1G4 UMBICLLIFERJE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



cled ; fruit ovate-oblong, the ril>s wing-like; vitta? 3 in each interval, and 6 on 

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

 large, aromatic. 



16. ANGELICA, L. 



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

 dilated into winj:s. Yittae single in each interval, and 2-4 on the commissure 

 Seed adherent 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- 

 visions quinate; leaflets thin, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often slightly cordate, 

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

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

 ing. 



17. ARCHANGELICA, Hoffm. 



Calyx-teeth short. Fruit flattened. Carpels ribbed as in Angelica. Vittffi 

 very numerous, entirely surrounding the loose seed. — Perennial herbs. Leaves 

 1 -2-ternate, with pinnate divisions. Leaflets toothed. L T pper petioles inflated. 

 Involucre none. Involucel inany-lcaved. Flowers white. 



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

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

 quinata, Ell. 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 (V) leaflets spreading 



18. CONIOSELINUM, Fischer. 



Calvx-teeth obsolete. Fruit oval. Carpels somewhat flattened on the back, 

 5-winged, with the lateral wings twice as broad as the dorsal ones. Vitta! 2-3 

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

 finely 2-3-pinnatcly compound- Involucre none. Involueels subulate. Flow- 

 ers white. 



1. C. Canadense, Torr. & Gray. Leaflets pinnatilid, with linear-oblong 

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

 High mountains of North Carolina, and northward. August — Stem 3° - r>° 



high. 



19. TIEDEMANNIA, DC. 

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



slender ribs, winged OH the margins. Intervals with single vitta-, and S on the 



commissure, - A - >th erect perennial herb, with terete petioles destitute of 



L afletS. Involucre and involucel 5-0 leaved. Flowers white. 



