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A R A L1 A C E M, 
Crescit in temperatis Novce Granatae , inter Pansitara et Alrnaguer, ait. 1200 hex. h 
Fructificat Novembri. 
Arbor (?). Folia petiolata, digitata; foliola 8 aut 9, petiolata, lineari-oblonga, acuminata, basi obtusa, 
margine integerrima et (sicca?) revoluta, reticulato-venosa, venis primariis subparallelis nervoque medio 
subtus prominentibus, coriacea, supra glabra, viridia et nitida, subtus tomento tenui solubili fuscescente 
obducta, pilis stellulatis, 7-9-pollicaria, duos pollices lata; lateraliagradatimminora; extima subsexpollicaria. 
Petioli, ut folia, tenuiter tomentosi; partiales subpollicares, tereti-compressi; universalis teres, striatus, 
subdecempollicaris, vaginas infra apicem insertus. Capitula sessilia, racemosim disposita, globosa; florifera 
haud suppetunt; fructifera magnitudine Mali sylvestris. Fructus (in specimine nostro nondum maturi) 
crebri, arcte congesti, sessiles, carnosi, ebracteati, cuneiformes, pentagoni, apice truncati et coronati limbo 
calycis obsoleto stylisque 5 brevibus et crassis, tenuiter stellulato-tomentosi, in parte inferiore quinquelo- 
culares ; loculis monospermis. Endocarpium (loculos efformans) chartaceo-coriaceum, solubile, semen 
obtegens. Semina pendula, oblique oblonga, laevia; trophospermium (funiculus umbilicalis) longiusculum. 
Epispermium tenuissimum , fuscum, endospermio adnatum. Endospermium carnosum , album. Corculum in 
apice endospermii situm (?). 
PANAX Linn. 
Flores polygami. Calyx quinquedentatus. Petala quinque, margini 
disci epigyni imposita. Stamina quinque, ibidem inserta, cum petalis alter¬ 
nantia. Ovarium inferum. Styli duo aut unicus bifidus. Stigmata simplicia. 
Fructus baccatus, umbilicatus, orbiculatus aut didymus, compressus, 
dipyrenus; pyrenis coriaceo-chartaceis, monospermis. 
Arbores, arbusculae, frutices alternifolia aut herbae simplices et tri- 
ptyll ae. Folia ternata, quinata aut digitata, rarius supradecomposita vel 
simplicia; petiolis basi vaginantibus. Umbellulse florum racemosae, racemis 
umbellatis, in speciebus herbaceis solitariae in apice caulis, longe pedun- 
c illatae. 
1. PANAX glabratum. 
P. arboreum; foliis cpiinatis; foliolis elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, basi acutis, integerrimis, 
glabris; umbellulis subtricarpis, racemoso- paniculatis (?). 
Crescit prope La Venta Grande de Caracas , ait. 600 hex. Fructificat Januario. 
Arbor. Folia petiolata, quinata; foliola petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, acuminata, basi acuta, integerrima, 
reticulato-venosa, nervo subtus prominente, subcoriacea, glabra, supra nigro-viridia, subtus pallida, 5 — 
4 pollices longa, 20-22 lineas lata; extima minora, 2 ^pollices longa. Petioli glabri; universalis subteres, 
quadripollicaris; partiales 4- 1-5- pollices longi. Racemi terminales (?), paniculati (?); in specimine suppetente 
fructiferi; rami sparsi, semipollicares, apice subtricarpi rhacliisque glabra. Fructus baccati, pedicellati, in 
apice ramorum umbellati, divaricati et subreflexi, clidymo-subrotundi, compressi, limbo calycis quinque- 
dentato styloque bifido coronati, lsoves, glabri, magnitudine lentis majoris, biloculares; loculis monospermis; 
pedicellis duas lineas longis, glabris. Endocarpium coriaceum, demum solubile (?). Semina oblique oblonga, 
compressa, lasvia, pendula; in specimine suppetente nondum matura. 
Nonnisi fragmenta suppetunt. 
2. PANAX undulatum. Tab. CGGCXYII. Fig. 2. 
P. arboreum; foliis digitatis; foliolis 7-10, oblongis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis, integer¬ 
rimis , supra glabris, subtus ferrugineo-lomentosis; paniculis ramosissimis; umbellulis 5 - 8-carpis; 
fructibus didymis, cano- tomentosis. 
