. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. GINSENG FAMILY. 617 About 52 genera and 475 species, widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions. Leaves compound. Herbs, shrubs or trees ; leaves alternate, decompound ; styles 5. i. Aralia. Herbs ; leaves verticillate, digitately compound ; styles 2-3. â 2. Panax. Leaves palmately lobed; styles 2. 3. Echinopanax. I. ARALIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI


. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. GINSENG FAMILY. 617 About 52 genera and 475 species, widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions. Leaves compound. Herbs, shrubs or trees ; leaves alternate, decompound ; styles 5. i. Aralia. Herbs ; leaves verticillate, digitately compound ; styles 2-3. â 2. Panax. Leaves palmately lobed; styles 2. 3. Echinopanax. I. ARALIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 273. 1753. Perennial herbs, shrubs or trees, with alternate pinnately or ternately decompound leaves, and small polygamous or perfect flowers, in racemose, corymbose or paniculate umbels. Flowers white or greenish. Petioles sheathing at the base. Stipules none or inconspicuous. Pedicels jointed below the flowers. Calyx truncate or S-toothed. Petals 5, spreading, obtuse, or with short inflexed points, valvate or slightly imbricate. Stamens 5. Disk depressed. Ovary 5-celled; style 5. Fruit a small berry enclosing about 5 seeds. [Name not explained.] About 30 species, natives of North America and Asia. Besides the following, 2 others occur in the western and southwestern United States. Type species: Aralia racemosa L. Umbels numerous, panicled or racemose. Spiny shrub or tree; leaflets thick, ovate. ' \. A. spinosa. Branching unarmed herb ; leaflets thin, large, cordate. 2. A. racemosa. Umbels 2-7, or more, terminal or corymbose. Plant glabrate ; leaf and peduncle arising from the rootstock. 3. A. nudicaulis. Plant bristly or hispid ; stem leafy, erect. 4. A. hispida. I. Aralia spinosa L. Hercules' Club, Angelica or Spikenard Tree. Fig. 3089. Aralia spinosa L. Sp. PI. 273. 1753. A shrub or tree, reaching a maximum height of about 40° and trunk diameter of 12' but usu- ally much smaller. Stem, branches and petioles spiny; leaves long-petioled, bipinnate, usualUy with a leafle


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