180 UMBELLIFER.E. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



1. Z. aurea, Koch. Glabrous, 2 - 3 high; leaves 1-3-ternate, th? 

 lowest long-petioled ; leaflets ovate or ovate lanceolate, sharply serrate ; ray: 

 stout, 15-25; fruit obloug, 2" long. Woods and low ground. Mav- 

 July. 



Var. Bebbii, C. & R. More slender ; leaflets coarsely serrate ; rays 

 ewer; fruit smaller, oval. Mountains of North Carolina and Georgia. 



2. Z. COrdata, DC. Stem 2 -3 high; lowest leaves simple, cordate, 

 renate, the upper ternate, sharply serrate, lanceolate ; fruit ovate, l" long. < 



Copses and open woods. May - June. 



15. LIGUSTICUM, L. NONDO. 



Calyx teeth minute or obsolete. Fruit elliptical, nearly terete. Carpels 

 with 5 acute equal and somewhat winged ribs. Vittse numerous. Involucre 

 short, 2-6-leaved. Perennial herbs. Leaves 1 - 3-ternately divided. Flow- 

 ers white. 



1. L. actseifolium, Michx. Stem tall (3 -6), smooth, branched, 

 leaves 3-ternately divided ; leaflets ovate, toothed ; umbels very numerous, 

 panicled ; fruit ovate oblong, the ribs wing-like : vittse 3 iu each interval, and 

 6 on the commissure. Rich soil, in the upper districts. July -August. 

 Root large, aromatic. 



16. CYNOSCIADIUM, DC. 



Calyx teeth subulate. Fruit ovate, terete. Carpels with 5 obtuse ribs, 

 the two lateral ribs united with the thick corky margin. Intervals with single 

 vittffi. Smooth annuals, with finely divided leaves, and very small white 

 flowers. Leaves of the involucre few or none. 



1 . C. pinnatum, DC. Leaves pinnately divided into few long linear 

 segments; petals roundish, obtuse; fruit ovate oblong, the ribs not promi- 

 nent. Alabama (Prof. E. A. Smith), and westward. August. Stem 

 6' - 12' high. Lowest leaves often entire. 



2. C. digitatum, DC. Leaves palmately 3 - 5-parted, segments linear ; 

 calyx teeth prominent; fruit contracted at the top, strongly ribbed. Ala- 

 bama, and westward. Stem l-2 high. 



17. ANGELICA, L. 



Calyx teeth obsolete. Fruit flattened. Carpels 5-ribbed, the 2 lateral ribs 

 dilated into wings. Vittse 1 -6 in each interval, and 2-10 on the commis- 

 sure. Chiefly perennial herbs, with compound leaves, no involucre, and 



white flowers. 



* Viltfe K/'ngfe in each interval. 



1. A. Curtisii, Buckley. Stem smooth; leaves twice ternate, or the 

 divisions quinate ; leaflets thin, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often slightly cor- 

 date, sharplv toothed; fruit broadly winged; commissure with 2 vittae. 

 High mountains of North Carolina. August. Stein 3 high. Petioles 

 large and sheathing. 



