384 Obdbb 63.— UMBELLIFER^E. 



hairy, and with more deeply cleft divisions in the leaves. Invol. deciduous. 

 Umbels with long, diverging rays, of which but few prove fertile. Fr. crowned 

 with short, convergent (not spreading) styles. May, Jn. 



19. CHyEROPHYL'LUM, L. Calyx limb obsolete; petals obovate, 

 emarginate, point inflexed ; fruit laterally compressed, contracted above 

 but scarcely beaked ; carpels with 5 obtuse, equal ribs ; intervals with 

 2 vittse, commissure deeply sulcate. — Lvs. 2 to 3-pinnately divided, 

 segin. incisely cleft or toothed. Invol. 0, or few-leaved ; involuceJ 

 many-leaved* Fls. mostly white. 



1 C. procumbens Lam. Decumbent or assurgent, nearly glabrous; segm. of 

 the lvs. pinuatitid, with oblong, obtuse lobes; umbels diffuse, few-flowered, often 

 simple, sessile or pedunculate ; invol. ; involucels of 3 or 4 very small oval lfts ; 

 fr. linear-oblong, acute; ribs narrower than the intervals. — (T) or @; Moist woods, 

 Ohio, (Clark) Ky. (Short) to S. Ca. Sts. 1 to 2f long, pubescent when young, dif- 

 fuse, slender. Segm. of the lvs. rather open, about 4" by 1". Eays 1 to 4, 1 to 

 4-flowered, about 2' long. Apr. May. (Scandix procumbens L.) 



2 C. Tainturieri Hook and Am. Decumbent or erect; lvs. tripinnate, segm. 

 crowded, again pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, ultimate segm. very small, oblong, acute ; 

 fr. attenuated to a short beak ; ribs terete, much broader than the intervals. — E. 

 Ga. (Feay, Pond) to Ala. and La. (Hale). Plant 10 to 20' high, smooth when 

 old. Lvs. very finely dissected, ultimate segm. only 1" long. Fr. nearly 4" 

 long, brown and smooth when ripe. 



20. CONIOSELrNUM, Fisch. (Name compounded of Conium and 

 Selinum.) Calyx teeth obsolete ; petals obovate, with an inflected 

 point ; fruit compressed on the back ; carpels with 5-winged ribs, lateral 

 ones marginal and much the broadest ; intervals with 1 to 3 vittae, 

 commissure with 4 to 8. — S> Smooth. St. hollow. Lvs. on very large, 

 inflated petioles. Invol. various ; involucels 5 to 7 -leaved. 



C. Canadense Torr. and Gr. Lvs. ternately divided, divisions bipinnate, with 

 oblong-linear lobes; invol. 0, or 2 to 3-leaved; fr. oblong-oval; vittse solitary in 

 the dorsal intervals, 2 to 3 in the lateral. — In wet woods, Me. to Wis., but not 

 common. St. 3 to 5f high. - Lvs. much compounded, the ultimate segments pin- 

 natifid with linear-oblong lobes. Umbels compound. Pet. white, spreading. 

 Sty. slender, diverging. Fr. about 2" long. Aug. Sept. 



2i. LIGUS'TICUM, L. Lovage. (One species was said to be native 

 of Liguria.) Calyx teeth minute or obsolete ; petals obovate, emargin- 

 ate, with an inflexed point ; fruit nearly terete, or slightly compressed 

 laterally; carpels sharply 5-ribbed, with numerous vittae. — 21 Lvs. ter- 

 nately divided. Invol. many-leaved. Fls. white. 



1 L. Scoticum L. Sea Lovage. Glabrous; st. lvs. biternate, the upper ones 

 ternate ; lateral lfts. oblique, cut-dentate, the terminal one rhomboid ; bracts of 

 the invol. numerous, linear. — Fr. narrowly oblong. — Sea coast. Rt. thick, tapering. 

 St. afoot high Viearly simple, striate, smooth. Lvs. petiolate. Lfts. 1 to 2.}' long, 

 dark green, smooth and shining, entire at base, serrate above. Fr. 4 to b" long. 

 Jl. § Eur. 



2 L. actaefolium Mx. Angelico. Glabrous; lvs. triternate, with ovate, dent- 

 serrate lfts. ; umbel3 numerous, forming a whorled panicle or a triply compound 

 umbel ; invol. and involucels of about 3 short, ovate-subulate lvs. — T opsfield and 

 Scituate, Mass. (Oakes Russel), on Lookout Mt., Chattanooga, Tenn. Plant 3 to 

 6f high. Lft3. 2 to 3' long, distinct, abrupt at base, rounded or acute at apex, 

 veiny. Umbels on long, verticillate peds., terminal one abortive. Fr. short, with 

 the ribs distinctly winged. May — Jl. 



22. ERIGENFA, Nutt. Pepper-and salt. — (Gr. r)piyiveta, daughter 

 of the early spring ; for its early flowering.) Calyx limb obsolete ; 

 petals flat, entire ; fruit contracted at the commissure ; carpels 3-ribbed, 



