310 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. mvrrhis. 



tioles, almost woolly. Leaves hairy, ternate, with the primary 

 divisions quinate ; lower common petioles very long ; leaflets 

 subpinnatifidly lobed; lobes dentate. Umbels about 2, pro- 

 ceedintr from the forked extremity of the stem ; primary rays 

 generally 3, with 1 — 2 short abortive ones; partial umbels 

 5_6-fl,)wered, seldom perfecting more than 2 or 3 flowers. 

 Universal involucrum about 3-leaved ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late ; partial 5-leaved, reflexed, acuminate. Calyx obsolete. 

 Petals white, obcordate, with a minute inflexed tip. Sta- 

 mens as long as the petals ; anthers roundish, yellow. Styles 

 very short, thickened and gibbous at the base ; stigmas mi- 

 nute. Fruit linear-lanceolate, nearly black, shining, crowned 

 with the short thick styles; angles hispid ; intervals flat; seeds 

 three-fourths of an inch long, attenuated into a cauda at the 

 base, which is very hispid. 

 Hab. In shady rocky situations; particularly on mountains; 

 common. May — June. 



The whole plant, but especially the root, is sweet tasted, 

 and is called Sweet Cicely. 



3. M. longistylis^ : stem smooth; leaves biternate ; the 

 lower ones on short petioles ; leaflets ovate, incisely lobed 

 and dentate; umbel 3 — 4-rdyed ; central flowers abortive; 

 universal and partial involucra 3 — 5-leaved, oblong, acu- 

 minate ; fruit attenn.ate at the base, with hispid angles ; styles 

 long, subulate, straight. 



Hoot perennial, fusiform, slender. Stem 2 — 3 feet high, branch- 

 ing, very smooth, striate. Leaves about 2, a little hairy on 

 both sides, shining beneath, sometimes almost smooth ; the 

 lowest one on a short petiole; partial petioles elongated, nearly 

 smooth ; leaflets ovate, acute, less divided than in the preced- 

 ing species. Umbels terminating the forked extremity of the 

 stem ; much divaricate when in fruit ; rays 1 — 2 inches long. 

 Universal involucrum 2 — 3-leaved, lanceolate; partial ones 

 about 5-leaved ; leaves oblong, acuminate, ciliaie, reflexed. 

 Fruit linear-lanceolate, blackish, with hispid angles; seeds at- 

 tenuated into a cauda at the base, crowned with the linear- 

 subulate styles. 



Hab. In wet meadows near Albany, New-York. Tracy. 

 ■Neai Geneva, N, Y. Pain e. June. Near Hudson, N. Y. 

 Als fii Sec. 



This species resembles the preceding in many respects, but 

 is easily distinguished by the characters given above, espe- 

 cially by its long subulate styles. For excellent specimens of 

 this plant, I am indebted io' Dr. Paine^ of Geneva, who first 

 directed my attention to its peculiarities. 



4. M. canadensis Mori s. : leaves ternate, smooth ; leaf- 

 lets rhomboid-ovate, acute, incisely toothed, acutely ser- 

 rate j partial involucra minute, subulate ; fruit oblong, very 



