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to Can. Stem 3 — 4f high, round, striate, hollow, green, branching. Leaves 

 various, those of the stem generally biternate, of the branches ternate. Leaf- 

 lets or segments 2 — i' long, 1 — i" wide, linear or lance-linear, smooth, with 

 slender teeth. Bulblets often numerous, opposite, and within the axils of the 

 bracteate petiol3s. Umbels terminal. Involucre 0. Umbellets of close, small, 

 white flowers, and slight involucels. Aug. 



8. SIUM. 



Celtic siio, water ; that is, a genus of aquatic plants. 



Calyx margin 5-toothed or obsolete ; petals obcordate, with an in- 

 flexed point ; fruit nearly oval ; carpels with 5 obtusish ribs, and 

 several vittae in each interval ; carpophore 2-parted. — % Aquatic. 

 Lvs. pihnately divided. Umbels perfect^ ivitli partial and general many- 

 leaved involucra. Fls. tvkite. 



1. S. LATiFOLiUM. Water Parsnep. 



St. angular, sulcate ; ifts. oblong-lanceolate, acutely serrate, acuminate ; 

 cat. teeth eiongated. — A tall plant in swamps and ditches, N. J. to la, ! and Can. 

 Stem about 3t high, smooth, hollow, with 7 deep-furrowed and prominent an- 

 gles. Leaflets or segments 4 — 6' long, 1 — 2' broad, equally serrate, in about 4 

 pairs, with an odd one, those submerged, if any, pinnatitid. Petioles embrac- 

 ing the stem. Umbels large, with many-flowered rays. Flowers small, white. 

 Jl. Aug. 



2: S. LiNEARE. Mlchx. (S. latifolium, p. lineare. Bw.) 



St. angular, sulcate ; Ifts. 9 — 11, linear and lance-linear, finely serrate, 

 acute ; cat teeth obsolete. — IVlore common than the last, in swamps, N. J. to 

 la, ! and Can. Stem 2— 4f high, smooth, with 7 prominent angles. Leaflets 

 2 — 4' long, 2 — 4" (rarely 10'') wide, the odd and lower ones petiolulate, middle 

 pairs sessile. Umbels I^ — 2^' broad. Involucre of 5 or 6 linear bracts, \ as 

 long as the 15 — 21 ra^-s. Umbellets with numerous, small, white flowers. 

 Fruit roundish, crowned with the broad, yellowish stylopodium, Jl. Aug. 



9. CRYPTOT^NIA. DC. 



Gr. Kpvnro), to conceal, raivia, a wreath or border ; from the obsolete border of calyx. 



Margin of the calyx obsolete ; petals with an inflexed point ; fruit 

 linear-oblong or ovate-oblong ; ; carpels with 5 obtuse ribs ; carpo- 

 phore free, 2-parted ; vittae very narrow, twice as many as the ribs. 

 — % Lvs. 3-parted, lobcd ojid toothed. Umbels compound^ with very un- 

 equal rays. Livol. 0. Involucels few-leaved. Fls. white. 



C. Canaden.sis. DC. (Sison Canadense. Linn.) Hone-wort. 



Lvs. smooth ; Ifts. or segments rhomboid-ovate, distinct, entire or 2 — 3- 

 lobed, doubly .serrate, lateral ones oblique at base; mnbcis numerous, irregular, 

 axillary and terminal.— Common in moist woods. Stem erect, 1 — 2f high. Lower 

 petioles 2— C' long, clasping. Leaflets 3, 2—3' long, 1—2' wide, petiolulate. 

 Umbels ])aniculate, of 3—5 very unequal rays. Umbellets of 4 — 6 unequal 

 pedicels and minute involucels. Flowers small, white. Fruit near 3" long, 

 oblong-elliptic. Jl. 



10. ZIZIA. Koch. 

 Calyx margin obsolete or minutely toothed ; petals carinate, apex 

 acuminate, inflexed ; fruit roundish or oval, didymous ; carpels 5- 

 ribbed, lateral ribs marginal ; intervals with 1 — 3 vitta?, commis- 

 sure with 2 — 4 ; carpophore 2-parted ; seeds plano-convex. — % Lvs. 

 divided. Umbels perfect. Livol. 0. Livolu eels few-leaved. Fls. yellow. 

 1. Z. AUREA. Koch. (Smyrnium. Linn. Thaspium. Nutt. 7) Gulden Alexanders. 

 Z/i's. biternate ; //ii-. oval-lanceolate, serrate; iinibcllcts with .short rays.— 

 Hills and meadows, U. S. and Can. Stems 1— 2f high, branching above, rather 

 slender, erect, hollow, angular-furrowed, smooth as well as every other part ot 

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