446 UMBELLIFERAE 
l. C. maculata, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 108.) Water Hemiock. Spotrep 
CowBANE. Stem stout, 2 to 6 ft. high, streaked with purple and arising 
from fleshy tuberous root-stocks. Leaves, doubly or trebly compound; 
leaflets lance-shaped, 1 to 5 in. long coarsely toothed at margins. Umbels 
of many rays, without bracts. Flowers white. Plant very poisonous in 
all its parts. 
2. C. bulbifera, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 108.) BuLs-Bearinc Water HeEm- 
Lock. Plant much branched, 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaflets linear. The upper 
leaves bear bulblets at the axis of the leaves. Swamps throughout our 
area. July-Sept. 
16. ANGELICA, L. 
Stout, erect, branching herbs, with twice or thrice compound leaves 
and large umbels of white or greenish flowers. Involucres absent or 
scanty. Involucels of several small bracts. Umbels compound, of white 
flowers; many rays. Calyx teeth absent. Fruit strongly flattened, the 
primary ribs very prominent, the laterals forming distinct wings. 
1. A. Curtisii, Buckley. Curris’s ANcELIcA. Erect, 2 to 34 ft. tall, 
smooth; leaves doubly or trebly compound, the leaflets, 5 to 7, egg-shaped 
and one sided with sharp irregular teeth at margins. Southern part of 
our area. Aug.-Sept. 
2. A. atropurpurea, L. (Fig. 5, pl. 110.) PurRpLe-STEMMED AN- 
GELICA, A very stout plant, from 4 to 6 ft. high, with dark purple stem. 
Leaves compound, the segments of from 5 to 7 leaflets which are lance- 
or egg-shaped with sharp teeth at margins, River banks. June-July. 
3. A. villosa, (Walt.) BSP. (Fig. 7, pl. 107.) Puspescent An- 
GELICA. More slender than No. 1 or 2; 2 to 6 ft. high. The umbels and 
upper part of the stem densely downy. Dry soil, Connecticut and south- 
ward. July-Aug. 
17. APIUM, L. 
Annual and biennial smooth herbs. Leaves compound, divided in 3 
main segments, which latter may be composed of broad or of narrow linear 
elements. Umbels compound with no bracts or with few. Flowers white. 
Fruit oval, laterally compressed. 
A. leptophyllum, (DC.) F. Muell. (Fig. 3, pl. 107.) Frne-Leavep 
Marst Parstey. Plant, 3 to 24 in. high, slender, branched. Leaves di- 
‘vided in 3 parts, each subdivided into fine linear segments. Umbels of 
inconspicuous white flowers. New Jersey and southward. June-Aug. 
18. PIMPINELLA, L. 
Smooth herbs, with leaves once or twice compound. Involucres and 
involucels absent. Flowers white or yellow. Fruit 5-angled. 
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Blowers yellow sn teccre Gin joi 1S 9.5 ep is (ge) Tey nels Ie ed Maan Saye ee 
l. P. saxifraga, L. Burnetr Saxirrace. Smooth, erect, 1 to 3 ft. 
high. Leaves feather-formed, the leaflets, 9 to 19, egg-shaped or nearly 
round, with very compound sharp teeth at the margins. Flowers white. 
Waste places, southern part of our area, June-Oct. 
2. P. integerrima, (L.) <A. Gray. (Fig. 5, pl. 107.) YEtLow Pim- 
