164 UMBELLIFERyE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



cleil ; fruit ovate-oV)long, the ribs wing-like ; vittfB 3 in each interval, and 6 on 

 the commissure. —Rich soil, in the upper districts. Juh' and August. — Root 

 large, aromatic. 



16. ANGELICA, L. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit flattened. Carpels 5-ribbed, the 2 lateral ribs 

 dilated into wings. Vittfe single in each interval, and 2-4 on the commissure 

 Seed adlierent to the pericarp. — Chiefly perennial herbs, with compound leaves, 

 no involucre, and white flowers. 



1. A. Curtisii, Buckley. Stem smooth; leaves twice ternate, or the di 

 A'isions quinatc ; leaflets thin, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often slightly cordate, 

 sharply toothed ; fruit broadly winged ; commissure with 2 vittae. — High moun- 

 tains of North Carolina. August. — Stem 3° high. Petioles large and sheath- 

 ing. 



17. ARCHANGELICA, HofTm. 



Calyx-teeth short. Pruit flattened. Carpels ril)bcd as in Angelica. Vittte 

 very numerous, entirely sun'ounding the loose seed. — Perennial herbs. Leaves 

 1 -2-ternate, with pinnate divisions. Leaflets toothed. Upper petioles inflated. 

 Involucre none. Involucel many-leaved. Flowers white. 



1. A. hirsuta, Torr. & Gray. Upper part of the stem and umbels softly 

 pubescent ; leaflets oblong-ovate, sharply serrate ; fruit puliescent. (A. tri- 

 quinata, EU. Ferula villosa, Walt.) — Dry hills, Florida to Tennessee, and 

 northward. July. — Stem 2° -3° high. 



2. A. dentata, Chapm. Stem slender, smooth; umbels slightly pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets lanceolate, strongly veined, coarsely toothed ; fruit smooth. — Dry 

 pine barrens, Florida. September. — Stem 2° - 3° high, branching above ; 

 teeth of the small (^') leaflets spreading 



18. CONIOSELINUM, Fischer. 



Calyx-teetli obsolete. Fruit oval. Carpels somewhat flattened on the back, 

 ."j-winged, with the lateral wings twice as broad as the dorsal ones. Vittie 2-3 

 in each interval, and 4-8 on the commissure. — Smooth herbs. Leaves thin, 

 finely 2- 3-pinnately compound. Involucre none. Involucels subulate. Flow- 

 ers white. 



I. C. Canadense, Torr. & Gray. Leaflets pinnatifid, witli linear-oblong 

 lobes, the petioles inflated; rays of the umbel slender; fruit broadly oval. — 

 High mountains of North Carolina, and northward. August. — Stem 3°-.')° 

 high. 



19. TIEDEMANNIA, DC. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit obovate, compressed. Carpels witli .5 sharp and 

 slender ribs, winged on the margins. Intervals with single vittiK, and 2 on the 

 commissure. — A smooth erect perennial herb, with terete petioles destitute of 

 leaflets. Involucre and involucel 5- 6-leaved. Flowers white. 



