164 UMBELLIFERJE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 
91. CH^BOPHYLLtM, L. Chervil. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit linear or oblong, pointed but not 
beaked, contracted at the sides ; the carpels 5-ribbed : inner face 
deeply furrowed lengthwise : interstices with single oil-tubes. — 
Leaves decompound ; the leaflets lobed or toothed : involucre 
scarcely any : involucels many-leaved. Flowers chiefly white. 
(Name from xatp<o, to gladden , and <pv\\ov, a leaf , alluding to the 
agreeable aromatic odor of the foliage.) 
L C. pro€tifliiil)cil$, Lam. Stems slender ( 6 ^ -18^), spread¬ 
ing, a little hairy; lobes of the pinnatifid leaflets obtuse, oblong; 
umbels few-rayed (sessile or peduncled) ; fruit narrowly oblong, 
with narrow ribs. — Moist copses, New Jersey to Ohio; not com¬ 
mon. May. 
22. OSUIORRHiZA, Raf. Sweet Cicely. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit linear-oblong, angled, tapering 
downwards into a stalk-like base, contracted at the sides, crowned 
with the styles ; the carpels with sharp upwardly bristly ribs, in¬ 
ner face with a deep bristly channel: oil-tubes none. —Perenni¬ 
als, with thick very aromatic roots, and large 2 — 3 -ternately com¬ 
pound leaves; the leaflets ovate, pinnatifid-toothed or cut. Invo¬ 
lucre and involucels few-leaved. Flowers white. (Name from 
00707 , a scent , and p/fa, a root , in allusion to the sweet anise-like 
flavor of the latter.) 
^ a istylis, DC. (Smoother Sweet Cicely.) Styles 
sen er, nearly as long as the ovary; leaflets sparingly pubescent or 
smoot 1 vUien old, short-pointed , cut-toothed, sometimes lobed.— 
Rich moist woods, commonest northward. May, June. —Plant 3P 
high, branching. 
frrevlstylis, DC. (Hairy Sweet Cicely.) Styles 
conical, not longer than the breadth of the ovary; fruit somewhat ta¬ 
pering at the summit; leaflets downy-hairy, taper-pointed, pinnatifid- 
cut. Moist rocky woods, commoner than the last, which it much 
resembles. 
23. CONUIJI, L. Poison Hemlock. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit ovate, flattened at the sides, the 
carpels with 5 prominent wavy ribs, and no oil-tubes : inner face 
w ith a deep narrow groove. — Biennial poisonous herbs, with large 
decompound leaves. Involucre and involucels 3 - 5 -leaved, the 
