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Order UMBELLIFERJE. 

 LEPTOCAULIS, Nutt. 



L. echinatUS, Nutt. Leaves, &c. as in L. divaricatus, but the fruit 

 beset with rigid spreading hooked bristles. — Mobile {Mohr) and westward. 



HELOSCIADIUM, Koch. 



H. leptophyllum, DC. Stem erect or diffuse ; leaves ternately or 

 biternately divided, the divisions linear or setaceous ; umbels nearly sessile, 

 1-3-rayed; involucre and involucel none; fruit ovate. — East Florida, and 

 westward. Introduced. — Stem 5° -2° high. Fruit very small. 



CYNOSCIADIUM, DC. 



Calyx teeth subulate. Fruit ovate, terete. Carpels with 5 obtuse ribs, 

 the two lateral ribs united with the thick corky margin. Intervals with sin- 

 gle vittce. — Smooth annuals, with finely divided leaves, and very small white 

 flowers. Leaves of the involucre few or none. 



C. pinnatum, DC. Leaves pinnately divided into few long linear seg- 

 ments ; petals roundisli, obtuse ; fruit ovate-oblong, the ribs not prominent. — 

 Alabama (Prof. E. A. Smith), and westward. August. — Stem (j'-12' high. 

 Lowest leaves often entire. • 



POLYT^NIA, DC. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit oval, compressed, the margins thickened ; carpels 

 obscurely ribbed, with two vittae in the intervals, and six on the commis- 

 sure. — A smooth biennial? herb, with pinnatel}' divided leaves, and yellow 

 flowers. 



P. Nuttallii, DC. — St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (Mohr), Tennessee 

 (Dr. Gattinger). April. — Stem l°-2°high. Upper leaves opposite. 



TREPOCARPUS, Nutt. 



Calyx-teeth subulate, deciduous. Fruit linear-oblong, acute, nearly terete, 

 8-angled ; carpels 4-ribbed, each rib covering a single vitta. Commissure 

 spongy, grooved in the middle, with two minute vittae next the seed — A 

 smooth annual, with S-pinnately finel}' dissected leaves, and 3-5-rayed long- 

 peduncled umbels. 



T. ^thusa, Nutt. — Low banks near Mobile (il/o/i»).— Stem 2° high. 

 Peduncles longer than the leaves. Flowers white. 



ERIGENIA, Nutt. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals obovate. Fruit didymous, the carpels kid- 

 ney-shaped, incurved at each end, with 5 slender ribs ; intervals with several 

 vittae. — A low (6'- 10' high) smooth herb from a deep round tuber; the 



