Acanthopanax
(from acanthos, a spine, and Panax; alluding to the spiny stems and Panax-like aspect of the plants). ORD. Araliaceae. A genus embracing about eight species of stove or greenhouse, glabrous or tomentose shrubs (rarely trees?), natives of Japan, China, and tropical Asia. Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite; petals five, rarely four, valvate; stamens five, rarely four, the filaments filiform; pedicels continuous with the flowers; bracts small or wanting; umbellets paniculate or almost solitary. Leaves palmately cleft, digitate, or one-foliolate. Only two species call for mention here. A. ricinifolia (Ricinus-leaved). The correct name of the plant described on p. 104, Vol. I., as Aralia Maximowiczii.
A. spinosum (spiny). The correct name of the plant described on p. 104, Vol. I., as Aralia pentaphylla.