674 FLORA. 



4. Eryngium prostratum Nutt. PROSTRATE ERYNGO. (I. F. f. 2603. ) Pros- 

 trate, rooting from the nodes, the branches very slender. Lower and basal leaves 

 slender-petioled, oval or oblong, mostly obtuse, entire, or crenate- dentate; stem- 

 leaves smaller, often clustered at the nodes, ovate, few- toothed, or entire, or some of 

 them 3-parted; heads ovoid-oblong, dense, about 6 mm. long, mostly shorter than 

 the lanceolate reflexed bracts; bractlets very small; fruit about I mm. long, tuber- 

 culate. In low grounds, Ky. to Mo. , Fla. and Tex. Summer. 



5. CHAEROPHYLLUM L. 



Herbs, our species annuals, with decompound leaves and small umbels of white 

 flowers. Involucre none or rarely of I or 2 bracts. Involucels of numerous small 

 bractlets. Stylopodium small, conic. Fruit oblong or linear-oblong, flattened 

 laterally. Carpels 5-angled, slightly flattened dorsally, the ribs slender, obtuse; 

 oil-tubes solitary in the intervals. Seed-face channeled. [Greek, pleasant leaf, 

 from the fragrance.] About 30 species, only the following North American. 



Fruit not beaked, its ribs slender, narrower than the intervals between them. 



i. C. procumbens. 

 Fruit beaked, its prominent ribs mostly as broad as the intervals. 2. C. l^einturieri. 



1. Chaerophyllum procumbens (L.)Crantz. SPREADING CHERVIL. (I. F. f. 

 2678.) More or less pubescent, slender, spreading, 1.5-5 dm. n % n - Lower leaves 

 ternately decompound, the divisions ovate, pinnatifid, the ultimate segments ob- 

 tuse; umbels 2-6-rayed; rays 2-5 cm. long in fruit; flowers few in the umbellets; 

 bracts of the involucels ovate; fruit glabrous, 4-5 mm. long. In moist ground, 

 N. Y. and Ont. to Mich., N. Car. and Kans. April-June. 



Chaerophyllum procumbens Sh6rtii T. & G. Fruit broader, ovate-oblong, pubes- 

 cent, blunt, or scarcely narrowed at the summit. Penn. to Ky., La. and Ark. 



2. Chaerophyllum Teinturieri Hook. TEINTURIER'S CHERVIL. (I. F. f. 

 2679.) Similar to the preceding, much branched, often taller. Ultimate leaf- 

 segments acute or obtuse; rays of the umbels 2-8 cm. long; fruit 6-8 mm. long, 

 less than 2 mm. wide, glabrous, or pubescent. In dry soil, Va. to Tenn., Kans., 

 Fla. and Tex. March-May. 



6. ANTHRISCUS Hoffm. 



Annual or biennial herbs, with decompound leaves, and compound umbels" of 

 white flowers. Involucre commonly none; involucels of numerous bracts. Calyx- 

 teeth obsolete or minute. Stylopodium conic or depressed. Fruit linear in our 

 species, beaked, laterally compressed. Carpels nearly terete, ribless except at 

 the beak; oil-tubes none. Seed-face channeled. [Greek name of this or some 

 allied plant. ] About IO species, natives of the Old World. 



i. Anthriscus Cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. GARDEN CHERVIL OR BEAKED- 

 PARSLEY. (I. F. f. 2676.) Annual, glabrous, or finely pubescent above, 4-6 dm. 

 high. Basal and lower leaves slender-petioled, the upper nearly sessile, all ter- 

 nately decompound into small segments; umbels 3-6-rayed, the rays divergent, 

 1-4 cm. long in fruit; pedicels stout, 4-6 mm. long; bracts of the involucels linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm. long; fruit 6 mm. long, glabrous and ribless, 

 tipped with a ribbed beak of one-third its length. Eastern and southern Penn. 

 Nat. from Europe. May-June. 



Anthriscus sylv&stris (L.) Hoffm. WILD BEAKED-PARSLEY, a tall annual with 

 glabrous beakless fruit, has been found as a waif on Staten Island, and in ballast about 

 the seaports. 



Anthriscus Anthrfscus (Li) Karst. BUR-CHERVIL, readily recognized by its short- 

 beaked muricate fruit, has been found as a waif in N. S., according to Macoun. 



7. SCANDIX L. 



Annual herbs, with dissected leaves. Flowers white, in compound umbels. 

 Involucre none, or rarely of i bract. Involucels of several bracts. Petals mostly 

 unequal, the outer larger. Fruit linear, or linear-oblong, flattened laterally, pro- 

 longed into a beak mostly much longer than the body; primary ribs prominent; 

 secondary ribs none; oil-tubes solitary, or wanting. Seed-face sulcate. Stylopo- 

 dium short. [Greek name of the plant.] About 10 species, of the Old World. 



