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UMBELLIFERJE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 
latter 1-sided. Flowers white. (Kuvciov, the Greek name of the 
Hemlock by which criminals and philosophers were put to death 
at Athens.) 
1. C. macillatUHl, L. Smooth; stem spotted; leaflets lan¬ 
ceolate, pinnatifid ; involucels shorter than the umbellets. — Waste 
places, naturalized. July. — A large branching herb; the pale green 
leaves exhale a disagreeable odor when bruised. A virulent narco- 
tico-acrid poison, used in medicine. 
24. EtlOPHUS, Nutt. Eulophus. 
Calyx-teeth small. Fruit ovoid, contracted at the sides and some¬ 
what twin; the carpels smooth, indistinctly ribbed, and with a 
close row of oil-tubes : inner face channelled : the cross section of 
the seed semilunar. — A slender and smooth perennial, with the 
leaves 2-ternately divided into narrow linear leaflets or lobes. In¬ 
volucre scarcely any : involucels short and bristle-form. Flowers 
white. (Name from ev, well , and \6(fios, a crest , not well applied 
to a plant which has no crest at all.) 
1. E. A meric aims, Nutt. — Darby plains, near Columbus, 
Ohio, Sullivant. July. —Root a cluster of small tubers. Stem 2P- 
4° high. 
25. ERIOiJNIA, Nutt. Erigenia. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals obovate or spatulate, flat, entire. 
Fruit twin ; the carpels nearly kidney-form, with 5 very slender 
ribs, and several small oil-tubes in the interstices : inner face hol¬ 
lowed into a broad deep cavity. — A small and smooth vernal 
plant, producing a simple stem from a deep round tuber bearing 
one or two 2 - 3-ternately divided leaves, and a somewhat imper¬ 
fect and leafy bracted compound umbel. Flowers few, white. 
(Name from rjpiyevrjs, bom in the spring , vernal.) 
1. E. Imlbosa, Nutt. —Alluvial soil, Wisconsin to W. Penn, 
and Buffalo, New York. March, April. 
The cultivated representatives of th.s family, not enumerated 
above, are chiefly the Parsley ( Apium Pelrosdmum), Celery (^S. 
graviolens), Dill ( Jtn&thum gravlolcns). Fennel (A. Fvmculum), 
Caraway ( C&rum Cdrui), and Coriander ( Coridndrum sativum 
