f\>/i(r{bitft'ons fn fhr Flora of Cnn-inimti. 9 



botaniciil iii:uiu:ils tlio «lcscription is inserted hetow. (Hooker's Studeatfl 

 Flora of Hritish Islands, pp. 17:>-1S() , 



"Catcalis, Ji. — Annual, liispid liorhs; leavcH, \-\\ pinnate; umbels 

 compound, torniinal or Icaf-opposod, usually of few rays. Hometimes 

 bracts few or nnnc ; bractcides inorr numerous; flowers, white or 

 purplisli. jxdviraninus, outer often rayed; cirlyx teeth acute or none; petals 

 often une(iual,the larger notched, point inflexed; disk lobes, thick, ct>nical; 

 fruit, ovoid or oblonp, eonstrict<id at the commissure; carpophore undi- 

 vided or 2-fid; carpels sub-terete, ridges with one or two series of sjtines; 

 vittae solitary in each secondary ridge ; seed deeply grooved ventrally. 



" C. ANTHRISCITS, Hudson. — liCaves, 1-2 pinnate; leaflets, firoad : um- 

 bels, terminal, compound ; bracts, 4—6 ; spines of fruit, incurvegj. not hooked. 



Hisj)id more or less; stem erect, brafiehed, solid, striate; 



hairs reflexed ; leaflets many, close set, one-fourth to one-third inches, pin- 

 natifid or lobed ; umbels, 5-12-rayed; bracts, small subulate; flowers, min- 

 nute, white or pink, outer pedi celed, fertile; fruit, one-eighth inch, ovoid; 

 styles short, straight." 



244. Heracleum lanatum, Michx. — Credited to Mr. Lea's catalogue, 

 but found this year at Cumminsville by Mr. Going. It has a very large 

 umbel of greenish-white flowers, very large leaves and is very rank and 

 coarse in growth. 



253. Cicuta lULBlFERA, L. — Credited to Mr. Clark in the catalogue; 

 was found near J^udlow Grove during 1883 by Mr. Spurlock. It grows 

 abundantly in wet places. It is easily distinguished from C. inaculata, by 

 its linear leaflets, and the presence of numerous bulblets in the axils of the 

 leaves. 



ARALIACE.E. 



2«)1. Aralia 81>IN08A, L. , Ilcrcules Club, etc. — This is not a common 

 plant in this vicinity, but is a striking one in appearance. It grows fifteen 

 or twenty feet high, with the slender trunk covered with prickles. The 

 large conij)ound leaves spread out in a cluster near the top of the stem. 



rO.MI'OSITyE. 



3l0a. .VsTER i,<»N(JiF(>Li()rs, Lam. — V^ery common in places along the 

 Little Miami Kiver at Loveland, O. 



339. Xanthh M 8PIN081IM, L. — Quite common along roads back of 

 Covington, but never yet found on this side of the river. 



347. Lepachys is now considered a synonym of rudbeokia. 



