IV. A new Genus of PLANTS, caWd Ara- 
liaftrum, of which the famous Nin-zin or Gin* 
feng of the Chincfcs, is a ^ecies. Communi- 
cated by Mr. Vaillant Trademonfirator at the 
H{pyal Garden at Paris, to the Learned Dr. Will. 
Sherrard, LL. D. late Conful at Smyrna, and 
by him to the Royal Society. 
A Raliaflrum is a Genus of Plants, whofe iFlqvper A * 
is complete t» regular, polypecalous, and her- 
maphrodite, (landing t>n the Ovarj B. The 
Ovar-j, which is crown’d by a Calyx cut into feveral 
Parts, becomes a Berry D, in which are, for the moft 
part, two flat Seeds, like a Semicircle, which both to- 
gether reprefent a fort of a Heart. Add to this the 
Stalk, which is finglc, ending in an Umbel of which 
each Ray bears but one Flower. Above the Middle of 
the Stalk come out feveral Pedicles, ( as on that of the 
Anemone ) on the Extremities of which grow feveral 
Leaves like Rays, or like an open Hand. 
Tbe Species of this Genus are, 
I. Araliaflrum ^luinquefolii folio, majus, Nin-zin vocet^ 
turn D. Sarrazin. 6 in-feng. Des lettres edifiantes 
& curieufes, Tom. X- fag. lyi. 
2 . Araliaflrum ^inquefoUi folio, minus, D. Sarrazin. 
Plantula Marilandica, foliis in fummo caule ttrnis, 
quorum unumquodque quinquefariam dividitur, circa, 
marlines (err at is. N° 36. Raii Hift. IH. 658. 
* W, A R A 1 I A Inji. rei htrb. Tab. 154. 
t Coinplece, th»t it ta f*j, that bat 0 Calyx. 
X X X X X 2 3. AralU* 
