388 OBDER 63. UMBELLIFER^E. 



large, 20 to 30-rayed. Cal. segm. acute, exceeding the broad 5-lobed styiopodium. 

 Ribs of fr not prominent. Jl., Aug. 



2 S. lineare MX. St. angular, sulcate; Ifts. 9 to 11, linear and lance-linear, 

 finely serrate, acute ; cal. teeth obsolete ; fr. ribs winged. M ore common than the 

 last, iii swarnps, N. J. to Ind. and Can. St. 2 to 4f high, Smooth, with 7 promi- 

 nent angles. Lfts. 2 to 4' long, 2 to 4" wide, the odd and lower ones petiolulate, 

 middle pairs sessile. Umbels 1J to 2|' broad. Invol. of 5 or G linear bracts, \- 

 as long as the 15 to 21 rays. Umbellets with numerous, small, white fls. Fr. 

 roundish, crowned with the broad, yellowish styiopodium. JL, Aug. 



33. CORIAN'DRUM, L. CORIANDER. (Gr. KOQH;, a bug; on ac- 

 count of the smell of the leaves.) Calyx with 5 conspicuous teeth ; 

 pelals obcordate, inflexed at the point, outer ones radiate, bifid ; fruit 

 globous ; carpels cohering, with the five depressed, primary ribs, and 4 

 secondary more prominent ones, seeds concave on the face. CD Smooth. 

 Invol. or 1-leaved. Involucels 3-leaved, unilateral. 



C. satlvum L. Lvs. bipinnate, lower ones with broad-cuneate Ifts., upper 

 with linear ones ; carp, hemispherical. Native of Eur., etc. This well-known 

 plant is cultivated chiefly for the seeds which are used as a spice, as a nucleus 

 for sugar-plums, etc. St. 2f high. Lvs. numerously divided, strong-scented. 

 Umbels with only the partial involucra. Fls. white. Jl. J 



34. PIMPINEL'LA, L. ANISE. Calyx limb obsolete ; petals obcor- 

 date, a little unequal ; disk ; flowers perfect or diclinous ; styles capil- 

 lary, as long as fruit ; fruit ovate, ribbed, Avith convex intervals. Euro- 

 pean herbs, mostly ^, with pinnately, many-parted Ivs., and white fls. 

 Umbels compound. Invol. 0. 



P. Anisum L. Radical Ivs. incisely trifid ; cauline ones multifid, with narrow, 

 linear segments, all glabrous and shining; umbels large, many-rayed. Xative of 

 Egypt. The aromatic and carminative properties of the fruit are well known. | 



35. >EGOPO V DIUM, L. GOCTWEED. GOATS-FOOT. (Gr. a'i$ (alyos), 

 a goat ; TtoSiov, a little foot ; referring to the form of the leaf.) Calyx 

 limb obsolete ; fruit compressed laterally, oblong, crowned with the 

 conical bases of the deflexcd styles ; carpels with 5 filiform ridges, with- 

 out vittaj. 2 Lvs. 1 to 2-ternate. Involucra none. Fls. white. 



-S3. podagraria L. St. deeply furrowed, glabrous ; Ifts. ovate or lanceolate, 

 acuminate, unequally toothed, uppor merely 3-cleft. Gardens. Sts. 12 to 18 

 high, from strong, tenacious, creeping roots hard to eradicate. Umbels many- 

 rayed, f 



36. ATIUM, L. CELERY. (Celtic apon, water; the plants grow in 

 watery situations.) Calyx margin obsolete ; petals roundish, with a 

 small inflexed point; fruit laterally compressed nearly double ; carpels 

 5-ribbed, the lateral ribs marginal ; intervals with single vittae. ^Eur- 

 opean herbs. Umbels perfect. Invol. 0, or few-leaved. Fls. white. 



1 A. graveolens L. Lower Ivs. pinnately dissected, on very long petioles, 

 aegm. broad-cuneate, incised ; upper Ivs. 3-parted, segm. cuneate, lobed, and in- 

 cisely dentate at apex ; invol ; fr. roundish. -(^i Gardens. St. 2 to 3f high, 

 branching, furrowed. Radical petioles thick, juicy, If in length. Umbels with 

 unequal, spreading rays. The stems when blanched by being buried, are sweet, 

 crisp, and spicy in flavor, and used as salad Jn. Aug. J Eur. 



2 A. petroselinum "Willd. PARSLEY. Lvs. decompound, segments of the 

 lower ones cuneate-ovate, terminal ones trifid, all incised, cauline segm. lance- 

 linear, subentire ; involucels of 3 to 5 subulate bracts ; fr. ovate. Gardens. St. 

 2 to 4f high, branched. Lvs. smooth and shining, with numerous, narrow segm. 

 Jn. Cultivation has produced several varieties. Esteemed as a potherb, for soup, 

 etc. (Petroselinum sativum Iloffm.) \ Sardinia, Greece. 



