56 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



12. SIUM, L. WATEB-PABSNIP. 



S. lineare, Michx. (8. cicutcefolium, Gmelin, in Macoun's 

 Catalogue.) Stem 2-3 feet high, furrowed. Leaflets varying 

 from linear to oblong, sharply pointed and serrate. Borders of 

 marshes, usually in the water. 



13. CRYPTOT^E'NIA, DC. HoNEWOBT. 



C. Canadensis, DC. Stem 1-2 feet high, slender. Leaflets 

 large, ovate, doubly serrate. No involucre. Rich woods and 

 thickets. 



14. OSMORRIII'ZA, Raf. SWEET CICELY. 



1. 0. longis'tylis, DC. (SMOOTHER SWEET CICELY.) Stem red- 

 dish, nearly smooth. Leaflets sparingly p'ubescent, short-point<-l 

 Styles slender, nearly as long as the ovary, recurved. Rich woods. 



2. 0. brevis'tylis, DC. (HAIRY SWEET CICELY.) Whole plant 

 hairy. Leaflets taper- pointed. Styles very short, conical. Ricli 

 woods. 



15. CO'NIUM, L. POISON HEMLOCK. 



C. macula'tum, L. Stem smooth, spotted. Leaflets lanceo- 

 late, pinnatifid, pale green, with an offensive odour when bruised. 

 Involucels one-sided. Inner face of the seed marked with a deep 

 groove. Waste places. 



16. ERIGE'NIA, Nutt. HABBINGEB-OF-SPBING. 



E. bulbo'sa, Nutt. Stem 4-6 inches high, from a tuber deep 

 in the ground, producing 2 leaves, the lower radical. Leaflets 

 much incised. Flowers few. Alluvial soil. 



ORDER XLIII. ARALIA'CEJB. (GINSENG FAMILY.) 



Herbs (with us) differing from the last Order chiefly in having, 

 as a rule, more than 2 styles, and the fruit a drupe. The umbels, 

 also, are either single, or corymbed, or panicled. Flowers often 

 polygamous. The only Canadian genus is 



ARA'LIA, Tourn. GINSENG. WILD SABSAPABILLA. 



* Umbels corymbed or panicled. /V/^/x, xta turns, and styles each .'. Fruit 

 black or dark-purple. 



1. A. racemosa, L. (SPIKENARD.) Umbels in a large com- 

 pound panicle. Stem 2-3 feet high, widely broaching. Leaves 



