Tab. XCVI. O. longistylis. Fig. 1, Fruit; Jig. 2, Fruit with the mericarps separating; Jig. 3, Section of
an entire fruit:—magnified.
2. O. brevistylis; plerumque pubescens, stylis brevissimis rectis conico-attenuatis fructu
basi (praecipue) apiceque attenuatis, involucris deciduis, pedunculis pedicellisque tenuissimis
elongatis. (T ab. XCVII.)—De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 232.—Myrrhis Claytoni. Mich. Am.
v. 1. p . 70? Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 309..—Chserophyllum Claytoni. Pursh, FI.
Am. v. 1. p . 195.—Uraspermum hirsutum. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 112.
Habitus\ fere omnino prtecedentis. Folia simillima sed minora, magis membranacea, nitida, utrinque
pubescentia. Umbellce longiores. Pedunculi pedicellique elongati, gracillimi. Involucra involucellaque
decidua. Fructus superne angustatus subrostratus, infeme insigniter attenuatus, stylis brevissimis basi
dilatatis rectis coronatus. Semen minus profunde sulcatum.
Hab. Canada. Lady Dalhousie. Mrs. Sheppard. Woody places on the West side of the Rocky Mountains.
Drummond. From the mouth of the Columbia to Observatory Inlet, in lat. 55°, North-West America.
Dr. Scouler. Douglas.—The more hairy leaves, the long slender peduncles and pedicels, the short styles
and differently shaped fruit distinguish this plant from the preceding.
Tab. XCVII. O. brevistylis. Fig. 1, F ru it; Jig. 2, Fruit with the mericarps separating from the carpo-
podium ; Jig. 3, Section of the entire fruit.
Trib. X. S m y r n e j e . Fructus turgidus a latere compressus vel contractus. DC.
- 27. CONIUM. - Linn.
Calycis margo obsoletus. Petala obcordata subemarginata cum lacinula brevissima
inflexa. Fructus a latere compressus ovatus. Mericarpia jugis 5 prominulis undulato-crenu-
latis sequalibus lateralibus marginantibus. Vallecula multistriatae evittatse. Carpophorum
apice bifidum. Semen sulco profundo angusto incisum eoque complicatum.—Herbse
Europea biennes venenata. Radix fusiformis. Caulis teres ramosus. Folia decomposita.
Involucrum utrinque 3-5 phyllum, partiale dimidiatum. Flores albi, omnes fertiles. DC.
1. C. maculatum ; involucelli foliolis lanceolatis umbellula brevioribus. DC.—Linn. Sp.
PI. p . 349. Engl. Bot. t. 1191. Pursh, FI. Am. v .\. p. 195. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 110.
Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 312.
Hab. Canada. About Quebec: introduced. Mrs. Percival. Mrs. Sheppard.
O rd. XLIV. ARALIACEÆ. Juss.
1. AJDOXA. Linn.
Calycis tubus adnatus, lobi 4-5 ovales. Petala 0. Stam. 8-10, nempe sepalis alia alterna
(an petala transmutata ?) et alia opposita. Styli 4-5 crassi distincti ex apice ovarii calycem
superantes. Bacca 4-locul. 4-sperma. Semina margine membranaceo cincta.—Herbæ
tenera moschum redolens. Radix a d collum squamata. Folia radicalia petiolata, petiolo
trifido segmentis tripartitis obtuse lobatis. Scapus apice gerens capilulum 5-florum. Flores
sessiles virescentes.— Genus diu cum Saxifrageis confusum, hue, suadente Cl. Jussieu, pertinet,
ex embryone inverso, f r u c tu baccato indéhiscente, stylis 4-5, et habitu a d Panaces herbaceas
acced'd. DC.
1. A. Moschatellina.—Linn. Sp. P l.p . 257. Engl. Bot.t. 453. Rich, in Franhl. 1st Very,
ed. 2. App. p. 13.
Hab. Woody country, between lat 54° and 64-° North. Dr. Richardson. Rocky Mountains, between
lat. 42° and 46° North. Drummond.—This was likewise found by Dr. James, in the more southern chain of
the Rocky Mountains.
2. PANAX. Lirai.
Flores polygami. Calycis margo brevissimus obsolete 5-dentatus. Pet. 5. Stam. totidem
sub margine disci cum petalis inserta et iis alterna. Styli 2 breves. Fructus carnosus
compressus orbiculatus aut didymus bilocularis, loculis coriaceo-chartaceis 1-spermis.—|
Herbæ, frutices et arbores. Folia et inflorescentia varia. DÇ.
1. P . quinquefolium ; caule herbaceo, radice fusiformi foliis ternatim verticellatis petiola-
tis quinato-digitatis, foliolis obovatis acuminatis serratis petiolulatis, pedunculo foliis multo
breviore, stylis seminibusque 2.—Linn. Sp. PI. p . 1512. Mich. Am. v. 2. p . 256. Pursh, FI.
Am. v. 1. p. 191. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1333. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 691. Bigel. Med. Bot.
III. p. 82. t. 29. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p . 375. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. \. p . 292. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 252.
Hab. Canada. Michaux. Mr. Cleghom.—My specimen of P. quinquefolium, from the Mountains of
Sheopore in Nipal, (the true Ginseng? of the East,) for which I am indebted to Dr. Wallich, has the leaves
often in fours, narrower leaflets, and the nerves hispid on the upper side : yet in other respects, it does not
appear different from our American species. *
2. P. trifolium ; caule herbaceo, radice tuberosa, foliis ternatim verticillatis petiolatis
3-5-nato-digitatis, foliolis lanceolatis acutis serratis, pedunculo foliis æquali, stylis
seminibusque 3.—Linn. Sp. PL p. 1512. Mich. Am. v. 2. p . 256. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p.
191. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p . 692. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 376. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1.
p. 291. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 252.—P. pusilla. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1334.
Hab. Canada. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. About Quebec. Mrs. Percival. Mrs. Sheppard.
3. P. horridum ; fruticosum subrepens ubique aculeatum, foliis palmato-lobatis inciso-
serratis, umbellis capitatis racemosis, stylis seminibusque 2. (Tab. XCVIII.)—Sm. in
Rees’ Cycl. n. 10. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 252.—Aralia erinacea. Hook, in Scolder’s
Voy. in Bremst. Journ. 1827. p. 64. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 259.—Prickly Ash, o f Sir
Alex. Mackenzie’s Voy. (Douglas.)
Caulis fruticosus, 10-12 pedalis, subrepens, crassus, dense aculeatus ; aculeis non raro transversim seriatim
dispositis, acicularibus, aureis. Folia ampla, cordata, palmata, inciso-serrata, petiolata, petiolis nervisque
aculeatis. Umbellce capitatæ, polygamæ, in racemum valde aculeatum, nudum vel lanatum, nunc hispidum
dispositse. Calyx obsoletus. Petala 5, oväta, subacuminata, patentia. Stamina 5. Ovarium inferum,
turbinatum, abortivum in. flore masculino, in foemineo globoso. Styli 2, divergentes. Fructus, Bacca seu
Drupa rubra, disperma. Semina oblonga, pendentia. Albumen copiosum. Embryo parvum in partem
superiorem albuminis.
* This, Dr. Wallich has now published as a distinct species, in his splendid “ Plant» Asiatic»,” under the name
of Panax pseudo-Ginseng.
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