290 LXVII. UMBELLIFERZ. ARCHANGELICA. 
tapering. Stem a foot high, nearly simple, striate, smooth. Leaves petiolate. 
Leailets 1—23’ long, dark green, smooth and shining, entire at base, serrate 
above. Fruit 4—5” long. Jl. 
2. L. acrmroutium. Michx. (Thaspium. Nutt.) 
Lvs. triternate, with ovate, dent-serrate leaflets ; wmbels numerous, panicu- 
late ; invol. and involucels of about 3, short, subulate leaves.—Banks of the St. 
Lawrence. Michz. Topsfield and Scituate, Mass. Oakes. Russel. S. States, 
rare. Plant 3—6f high. Leaflets 2—3’ long, lateral ones trapeziform. Umbels 
on long, verticillate peduncles, terminal one abortive. 
18. CONIOSELINUM. Fisch. 
Name compounded of Coniwm and Selinwm. 
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—3 vitta, commis- 
sure with 4—8.—@ Smooth. St. hollow. Lws. on very large, inflated 
petioles. Invol. various. Involucels 5—7-leaved. 
C.?% canapense. Torr. & Gray. (Selinum. Michz. Cnidium. Spr.) 
Iws. ternately divided, divisions bipinnate, with oblong-linear lobes ; zmvol. 
0, or 2—3-leaved; fr. oblong-oval; vitte solitary in the dorsal intervals, 2—3 in 
the lateral.—In wet woods, Maine to Wisconsin! but notcommon. Stem 3—5f 
high. Leaves much compounded, the ultimate segments pinnatifid with linear- 
oblong lobes. Umbels compound. Petals white, spreading. Styles slender, 
diverging. Fruit about 2” long. Aug. Sept. 
19. FOZ NICULUM. Adans. 
Lat. diminutive of fenwm, hay ; from the resemblance of its odor. ‘ 
Calyx margin obsolete; petals revolute, with a broad, retuse apex ; 
fruit elliptic-oblong, laterally subcompressed ; carpels with 5 obtuse 
ribs, marginal ones a little broader; intervals with single vitte, com- 
missure with 2.— Umbels perfect, with no invol. or involucels. 
F. VULGARE. Gaert. Boars Willd.) Fennel.—Lws. biternately dissect- 
ed, segments linear-subulate, elongated; rays of the wnbel numerous, unequal, 
spreading; carpels turgid, ovate-oblong.—Native of England, &c. Cultivated 
in gardens. Stem 3—5f high, terete, branched. Leaves large and smooth, 
finely cleft into numerous, very narrow segments. Flowers yellow. Jl.—The 
seeds are warmly aromatic. + 
20. ARCHANGELICA. Hoffm. 
So named for its preeminence in size and virtues among the Umbellifere. 
Calyx teeth short ; petals equal, entire, lanceolate, acuminate, with 
the point inflexed ; fruit dorsally compressed, with 3 carinate, thick 
ribs upon each carpel, and 2 marginal ones dilated into membrana- 
ceous wings; vittz very numerous.—2 Umbels perfect. Involucels 
many-leaved. 
1. A. arropurrurea. Hoffm. (Angelica triquinata. Mz.) Angelica. 
St. dark et gs furrowed ; petioles 3-parted, the divisions quinate ; Jfts. in- 
cisely toothed, odd leaflet of the terminal divisions rhomboidal, sessile, the 
others decursive.—Among the largest of the umbellifere, well known for its aro- 
matic properties, common in fields and meadows, Northern and Western States. 
Stem f high, 1—2}’ in thickness, smooth, hollow, glaucous. Petioles large, 
inflated, channeled on the upper side, with inflated stipules at base. Leaflets 
cut-serrate, the terminal one sometimes 3-lobed, the lateral ones of the upper di- 
vision decurrent. Umbels 3, terminal, spherical, 6—8’ diam. without the in- 
volucre ; umbellets on angular stalks and with involucels of subulate bracts 
longer than the rays. Flowers greenish white. 
2. A. nirstTa. Torr. &Gray. (Angelica. Mul. 
St. striate, the summit with the umbels tomentose-hirsute; vs. bipinnate- 
