■202 I'AKSLEY FAMILY. 



1. ERYNGIUM, KRYNGO. (Ancient name.) Flowers in summer. 



E. yuccaef61ium, Michx. Button SN.\Ki;nooT. Sandy and mostly damp 

 ground, from X. J., S. and W. ; stout herb, 2"^-;$° hi.;j;h, smooth; leaves 

 linear and tapering, grass-like, parallel-veined in the manner of an 

 endogen, and fringed with bristles ; a few globular thick heads in place 

 of umbels, a very short involucre, and white flowers. 21 



E. Virginianum, Lam. Wet grounds from N. J. 8.; with lance-linear 

 rather veiny leaves, showing some distinction between blade and petiole, 

 the former with rigid teeth, and involucre longer than the bluish 

 heads. @ 



2. SANICULA, SANICLE, BLACK SNAKEROOT. (Perhaps from 

 Latin sanu, to heal.) Common in thickets and open woods. Flowers 

 greenish, crowded in small and head-like umbellets, in summer. 2/ 



S. Marilandica, Linn. Stems 2'^-3° high ; leaves of firm to.xture, 

 with 3-7 narrow divisions and rigid teeth ; umbellets with many flowers, 

 the sterile ones on slender pedicels, fertile ones with styles longer than 

 the prickles of the bur-like fruit. 



Var. Canadensis, Torr. Leaves thin, o-5-parted ; umbellets rather 

 few-flowered, with the sterile flowers in the center almost sessile ; styles 

 shorter than prickles. 



3. DAUCUS, CARROT. (Ancient Greek name.) Flowers in summer. 



D. Cardta, Linn. Com.mon C. Cult, from Eu. for the root, run wild 

 and a bad weed E. ; leaves cut into fine divisions ; umbel concave and 

 dense in fruit, like a bird's nest ; involucre of piiinatlfid leaves. (§) 



4. CORIANDRUM, CORIANDER. (Name from Greek word for 

 hitg, from the bug-like scent.) 



C. sativum, Linn. Cult, from the Orient, for the aromatic coriander- 

 seed ; low, with small umbels of few rays ; flowers summer, (i) 



5. OSMORRHIZA, SWEET CICELY. (Greek for scented root, the 

 root being sweet-aromatic.) Rich moist woods, common X. ; flowers 

 late .spring and summer ; l°-2° high. 2/ (Lessons, Fig. 385.) 



O. longistylis, DC. The .smoother species, with the sweeter root, has 

 slender styles, and ovate, cut- toothed, short-pointed leaflets^ which are 

 slightly downy. 



O. brevfstylis, DC. Has conical styles not longer than the breadth 

 of the ovary, and downy-hairy, taper-pointed, almost pinnatifid leaflets. 



6. ERIGENIA, HARBINGER OF SPRING. (Greek: burn in Ihe 

 spring.) 2/ 



E. bulb6sa, Nutt. An attractive spring flower in rich woods, a half 

 foot or less high, the small flowers with white petals and purple stamens 

 giving the bloom a speckled effect, whence a common name, Pepper and 

 Salt. N. Y., W. and S. 



7. CONIUM, POISON HEMLOCK. (Greek name of the Hemlock 

 by which criminals and philosophers were put to death at Athens.) 



C. maculatum, JJnn. Spotted H. Waste grounds, run wild, from 

 Eu. ; a smooth, branching herb, with spotted stems about 3° high, very 

 compound leaves with lanceolate and pinnatifid leaflet.s, ill-scented when 

 bruised ; a virulent poison, used in medicine ; flowers summer, (g) 



