160 UMBELLIFERJE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 
Hemlock, and Seftnum , Milk-Parsley, from its resemblance to 
these two genera.) 
1. C. Cauadcnse, Torr. & Gr. Leaflets pinnatifid, the lobes 
linear-oblong, acute ; fruit longer than the pedicels, lj. — Swamps, 
Vermont to Wisconsin northward. Aug. — Plant 2°-4° high, in 
foliage somewhat resembling the Poison Hemlock. 
12. JETHirSA, L. Fool’s Parsley. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit ovate-globose ; the carpels each 
with 5 thick sharply-keeled ridges : interstices with single oil-tubes. 
— Annual poisonous herbs, with 2 - 3-ternately compound and 
many-cleft leaves, the divisions pinnate, and white flowers. (Name 
from atOa>, to bum , from the acrid taste.) 
1. AE. Cynapium, L. Divisions of the leaves wedge-lance¬ 
olate, rather obtuse; involucre none; involucels 3-leaved, long and 
narrow, hanging. — About cultivated grounds, naturalized. July.— 
A fetid poisonous herb, with much the aspect of Poison Hemlock, 
but with dark-green foliage, long hanging involucels, and unspotted 
stem. 
13. iLIGtSTICUM, L. Lovage. 
Calyx-teeth small or minute. Fruit elliptical, round on the 
cross section, or slightly compressed : the carpels each with 5 
sharp and projecting or narrowly winged ridges: interstices and 
inner face with many oil-tubes. — Perennials, with aromatic roots 
and fruit, 2 - 3-temately compound leaves, and w T hite flowers. 
(Named from the country Liguria , where the officinal Lovage of 
the gardens, L. Levtsticum , abounds.) 
1. L. Sctiticiim, L. (Scotch Lovage.) Stem nearly sim¬ 
ple ; leaves 2-ternate; leaflets rhombic-ovate, coarsely toothed or 
cut; leaflets of the involucre and involucels linear; calyx-teeth dis¬ 
tinct. — Edge of salt marshes, from Rhode Island to Maine. Aug.— 
Plant smooth, 2° high : root acrid but aromatic. 
2. L. actteifollum, Michx. (Nondo. Angelico.) Stem 
tall, branched above; the numerous umbels forming a loose and 
naked somewhat whorled panicle, all the lateral ones mostly barren, 
leaves 3-ternate; leaflets broadly ovate, equally serrate, the end 
ones often 3-parted ; calyx-teeth minute ; ribs of the fruit wing-like. 
Topsfield and Scituate, Massachusetts, Oakes and Russell. I have 
not seen it from N. England: it doubtless grows in S. W. Pennsyl¬ 
vania, as it abounds in the mountains southward. July.—Plant 3P- 
tP high, with a long, very aromatic root. 
