. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Gen I GINSENG FAMILY. 2. Panax trifolium L. Dwarf Ginseng or Ground- nut. Fig. 3094. Panax trifolium L. Sp. PI. 1059. i;5J. Ginseng trifolium Wood, Bot. & Flor. 142. 1873. Glabrous, 3'-8' high. Root globose, deep, about ¥ in diam- eter, pungent to the taste; petioles J-2' long; leaflets 3-5, oval to oblanceolate, sessile, obtuse, usually narrowed at the base, I'-l
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Gen I GINSENG FAMILY. 2. Panax trifolium L. Dwarf Ginseng or Ground- nut. Fig. 3094. Panax trifolium L. Sp. PI. 1059. i;5J. Ginseng trifolium Wood, Bot. & Flor. 142. 1873. Glabrous, 3'-8' high. Root globose, deep, about ¥ in diam- eter, pungent to the taste; petioles J-2' long; leaflets 3-5, oval to oblanceolate, sessile, obtuse, usually narrowed at the base, I'-li' long, 3"-8" wide, dentate or serrate; peduncles 1-2*' long; pedicels l"-ii" long in fruit; flowers white, often monoecious, about i" broad; styles usually 3; fruit mostly 3-angled (or when with 2 styles, didymous), yellow, about 2" broad. In moist woods and thickets. Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Ontario, Wisconsin and Iowa. April-June. 3. ECHINOPANAX Decne. & PI. Rev. Hort. IV. 3 : 105. 1854. [RicixoPHVLLUM Pall.; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 375. Hyponvm. 1844.] A densely prickly shrub, with palmately lobed leaves and racemed or panicled umbels of small greenish-white flow'ers. obsolete; petals 5, valvate; stamens 5; filaments filiform; anthers oblong or ovate; ovary 2-3-celled; styles 2; stigma terminal. Fruit laterally compressed, of 2 carpels. [Greek, prickly Panax.'\ A monotypic genus of northwestern North America and northeastern Asia. Echinopanax horridum (]. E. Smith) Decne. & Planch. Devil's Club. Fig. 3095. horridum J. E. Smith, in Rees' Cyclop. 26: no. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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