UMBELLlFEIL^— CARROT FAMILY 



DOWNY SWEET CICELY 



\Osmorrhiza hrevistylis. W asJiingtonia cldytoni 

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Osmorrhiza, from osme, odor, and rhiza, root; the roots 



have a pleasant odor. 



Perennial. In moist, rich woodlands. Nova Scotia to 

 Minnesota and Dakota, south to Virginia and Tennessee. 

 Abundant in northern Ohio. April, May. 



Roots. — Fleshy, aromatic, anise-scented. 



Ste7n. — Smooth or slightly hairy, one to three feet high; 

 downy when young, later nearly smooth; often stained a 

 dull purplish red. 



Leaves. — Basal and lower stem-leaves compounded in 

 threes; leaflets ovate or oblong, variously cut and toothed; 

 veins prominent; dull green above, shining beneath. 



Flowers. — Small, white, borne in compound umbels, 

 which are opposite the leaves; these umbels have about 

 four rays. Involucre of three or four narrow bracts. In- 

 volucels of about five lanceolate bracts. Umbellets three to 

 six-flowered. 



Calyx. — Minute, grown fast to ovary, without a border. 



Corolla. — Petals five, oblong, point incurved. 



Statnens. — Five, inserted with the petals on the disk 

 which crowns the ovary. 



Pistil. — Of two carpels; styles two. 



Frtiit. — Dark green or blackish, dry, bristly, slender, 

 narrow below, rounded and cleft at summit. 



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