GINSENG FAMILY 
( Araliacece ) 
Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) has a single 
large, compound leaf on a long stem from the creeping, 
fragrant, aromatic root. The flowers are gathered into 
three, rounded umbels, at the top of a long stem that 
joins the leaf-stem near its base. Common in moist 
woodland from Newfoundland to Minn, and southwards. 
Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) is well known as the 
plant that is collected and cultivated for its thick, 
fleshy, branching roots. The plant grows from 8 to 18 
inches high. Three compound leaves, each consisting of 
five, ovate-pointed, toothed, short-stemmed leaflets, radi¬ 
ate from near the top of the smooth stem. It is found 
in rich, cold woods from Quebec to Minn., southward. 
Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolium) is a tiny species 
from. 4 to 8 inches high. It has a spherical root, slen¬ 
der stem, three leaves compounded of three leaflets each, 
and numerous, tiny white flowers in an umbel above 
them. Common in rich woods from N. S. to Minn, and 
southwards. 
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