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PENTANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 
nudicaulis. 
racemosa. 
spinosa. 
ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 
155. ARALIA. Gen. pi. 525. (^AraUx.) 
Umbelliferous. — Calix 9-toothed, superior. 
Petals 9. Berry 9-celled, 9-seeded. — 
Umbels involucellate. — J\T att. 
1. A. nearly stemless, bearing one leaf; leaf 
triquinate ; leafli ts oblong-oval ; scape naked, 
shorter than the leaf; umbels few. — Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 238. f. 5. 
^Yaked-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. 
2. A. stem herbaceous, sipooth; leaves decom- 
pound, glabrous; peduncles axillary, branching, 
bearing umbels, — Sp, PL 
Icon. Cold. Canad. t. 75. (Pursh.) 
Berry-hearing Jlralia. 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. 
3. A. arborescent; stem and leaves prickly; pani- 
cle much branched, umbels racemose. — Pers. 
Icon. Schmidt, arb. 102 & 103. (Pursh.) 
Thorny Jlralia. Shot-bush. Pigeon-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. i2 . August. 
