180 UMBKLLIFER^-. (I'AKSLKY FAMILY.) 



1. Z. aurea, Koch. Olalmms, 20-3° IiIkIi I leaves 1-3-ternate, tlie 

 lowest Idiifjiictiuled ; lealletM ovate or ovate-laiiceuliite, .sharply serrate ; ravs 

 stout, l.")-2.'»; fruit oljong, 2" long. — W'orxls ami low ground. Mav- 

 July. 



Var. Bebbii, (". & H. More slender; leaflets coarsely serrate; rays 

 fewer; fruit .smaller, oval. — Mountains of North Carolina and Georgia. 



2. Z. COrdata, DC. Stem 2°-.3° higli ; lowest leaves simple, cordate, 

 creiiatc, tlie upper ternate, siiarply serrate, lanceolate ; fruit ovate, 1 ^" long. — 

 Copses and open woods. May - June. 



15. LIGUSTICUM, L. Nondo. 



Calyx teeth minute or obsolete. Fruit elliptical, nearly terete. Carpels 

 with 5 acute e(iual and somewliat winged rihs. Vittre numerous. Involucre 

 short, 2-6-lcaved. — rereiniial herl)s. Leaves 1 -3-teriiately divided. Flow- 

 ers wliite. 



1. L. actseifolium, Michx. Stem tall (3°-6°), smooth, branched; 

 leaves S-ternatoly (li\ idcd ; leaflets ovate, toothed; umbels very nuuu-rons, 

 panicled ; fruit ovatc-oblong, tlie ril)s wing-like ; vitta; 3 in each interval, and 

 6 on the commissure. — Kich soil, in the upi)er di.stricts. July -August. — 

 Root large, aromatic. 



16. CYNOSCIADIUM, DC 



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

 the two lateral ribs united with the thick corky margin. Intervals with single 

 vittae. — Smooth annuals, witli finely divided leaves, and very small white 

 flowers. Leaves of the involucre few or none. 



1- C. pinnatum, I^C. Leaves pinnately divided into few long linear 

 segments; jjetals roundish, obtuse; fruit ovate-oblong, the ribs not promi- 

 nent. — Alabama {Prof. E. A. Smith), and westward. August. — Stem 

 6' - 12' high. Lowest leaves often entire. 



2. C. digitatum, DC. Leaves palmately 3 - 5-parted, segments linear; 

 calyx teeth prominent; fruit contracted at the top, .strongly riJjljed. — Ala- 

 bama, and westward. — Stem l°-2° high. 



17. ANGELICA, L. 



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

 dilated into wings. Vitta; 1-6 in each interval, and 2-10 on the commis- 

 sure. — Chiefly perennial herbs, with compound leaves, no involucre, and 



white flowers. 



* Vittfv single in each interval. 



1. A. Curtisii, Buckley. Stem smooth ; leaves tw-ice ternate, or the 

 divisions quinate ; leaflets thin, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often slightly cor- 

 date, sharply toothed ; fruit broadly winged ; commissure with 2 vittse. — 

 High mountains of North Carolina. August. — Stem 3° high. Petioles 

 large and sheathing. 



