PfiNTANDIUA DIGYNIA- 



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i. MACUtATA, 



C. foliorum serratiiris [ Serratures of the leaves 



jnucronatis , 

 membranaceis, 



lobis. 



petiolis inucronate 

 apice bi- | membrana 



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petioles 



Pel's, 1. p. 318. 



f 

 i 



ed), S lobed at the sum 



niit. 



Walt. p. 115. Pursh, 1. p. 195. 



. Perennial ? Stem herbaceous, erect, terete, glabroua, hollow 

 branching, slightly geniculate, streaked with purple, 4—7 ktt high 

 Leaves compoundlj triternate, sometimes quinate j leaflets orsite Ian* 

 ceolate, acuminate, strongly serrate, with the serratures acuminate, 

 somewhat rugose, slightly scabrous on the under surface ; petioles 

 sheathing the stem at base with membranaceous wings, 2 lobed or 

 parted at the summit. Umbels axillary, or opposite the leaves, and 

 terminal. Universal involucrum commonly 2 leaved, leaves decidu* 

 ous, half as long as the umbel, frequently 3 parted. Partial involu 

 crum many leaved (10); leaflets subulate. Calt/jc 5 parted? seg. 

 ments expanding. Petals white, with a long inflected acuminatiorii 

 Filammts longer tlian the corolla. .Anthers white.. 

 tJrows in wet and inundated land j common*. 



Flowers June 



•August. 



CHJ5R0PHYLLUM. Gen. i>x.. 490. 



Involucrum reflexurii, [ Involucrum reflectec!, 

 concavum. Petala in- I concave. Petals inflected 



flexo-cordata. 



Fructus 



cordate. 



Fruit oblong, 



oblongus, lavis aut stria- j sraooth or striate, ytry 



tus, glaberrimus, j glabrous. 



1. PltOCUMBENS. 



C. seminibus nitidis, I Seeds shining, smooth 5 

 laeyibus ; foliis deconipo- j leaves decompound; stem 

 sitis ; caule procurabente. | procumbent. 

 Pcrs. i. p. 320. 



Pursli, 1. p. 195. 



Scandix procumbens, Sp. pi. 1. p. 1452. 



Plant small, decumbent, glabrous. Leaves alternate, much divided, 

 the first divisions opposite, pedicellate, the upper alternate, pinnati- 

 fid ; segments lanceolate, rather obtuse, mucronate, and when joung 

 slightlj fringed. Umbels terminal, ra^s frer^uentl^ by threes. Uni* 



