. FL 

 summer. 



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Fig. 449. 



XXXIII. THE ARALIA FAMILY. ARALIACE^. 



Shrubs, trees, or climbers, rarely herbs, differing from most 

 TJmhellates in their simple (solitary or paniculate) umbels, and 

 more generally in their fruit more or less succulent, consisting 

 often of more than 2 (from 2 to 10) carpels, which do not separate 

 so readily as in Umhellates, usually forming a single berry. The 

 styles also are sometimes united. 



A considerable Order, widely spread over the warmer regions of the 

 globe, represented in Europe by a single species. Some species of 

 Aralia are also occasionally cultivated in gardens. 



I. IVY. HEDEEA. 



Petals not cohering at the top. Cells of the ovary 5 or 10. Styles 

 short, usually cohering in a single mass. 



A genus extending nearly over the whole range of the Order, but 

 whose precise distinctive characters, and consequently the number of 

 species it should contain, are as yet very imperfectly settled. 



