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1. Osmorrhiza divaricata Niitt. Common on the east slope at low and middle 

 altitudes, usually in moist woods or thickets. B. C. to Oreg. and S. Dak.; also in 

 Que.— Stems slender, 20 to 60 cm. high, hairy or almost glabrous; leaflets 2 to 6 cm. 

 long, pubescent; fruit 12 to 15 mm. long. 



2. Osmorrhiza brevipes (Coult. & Rose) Suksdorf. Frequent at low and middle 

 altitudes, in moist woods.— Plants 30 to 70 cm. high, branched, hairy; leaflets 2 to 6 

 cm. long, coarsely toothed; fruit about 15 mm. long. 



5. GLYCOSMA Nutt. 



1. Glycosma occidentalis Nutt. Common on the east slope at low and middle 

 altitudes, in woods or thickets, especially in moist places; often in wet meadow? 

 above timber line. B. C. to Calif., Colo., and Alta.— Perennial, 0.5 to 1 meter high, 

 finely hairy; leaves 2 or 3 times divided, the leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 10 cm- 

 ong, toothed; flowers pale yellow or nearly white; fruit narrowly club-shaped, 

 12 to 20 mm. long, smooth. 



The plant, especially the root, has a strong and characteristic odor. 



6. CAHTJM L. 



Biennials or perennials, glabrous; leaves divided into linear or threadlike lobes 

 or once pinnate; involucres and involucels of slender bracts and bractlets; fruit 

 glabrous, somewhat flattened from the sides. 



Leaves once pinnate; roots tuberous, clustered; fruit a1:)out 2 mm. long. 



1. C. gairdneri. 



Leaves 3 or 4 times lolled; plants with a taproot; fruit about 4 mm. long. 



2. C. carui. 



1. Carum gairdneri (Hook. & Am.) A. Gray. Yampa. Occasional on the east 

 slope at low altitudes, in moist meadows or thickets. B. C. to Calif., N. Max., and 

 Alta. (Atenia gairdneri Hook. & Arn.)— Stems slender, 30 to 60 cm. high, usually 

 simple; leaflets 4 to 12 cm. long; flowers white; fruit glabrous. 



The Blackfoot Indians used the plant as a remedy for sore throat, and applied it 

 to swellings to reduce the inflammation. They also ate the roots raw, cooked them 

 as a vegetable, and used them for flavoring stews. 



2. Carum carui L. Caraway. Abundant at the edge of cultivated ground near 

 foot' of Sherburne Lake. Native' of Eur.; often cultivated and escaping.— Stems 

 30 to 60 cm. high, branched; lobes of the leaves 5 to 20 mm. long; flowers white or 



pink; fruit glabrous. 



^ 7. SIUM L. 



1. Slum cicutaefolium Gmel. Water parsnip. Swamps at low altitudes on the 

 west slope. B. C. to Calif., Va., and Ne^vf .—Glabrous perennial, 0.5 to 1 meter 

 high; leaves pinnate, the 7 to 15 leaflets 3 to 8 cm. long, linear or lanceolate, sharply 

 toothed, the leaves of plants growing in water sometimes 2 or 3 times lobed; flowers 

 white, in broad umbels; bracts and bractlets narrow; fruit 3 mm. long, somewhat 

 flattened from the sides, with conspicuous ril)s. 



8. CICUTA L. 



Glalirous perennials with leafy stems; leaves once or twice pinnate, the leaflets 

 toothed; flowers white; bracts few or none; bractlets narrow; fruit of 2 rounded 

 carpels, with conspicuous ribs. 



Leaves without bulblets; leaflets lanceolate 1- C. occidentalis. 



Leaves, especially the upper ones, with small bulbs in the axils; leaflets hnear. 



^ 2. C. bulbifera. 



