78 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) . Ginseng family. 

 Stem I ft. high, with a long-stalked leaf of many 

 pointed leaflets; flowers small o)i leafless stem. 

 Damp woods. Spring, eariy summer. 



36. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) com- 

 pound or finely dissected, flowers in umbel, over 1 ft., 

 leaves dissected. 



Caraway {Caruni Carui). Parsley family. 



I ft. or over; stem smooth; flowers delicate in 

 compound umbel. Spring and summer. 



Mock Bishop-weed (Discopleura capillacea). Parsley 

 family. 

 Ht. I ft. or over; umbel with many rays; leaves 

 filiform. Wet ground. Early summer-autumn. 



Wild Carrot. Queen Axne's Lace (Daucus Carota). 



Parsley family. 



Stem with bristles: flowers small in compound 



umbel, becoming hollowed in centre. Roadsides 



and fields. Early summer. (See Colored Plate I). 



37. Same as 36, but leaves not dissected. 



N.B. — It will be desirable to studv the text -books 

 before attempting to distinguish the mem- 

 bers of this group. 



Sanicle. Black Snake-root {Sanicula Marylandica). 

 Parsley family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft. ; flowers in small heads in small 

 umbels; lower leaves with long stalks, upper with- 

 out stalks, several-parted (palmately), the divisions 

 generally toothed. Woods. Spring, summer. 



Sweet Cicely (Osniorrhiza longistylis). Parsley family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft.; smooth or slightly hairy; flower 

 small, style long; leaves 3-times compound; leaf- 

 lets egg-shaped, variously toothed; root arom^atic. 

 Woods. Spring, early summer. 



